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Development is certainly on the cards.
Soqotra is part of Yemen, and the government there has long-standing plans for the island. But action has been delayed by a lack of financial and other resources. The country has also been involved in a year-long civil war. Now, however, there is a new government keen to improve conditions on the island. This time the Yemeni government has joined forces with the United Nations Development Programme and put together a five-year conservation programme.