Socotra is part of the 2022 World Monuments Fund’s biennial selection of 25 of the world’s most important heritage and threatened sites requiring immediate attention.

It is also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site for the exceptional character of its biodiversity and its endemism rate.

Among these endemic species, there is a particularly exceptional one: the dragon tree of Socotra, emblematic of the island.

But today, the inhabitants, as well as scientists, are worried about the future of the dragon tree. These trees are decimated by increasingly intense storms, while young plants are swallowed by goats.

If nothing is done, all will have disappeared in just a few decades!

In this context, the Socotra dragon blood tree association aims to implement actions to:

- The protection of the Socotra dragon tree

- Development of access to drinking water in villages

But also:

- Highlighting Socotri Poetry

The association was born from the meeting between some French people passionate about nature and poetry, and some locals from Socotra concerned about preserving their environment and culture. The association’s immediate goals are to develop a nursery of dragon trees and to establish an irrigation system, to provide access to drinking water to a village located in the heart of Firmihin - a dry primary forest of Dragon Bloods, the mythical and emblematic tree of Socotra-, and to record and translate Socotri poetry.