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Oryx dammah, Addax nasomaculatus, Gazella leptoceros, Gazella dorcas

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1. Restore range and numbers	1. Conserve or restore potential habitats in areas of former occurence Oryx dammah Addax nasomaculatus Gazella leptoceros Gazella dorcas	1. Compile data on detailed characteristics and evolution of present or former gazelle and antelope habitat in and around the oases of the Western Desert, and in the Mediterranean coastal desert, in particular within historical range of Gazella leptoceros leptoceros and Gazella dorcas dorcas	CMS –SC	Egypt, IUCN ASG
		2. Compile catalogue of habitat favouring management techniques	CMS- SC	Egypt, IUCN ASG
		3. Locate favourable areas for gazelle or antelope habitat rehabilitation	Egypt	CMS-SC, IUCN ASG
		4. Establish protected areas, in particular in the historical Western Desert range of Gazella leptoceros leptoceros and Western Desert and Mediterranean coastal desert range of Gazella dorcas dorcas. The Siwa oasis appears an optimal candidate among the Western desert oasis.	Egypt
		5. Develop protected areas management plans	Egypt	CMS- SC

1. Restore range and numbers	2. Consolidate or Reinforce populations Gazella leptoceros Gazella dorcas	1. Analyse population dynamics and limiting factors of remnant populations of Gazella leptoceros leptoceros and Gazella dorcas dorcas	CMS-SC	Egypt IUCN ASG
		2. Manage habitat to increase recruitment rates and decrease natural mortality	Egypt	CMS-SC
		3. If reinforcement appropriate for Gazella leptoceros leptoceros and Gazella dorcas dorcas, acquire and perfect near-site captive management techniques and release techniques.	Egypt	CMS-SC, IUCN ASG, IUCN CBSG
		4. If reinforcement appropriate, locate Gazella leptoceros leptoceros and Gazella dorcas dorcas captive stock or investigate, with uttermost prudence and thoroughness, possibility of multiplication of remnant stock through captive breeding, followed by in- site release.	IUCN CBSG,Egypt	CMS-SC
		5. Monitor consolidation or reinforcement results closely.	Egypt

1. Restore range and numbers	3. Reintroduce populations Oryx dammah Addax nasomaculatus Gazella leptoceros	1. If evaluation of historical evolution, present state and present anthropic pressure in and around Western Desert oases indicates potentialities, select reintroduction sites for one or more species, prepare management plan, initiate management measures, conduct awareness campaigns. Priority should be given to Gazella leptoceros leptoceros, because of world uniqueness of population.	Egypt	CMS-SC, IUCN ASG
		2. Acquire and perfect near-site captive management techniques as well as effective release techniques.	Egypt	CMS-SC, IUCN ASG, IUCN CBSG, EAZA and AAZA
		3. Locate appropriate captive stock, in particular Gazella leptoceros leptoceros stock, or, for this form, investigate, with uttermost prudence and thouroughness, possibility of multiplication of remnant stock through captive breeding, followed by translocation to new sites.	IUCN CBSG	CMS-SC, EAZA and AAZA
		4. Monitor reintroduction results closely.	Egypt

2. Reduce mortality	1. Increase public awareness Oryx dammah Addax nasomaculatus Gazella leptoceros Gazella dorcas	1. Conduct education programmes for local communities to increase consciousness and appreciation of heritage, and integrate those communities into conservation projects from the start	Egypt	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 Gazella leptoceros Gazella dorcas	1. Locate and evaluate remnant populations of Gazella leptoceros leptoceros and Gazella dorcas dorcas, in and around Western Desert oases and in the Mediterranean coastal desert	Egypt	CMS-SC, IUCN ASG
2. Reduce mortality	2. Census populations Gazella leptoceros Gazella dorcas	3. Verify presence and estimate populations of Gazella leptoceros, presumably Gazella leptoceros loderi around Jebel Uweinat and of Gazella dorcas outside historical range of Gazella dorcas dorcas	Egypt

2. Reduce mortality	3. Conserve relict habitats Oryx dammah Addax nasomaculatus Gazella leptoceros Gazella dorcas	1. Locate favourable areas of relict important habitats for the conservation of gazelles or antelopes.	Egypt	CMS-SC, IUCN ASG
		3. Secure protection, through cooperation with local communities, for inadequately protected areas of importance for desert antelopes.	Egypt
		4. Establish protected areas in newly identified zones of importance for desert antelopes.	Egypt
		5. Establish transboundary protected areas where approriate to cover desert antelopes movements, in particular for Gazella leptoceros leptoceros and Gazella dorcas dorcas in Libyo-Egyptian groups of oases in the northern Western Desert and in the Mediterranean coastal desert; secondarily, for other gazelles, in the Jebel Uweinat area, and possibly in the Egypto-Sudanese Eastern Desert.	Egypt, Libya, Sudan	CMS Secretariat, CMS-SC, IUCN ASG
		6. Develop management plans for protected areas.	Egypt
2. Reduce mortality	4. Enact and enforce legislative measures Oryx dammah Addax nasomaculatus Gazella leptoceros Gazella dorcas	1. Consolidate, through legal measures, the protection of areas of importance for desert antelopes.	Egypt
		2. Assess hunting legislations ; improve them where necessary.	Egypt
		3. Develop programs to enlist local communitites support and collaboration for the enforcement of desert habitat and desert antelope conservation.	Egypt

3. Enhance international cooperation	1. Improve exchange of information and technical expertise Oryx dammah Addax nasomaculatus Gazella leptoceros Gazella dorcas	1. Designate national co-ordinators with responsibility for liaising with counterparts in other Range States and with co-operating organizations.	Egypt
		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 Oryx dammah Addax nasomaculatus Gazella leptoceros Gazella dorcas	Develop comprehensive project proposals, both on country basis and transborder programs, for submission to appropriate agencies.	Egypt	CMS Secretariat,CMS-SC