International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC) is an organisation devoted to the conservation and restoration of the Houbara bustard, a bird identified as important to Arabian culture and heritage, which has played a critical role in the lives of the people in the Arabian Peninsula for thousands of years. The mission is to protect bustards against extinction through breeding and careful management of their population. So far, they bred approximately 400 000 Houbaras. In the last 40 years, IFHC has created cutting-edge breeding methods that are currently the standard for Houbara captive breeding.

The annual release of new generations of Houbara, which hatched in the care of the Fund's breeding centres, signifies the most important achievements of the IFHC, as it became a role model in the field of proactive wildlife conservation and intervention to restore the numbers of Houbara in the UAE and other countries it inhabits.

Abu Dhabi's Houbara conservation programme comprises a network of national and international locations and centres, built to restore and protect the Houbara population to achieve a sustainable number around the world. Globally, there are a total of 706 244 Houbara that have been bred in captivity since 1996, while 423 223 Houbaras have been released into the wild in their natural habitats in 17 different countries and regions since 1998. The IFHC also conducts field studies, scientific research, and precise genetic management of reproduction stocks to ensure genetic invulnerability and preservation of the genetic assets of migrant and non-migrant Houbara. The Fund also develops protective systems and legislation to safeguard the Houbara population, with the aim of ensuring the sustainability of the species, raising communities’ awareness, and involving them in conservation efforts in cooperation with participating countries of habitat in Asia and North Africa.