The Eastern African Strategic Plan for Cheetah and...
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Range wide conservation planning for Cheetah and African Wild Dog
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Talk structure
• Background – why cheetah and wild dogs?
• Range-wide conservation planning
• Conservation implementation
• Process is co-led with Rosie Woodroffe
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Why two species together?
Cheetahs and wild dogs are: • ecologically similar• ecologically similar• face similar threats
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Predators of medium-sized ungulates
Ecological similarities between wild dogs and cheetahs:
Broadly distributed in Africa outside of central and western forests
ungulates
Fare poorly in competition with larger carnivores such as lions and spotted hyaenas
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Consequently, both species live at low densities and range widely
Home range sizeswild dogs: 300-2,000km2
cheetahs: 200->2,000km2
Maximum population densities Maximum population densities = 2 adults per 100km2 for both species
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Large carnivore densities (highest recorded)
Greater London 1,500km2c. 300 < 30
c. 150c. 100
< 30
< 30
Steve Winter
Sarah Christie
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• Conservation outside as well as inside protected areas
• Conservation across
Conservation of cheetah and wild dog requires land use planning on a scale rarely seen in terrestrial conservation including:
• Conservation across international boundaries
Requires national and international coordination
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Range wide conservation planning for cheetah and wild dogs
• Workshop based process
• Participatory and consensual
• Combine two species to increase leverage
• Regional conservation strategy for conservation across national boundaries national boundaries
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Key elements to effective planning process• Participatory and consensus driven• Engages all key stakeholders needed for implementation• Based on the best available knowledge• Is realistic• Is realistic
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The conservation planning process – two key themes
Compiling, analysing and interpreting distribution
datadata
Strategic planning for conservation action
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Engagement of stakeholders:
• Government – national wildlife authorities• Species biologists/conservationists• NGOsIndividuals and institutions best able to implement
the plan
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Two major themes in the conservation planning process
Compiling, analysing and interpreting distribution
datadata
Strategic planning for conservation action
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In this process, participants compiled, analysed, and interpreted data – contributed by themselves and others – to determine:
The current distribution and status of cheetahs and wild dogs across the region
This included areas where resident rangepossible rangerecoverable rangeconnectionextirpated rangeunknown range
This included areas where the species were known or suspected to be resident, corridors between suitable areas, and areas where recovery might be achievable
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• Small proportion of resident range
• Substantial areas of probable range
• Extremely large areas where status is unknown
• Little recoverable range –centred entirely in southern Africa
IUCN/SSC 2007
southern Africa
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Cheetah range
14%
resident
possible
connecting
extirpated unrecoverable
extirpated recoverable
unknown
2%
20%
1%
12%
51%
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Where is cheetah range?
708090
Inside PAOutside PA
010203040506070
Resident Possible Connecting Recoverable
%
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Resident cheetah populations within protected areas
Total Nos. % Nos. %South Africa 7,720 1,460 18.9 6,260 81.1East Africa 3,667 1,095 29.9 2,572 70.1Total 11,387 2,555 22.4 8,832 77.6
Inside PAs Outside PAs
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Cheetahs and national borders
• 33% of known resident cheetah populations are transboundary
• Resident cheetah populations are shared by up to 5 countries.
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• Small proportion of resident range
• Substantial areas of probable range
• Extremely large areas where status is unknown
• Little recoverable range
IUCN/SSC 2007
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Wild dog range
9%8% 2%
47%
31%
1%
resident
possible
connecting
extirpated unrecoverable
extirpated recoverable
unknown
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Where is wild dog range?
708090
Inside PAOutside PA
010203040506070
Resident Possible Connecting Recoverable
%
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Resident wild dog populations
Eastern Africa 3299
Southern Africa 4273
Total 7572
Equivalent to 727 packs
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Wild dogs and national borders
• 30% of known resident wild dog populations are likely to be transboundary
• Resident wild dog populations are shared by up to 5 countries. countries.
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Summary – southern and eastern Africa
• Cheetah and wild dog occupy only a small percentage of historical range
• Most cheetah and wild dog occur outside protected areas• c. 1/3 of cheetah and wild dog populations are
transboundary• Current protected area network supports <3000 cheetah• <800 packs of wild dogs remain
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Two major themes in the conservation planning
process
Compiling, analysing and interpreting distribution datainterpreting distribution data
Strategic planning for conservation action
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Strategic Plan
Goal
Objective
VisionA guiding vision –describing how we want the world to be
A more immediate aim that will serve the vision
A number of objectives that
Problem analysis
Objective Objective
Activity
Activity
Activity
Target Target
Activity
Activity
Activity
A number of objectives that will help meet the goal
A series of targets to address each objective
A number of activities to address each target
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Eastern Africa Problem Tree
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Objective based working groups
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End product: strategic plan
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From Strategy to Action
Implementation:A nice strategy is not
enough!!Conservation
implementation implementation happens at the national level
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Conservation implementation
Regional Strategy
National Action Plan National Action Plan National Action Plan
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2007:
Regional strategies
National Plans
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2011
North/west/central
National plans
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North/west/central africa The final piece of the jigsaw
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Cheetah and wild dogs in north west and central Africa
• Both species ranges have declined drastically• Loss of prey and degradation of habitatThere is an urgent need:• To consolidate knowledge• To develop a plan of action
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Cheetah
Region harbours the Saharan cheetah which is critically endangered (IUCN) numbering less than 250 individuals
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In 2001 the world population was highly fragmented
The species is
Wild dog
The species is listed as “endangered” by IUCN due to small population size & continuing decline
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Regional co-ordination
Dr. Mordecai OgadaCoordinator for eastern Africa
Dr. Netty PurchaseCoordinator for southern Africa
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Host country partners:
• All individuals and organisations represented at regional and national workshops
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Regional hubs
Ortwin Aschenborne
National hubs
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2010:
National Plans complete
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Range wide conservation planning
• Combining cheetah and wild dog increases leverage
• Summary of current knowledge – distribution and threats
• Strategic plan for conservation
East African strategy: Feb 2007
Southern Africa: Dec 2007Southern Africa: Dec 2007
North/west/central Africa: Niger Jan 2011
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Rangewide planning process:
• Consensual process between government, individuals and NGOs
• Provides a framework for conservation
• Raises international and national • Raises international and national profile for the species
• Galvanises conservation action between and within range states.
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Range wide cheetah and wild dog conservation:From regional to local
Regional Strategy
National Action Plan National Action Plan National Action Plan
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Cheetah and Wild Dog Conservation
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Thank you
St. Louis ZooColumbus Zoo
Wildlife Conservation Society Zoological Society of LondonHoward Buffett Foundation
The cheetah and wild dog network