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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Scaling a global plan into regional strategies for amphibian conservation
Alytes, Volume 29, No. 1-4, Year 2012
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In 2005, the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Conservation International (CI) convened the Amphibian Conservation Summit to design a global plan of action, the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP), to address the decline of amphibian populations worldwide. The IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) was formed in 2006 to implement the ACAP. The ASG's objectives are to facilitate the development of new policies within national and international arenas, as well as within the private sector, and to actively develop projects, locally and regionally, all aimed at preventing further species extinctions. The ACAP provides an estimate of the budget required for actions needed to address global priorities for conservation. A strategy and budget for priorities ensures that actions align with areas, geographic and thematic, in greatest need. A critical next step towards advancing the ACAP is refining its objectives within the context of national and regional strategies and engagement by national resource management agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for successful implementation of conservation actions. To this end, the ASG and partners have been facilitating the convening of working groups to develop strategies for advancing policy development to enable implementation of on-the-ground conservation management within specific regions and countries. A review of strategies in development and completed indicates that conservation planning at the scale of nations and regions is an important step toward reconciling some debates on what actions are of highest priority for global amphibian conservation and illustrates how priorities vary geographically. However, successful translation of scientifically based strategic plans into conservation action in the field has not occurred widely, partly due to a lack of follow up in engaging governments and NGOs to incorporate the plans into their directives. Continued pressure on governments and NGOs is needed to use species assessments as the metric for determining the status of the environment, and amphibian conservation plans as one of the roadmaps for how funding should be allocated to maintain and improve the health of natural ecosystems. © ISSCA 2012.
Authors & Co-Authors
Gascon, Claude
United States, Washington
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Collins, James P.
United States, Tempe
School of Life Sciences
Church, Don R.
United States, Austin
Global Wildlife Conservation
Moore, Robin D.
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Andreone, Franco
Italy, Turin
Museo Regionale Di Scienze Naturali
Bishop, Phillip J.
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Biju, S. D. Das
India, New Delhi
University of Delhi
Bolaños, Federico
Costa Rica, San Jose
Universidad de Costa Rica
Xie, Feng
China, Chengdu
Chengdu Institute of Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pipeng, Li
China, Shenyang
Shenyang Normal University
Li, Zhang
China, Beijing
Beijing Normal University
Haitao, Shi
China, Haikou
Hainan Normal University
Lötters, Stefan
Germany, Trier
Universität Trier
Matamoros, Yolanda
Costa Rica, San Jose
Fundazoo/cbsg Mesoamerica-ssc/uicn
Meegaskumbura, Madhava
Sri Lanka, Peradeniya
University of Peradeniya
Molur, Sanjay
India, Coimbatore
Zoo Outreach Organisation Zoo Trust
Mitchell, Priya Nanjappa
United States, Washington
Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Mora-Benavides, José Manuel
Honduras, San Antonio de Oriente
Universidad Zamorano
García-Moreno, Jaime
Netherlands, Wageningen
Wetlands International, Netherlands
Randriamahazo, Herilala J.A.R.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Turtle Survival Alliance
Reardon, James Thomas
New Zealand, Wellington
Te Papa Atawhai
Molina, César
Venezuela, Caracas
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ciencias
Santiago, R. O.N.
Ecuador, Quito
Pontificia Universidad Católica Del Ecuador
Rowley, Jodi J.L.
Australia, Sydney
Australian Museum
Silvanos, Débora
Brazil, Brasilia
Universidade Católica de Brasília
Valdujo, Paula Hanna
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Verdade, Vanessa K.
Brazil, Santo Andre
Universidade Federal do Abc
Statistics
Citations: 27
Authors: 27
Affiliations: 27
Identifiers
ISSN:
07534973
Research Areas
Health System And Policy