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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

 

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

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

 

2. Reduce mortality

1. Increase public awareness

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

2. Continue populations censusing

 

Range States

CMS-SC, IUCN ASG

 

2. Reduce mortality

3. Conserve relict habitats

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

4. Establish protected areas in newly identified zones of importance for Gazella cuvieri.

Range States

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

 

 

2. Reduce mortality

4. Enact and enforce legislative measures

 

1. Consolidate, through legal measures, the protection of areas of importance for Gazella cuvieri.

Range States

2. Assess hunting legislations ; improve them where necessary.

Range States

3. Develop programmes to enlist local communitites support and collaboration for the enforcement of desert habitat and Gazella cuvieri conservation.

 

Range States

3. Enhance international cooperation

1. Improve exchange of information and technical expertise

1. Designate national co-ordinators with responsibility for liaising with counterparts in other Range States and with co-operating organizations.

Range States

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

Develop comprehensive project proposals, both on country basis and transborder programmes, for submission to appropriate agencies.

Range States

CMS Secretariat,

CMS-SC