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Objective

Programme

Activity

Responsible

Collaborators

1. Restore range and numbers

1. Conserve or restore potential habitats in areas of former occurence

Oryx dammah
Addax nasomaculatus
Gazella dama

1. Compile data on detailed characteristics and evolution of present or former gazelle and antelope habitat

CMS –SC

Mali, IUCN ASG

2. Compile catalogue of habitat favouring management techniques

CMS- SC

Mali, IUCN ASG

3. On the basis of 1.1.1, supplemented by data on the present distribution of suitable habitats or on the feasibility of their restoration, complete location of favourable areas in particular in the area of the Gourma and the Ansongo-Menaka NP in central Mali for Oryx dammah, the Malian Majabat Al Koubra and the Adrar des Iforas for Addax nasomaculatus, in western central Mali (close to the Akle Aouna in Mauritania) for Gazella dama and the Gourma region

CMS-SC, IUCN ASG

4. Establish protected areas in areas identified under 1.1.3.

Mali

5. Develop management plans for protected areas identified under 1.1.3

Mali

CMS- SC

1. Restore range and numbers

2. Consolidate or reinforce populations

Addax nasomaculatus
Gazella dama

1. Analyse population dynamics and limiting factors of remnant populations of Addax nasomaculatus

CMS-SC

Mali IUCN ASG

2. Manage habitat to increase recruitment rates

and decrease mortality. Of particular importance would be the rehabilitation of the Elephant Reserve for Gazella dama

Mali

CMS-SC

3. If reinforcement appropriate, acquire and perfect near site captive management techniques and release techniques.

Mali

CMS-SC, IUCN ASG, IUCN CBSG

4. If reinforcement appropriate, locate compatible captive stock.

IUCN CBSG

CMS-SC, EAZA and AAZA

5. Monitor consolidation or reinforcement results closely.

Mali

1. Restore range and numbers

3. Reintroduce populations

Oryx dammah
Addax nasomaculatus
Gazella dama

1. Select reintroduction sites, prepare management plan, initiate management measures, conduct awareness campaigns.

Mali

CMS-SC, IUCN ASG

2. Acquire and perfect near site captive management techniques as well as effective release techniques.

Mali

CMS-SC, IUCN ASG, IUCN CBSG

3. Locate appropriate captive stock.

IUCN CBSG

CMS-SC, EAZA and AAZA

4. Monitor reintroduction results closely.

Mali

2. Reduce mortality

1. Increase public awareness

Oryx dammah
Addax nasomaculatus
Gazella dama
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

Mali

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

Oryx dammah
Addax nasomaculatus
Gazella dama
Gazella dorcas

1. Locate and evaluate remnant populations, in particular the remnant Addax nasomaculatus populations of the Majabat Al Koubra and of the Adrar des Iforas, and if possible study their movements. Locate and evaluate population of Gazella dama

Mali

CMS-SC, IUCN ASG

3. Estimate populations

of Gazella dorcas

Mali

2. Reduce mortality

3. Conserve relict habitats

Oryx dammah
Addax nasomaculatus
Gazella dama
Gazella dorcas

1. Locate favourable areas of important habitats for the conservation of gazelles and antelopes.

Mali

CMS-SC, IUCN ASG

2. Conduct education programs to combat, through collaboration with local communities, overgrazing by domestic stock.

Mali

3. Secure protection, through collaboration with local communities, for inadequately protected areas of importance for desert antelopes.

Mali

4. Establish protected areas in zones of importance for desert antelopes, in particular in the Malian Majabat Al Koubra, in the Adrar des Iforas, and in the Gourma area.

Mali

5. Establish transboundary protected areas where appropriate to cover desert antelopes movements. Such a PA extending over the Majabat al Koubra in Mali and Mauritania would be invaluable for the persistence of the Addax.

Mali, Mauritania, Algeria, Niger, Senegal, Burkina Faso.

CMS Secretariat, CMS-SC, IUCN ASG

6. Develop management plans for these protected areas. Determine and monitor all potential threats to desert antelopes habitats.

Mali

2. Reduce mortality

4. Enact and enforce legislative measures

Oryx dammah
Addax nasomaculatus
Gazella dama
Gazella dorcas

1. Consolidate, through legal measures, the protection of areas of importance for desert antelopes.

Mali

2. Assess hunting legislation ; improve them where necessary.

Mali

3. Develop programs to enlist local communitites support and collaboration for the enforcement of desert habitat and desert antelope conservation.

Mali

3. Enhance international cooperation

1. Improve exchange of information and technical expertise

Oryx dammah
Addax nasomaculatus
Gazella dama
Gazella dorcas

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

Mali

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 dama
Gazella dorcas

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

Mali

CMS Secretariat,CMS-SC