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Gazella cuvieri
Range States : Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria.
Objective |
Programme |
Activity |
Responsible |
Collaborators |
1. Restore range and numbers |
1. Conserve or restore potential habitats in areas of
former occurence
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1. Compile historical data on habitat preference in each
part of the present and historical range |
CMS –SC |
Range States, IUCN ASG |
2. Compile catalogue of habitat favouring management
techniques |
CMS- SC |
Range States, IUCN ASG |
3. Locate favourable areas |
Range States |
CMS-SC, IUCN ASG |
4. Establish protected areas in these favourable areas
to permit reexpansion of range through natural colonisation from remnant
nuclei, in particular in the Tunisian Dorsale, in northwestern Algeria, in
northwestern Morocco, in the Agadir region and in the Msseyed (Lower
Draâ) area. |
Range States |
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5. Develop and update protected areas management plans |
Range States |
CMS- SC |
1. Restore range and numbers |
2. Consolidate or Reinforce populations |
1. Analyse population dynamics and limiting factors of
remnant populations |
CMS-SC |
Range States IUCN ASG |
2. Manage habitat to increase recruitment rates and
decrease mortality; fencing of habitats if necessary and possible |
Tunisia (ongoing programme),
Algeria, Morocco |
CMS-SC |
5. Monitor consolidation results closely. |
Range States |
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2. Reduce mortality |
1. Increase public awareness
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1. Conduct education programmes for local communities to
increase consciousness and appreciation of heritage, and integrate those
communities into conservation projects from the start |
Range States |
CMS- SC |
2. Provide documentation destined for tour operators to
limit irresponsible hunting, killing or harassment |
All Parties to CMS |
CMS Secretariat |
3. Provide information to diplomatic services to help
them counsel cooperants to curb poaching and other disturbances |
All Parties to CMS |
CMS Secretariat |
4. Locate companies that employ cooperants susceptible
of presenting a considerable threat and enlist their assistance in curbing
detrimental activities |
All Parties to CMS |
CMS Secretariat |
2. Reduce mortality |
2. Census populations
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2. Continue populations censusing
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Range States |
CMS-SC, IUCN ASG |
2. Reduce mortality |
3. Conserve relict habitats
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1. Complete identification of favourable areas of
important habitats for the conservation of Gazella cuvieri. |
Range States |
CMS-SC, IUCN ASG |
3. Secure protection, through collaboration with local
communities, for inadequately protected areas of importance for Gazella
cuvieri. |
Range States |
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4. Establish protected areas in newly identified zones
of importance for Gazella cuvieri. |
Range States |
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5. Establish transboundary protected areas where
approriate to cover Gazella cuvieri movements. |
Algeria-Tunisia, Algeria-Morocco ? |
CMS Secretariat, CMS-SC, IUCN ASG |
6. Develop management plans for protected areas.
Determine and monitor all potential threats to Gazella cuvieri
habitats. |
Range States |
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2. Reduce mortality |
4. Enact and enforce legislative measures
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1. Consolidate, through legal measures, the protection
of areas of importance for Gazella cuvieri. |
Range States |
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2. Assess hunting legislations ; improve them where
necessary. |
Range States |
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3. Develop programmes to enlist local communitites
support and collaboration for the enforcement of desert habitat and Gazella
cuvieri conservation.
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Range States |
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3. Enhance international cooperation |
1. Improve exchange of information and technical
expertise
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1. Designate national co-ordinators with responsibility
for liaising with counterparts in other Range States and with co-operating
organizations. |
Range States |
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2. Provide central co-ordination of information exchange |
CMS- SC |
CMS Secretariat |
3. Organize regular meetings of African desert antelopes
Range States. |
CMS Secretariat |
CMS-SC |
4. Provide technical training for field staff. |
CMS Parties |
CMS Secretariat,
CMS-SC |
3. Enhance international cooperation |
2. Raise funds for conservation programmes
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Develop comprehensive project proposals, both on country
basis and transborder programmes, for submission to appropriate agencies. |
Range States |
CMS Secretariat,
CMS-SC |
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