Rasmala is a Saudi nature reserve and heritage management company, turning the science of conservation into lasting value — for biodiversity, protected areas, and the communities that depend on them.
Rasmala is a Saudi company founded in 2008, now launching its specialised practice in nature reserve and heritage management — drawing on a team of experts and professionals whose experience spans more than three decades in biodiversity, world heritage, and the management of nature reserves across the Arab region and the world, placing that accumulated legacy in service of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 ambition.
We deliver environmental solutions for public and private clients, applying the best expertise from the Middle East and the world — research, policy, planning, and project development across the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity.
Our team's combined experience
To deliver trusted, science-based environmental services in the region and beyond — applying the latest technologies and sustainable solutions to our clients' and partners' environmental challenges, so their communities, and ours, can thrive.
We are committed to applying proven solutions, technologies and expertise to meet our stakeholders' environmental challenges, delivering high-quality, cost-effective services that enhance the well-being of our communities.
These principles are the foundation of our success and the reason our partners and clients place their trust in us.
We strive to deliver high-quality results that meet or exceed expectations and earn lasting trust.
We are eager to learn new skills, discover new opportunities, and challenge ourselves to grow.
We communicate openly and honestly, listen to feedback, and tailor solutions to real needs.
We leverage advanced technology, creative thinking, and best practice to deliver effective solutions.
We have the expertise, experience, and agility to overcome any obstacle and keep our promises.
We care deeply about our clients, colleagues, partners, communities, and the environment — acting from social responsibility.
National policy and the daily stewardship of reserves alike — explore each field, then dive deeper.
Safeguarding the most representative ecosystems, species, and genetic resources — restoring degraded habitats and building ecological networks and corridors.
National protected-area strategies, adaptive management, and IUCN-aligned planning — from system design to day-to-day stewardship and management-effectiveness assessment.
Conserving and enhancing natural assets while benefiting local communities and visitors — through tailored experiences, sustainable financing, and eco-friendly visitor services.
Protecting Outstanding Universal Value across natural and cultural heritage sites — UNESCO nominations, capacity building, and community-led stewardship.
Assessing and monitoring the state and trends of natural resources — resilience indicators, carrying-capacity studies, and evidence-based decision support.
We strengthen the people, institutions and policies that make conservation work — from a single site to a national system.
The skills and competencies needed to manage a site or protected-area system effectively.
The structures and processes an organisation needs to manage a protected-area system.
The laws and policies that foster the creation and management of protected areas.
We combine rigorous research, global standards, and decades of hands-on field experience. Our multidisciplinary team supports organisations across the full lifecycle — from national policy down to the daily stewardship of a single reserve.
National biodiversity strategies (NBSAPs), climate-adaptation measures, and institutional mechanisms for community participation.
Resilience indicators, carrying-capacity studies, and risk analysis to support evidence-based decisions.
Supporting international recognition — UNESCO World Heritage, Biosphere Reserves, Geoparks, and the IUCN Green List.
Individual, institutional, and societal training — from METT and World Heritage tools to stakeholder engagement and species monitoring.
We partner with public and private organisations that manage or monitor wildlife, nature reserves, and natural and cultural heritage sites — from national authorities to international institutions.
Ministries of environment, water and agriculture, and the national agencies that set and enforce conservation policy.
Royal Reserves, reserve-development authorities, and the bodies responsible for planning and operating protected areas.
National wildlife centres, species reintroduction programmes, and NGOs working to recover threatened species.
Heritage commissions, museums, and the managers of UNESCO natural and cultural World Heritage sites.
Destination developers, giga-projects, and eco-resorts seeking to build responsibly within and around natural assets.
UN agencies, IUCN, universities, and research centres advancing biodiversity science and capacity building.
Delivered by our experts — independently or as consultants to major international consulting firms — dozens of assignments with major international organisations and national authorities across 12+ countries.
Preparing Saudi nomination dossiers for UNESCO — as experts and consultants to global consulting firms.
NCW · UNESCOFoundational strategy and management planning for the Royal Reserve.
Royal ReservesIntegrated strategies and management plans for the Imam Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Royal Reserve Development Authority, which runs both reserves.
IARDAManagement plans, site preparation and nomination dossiers, through UNDP.
NCVC · UNDPStrategic and integrated management planning for one of the Kingdom's largest Royal Reserves.
ITBAStrategy and integrated management plan, including World Database on Protected Areas registration.
King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development AuthorityReviewing and evaluating more than 3,500 environmental and social impact studies across the network.
EgyptNational biodiversity strategy and action plan for Libya.
LibyaManagement plan and capacity building for the natural component of the Iraqi Marshes UNESCO site.
UNESCO · IUCNDeveloped under the UNDP/GEF marine, coastal and island biodiversity project.
UNDP · GEFOur experts hold active roles in major global conservation bodies — helping shape the very standards we apply.
Three memberships on the commission that helps governments plan effective protected areas and mainstream them across sectors.
Two memberships on the commission guiding integrated approaches to managing natural and modified ecosystems.
Four memberships — the scenarios & models task force, coordinating lead author of the African assessment and policy-support tools, and regional-assessment expert.
Focal-point roles for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
Contributing author on biodiversity and living systems for the West Asia region.
Working groups on protected-area finance, environmental funds and innovative financing mechanisms.
Members of international task forces & committees — and project implementers with these bodies
From first idea to a management plan in the field — tell us about your project and let's define the first step together.