Socotra Archipelago

Logan MacLeod, Anthony Medina, Emily

Alarcon-Patricio, Sydney Skousen, Hailey
Winn
About Socotra ● Small Island
● Part of Yemen
● Home of the Dragon’s
Blood tree
Problem ● Civil war (2015-present)
● Endangered Trees
● Extreme Poverty
Our Problem Socotra needs the tree and
the resin to support their
economy.

Our problem is that the tree

is going extinct. We want to
save the tree.
Stakeholders ● Island of Socotra
● The people
● The Yemeni Government
Characteristics ● Industrial development
putting pressure on their
habitats
● Drought causing the trees
to die
● Overgrazing of goats
● Excessive woodcutting
and use of leaves to
make rope
History ● Yemen Civil War
● UAE and Yemen
competing over Socotra
● Dragon’s blood tree
diversity and uses
● Issues affecting tree
Policies and ● Government
Procedures ● Foreign policy
● Trade policy
● U.S. Relations with
Yemen
Resources ● Socotran Government
Budget
● Man Power
● UN/UNESCO Budget
● Limestone

● UN
● UNESCO
● Ambassador Mubarak
Criteria ● Take less than 10 years
● Easily published in
Socotra
● Lasting solution
● Follow the Yemeni
constitution
● Follow the UN laws
Criteria ● Cost less than $1 million
● Make the tree more
publicized
● Be safe for Socotra
People
● Feasibility
Brainstorm ● Dragon’s Blood Tree
Sanctuary
● Create laws that punish
poachers
● Import different foods for
the goats
● Move trees to other parts
of the world
● Offer bounty on the goats
Organization
Criteria Solution 1: Solution 2: Solution 3: Solution 4: Solution 5:
-will be ranked on a We could create a We could create laws We could find a way to We could move the tree We could offer a bounty
scale of 1-10 Dragon Blood Tree with harsh punishments import different food for to other parts of the on goats.
-10 is the most effective, sanctuary in Socotra. to protect the tree from the goats, so that they world, so it doesn’t only
1 is the least effective. poachers and won’t have to eat the exist in Socotra.
urbanization. trees.

will need to take less 7 6 7 3 4

than 10 years
will need to be easily 9 8 9 8 10
published throughout
Socotra
will need to be a lasting 10 6 5 7 5
solution
will need to follow 10 7 10 10 10
Yemeni Constitution
need to follow the UN 10 10 10 10 10
laws
will cost less than 1 7 7 5 6 4
million dollars.
will make the plight of 9 8 8 9 8
the tree more publicized

Will need to be safe for 8 4 5 7 3

Socotra people

Is this feasible? 7 3 7 7 3
Total: 77 59 66 67 57
Our Solution

● Sanctuary protects from

goats, urbanization,
smugglers
● Qalansiyah’s Limestone and
The Firmihin highland plateau
● Funding: Qalansiyah and
UNESCO - $1.2 billion
Our Solution

● Walls - 300,000 U.S Dollars or

75,194,695.95 Yemeni Rial per acre
● SOFRETES pump - 12,000 U.S. Dollars
or 3,004,187 Yemeni Rial

● Household - 239.67 U.S. Dollars or

60,000 Yemeni Rial per month ($10 a
day with a 6 day week)
● Pay - $12 a day
Conclusion

● “Germination and regeneration under artificial conditions

seems like the only way to prevent species extinction”
(Hubálková, Maděra, Volařík, 2017).
● Particularly vulnerable during germination, growth from 2-
24.9 cm, and vegitative rest (Hubálková, Maděra, Volařík,
2017).
Conclusion

● The Firmihin highland plateau ● The growth stage between 2-

(where our sanctuary is) has 24.9 cm won’t be problematic
a 90% germination rate, the either because the trees will
highest rate recorded in be protected by the goats
Socotra. (Hubálková, Maděra, Volařík,
2017).
● 13% of the trees are lost
during vegitative rest.
(Hubálková, Maděra, Volařík,
2017).
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