4. Goal: Increase the Shoebill’s population size and maintain its current range Indicators: Long-term: Species removed from globally threatened categories on the IUCN Red List and from Column A, category 1 of the AEWA Table 1 Mid-term: Stability / increase in well-monitored sub-populations Purpose: Improve the current conservation status and knowledge base of the Shoebill within the next 10 years. Objectives: Reduce mortality and loss of birds Minimise and control principal factors lowering productivity Significantly reduce further loss, fragmentation and deterioration of habitat Fill key knowledge gaps about the Shoebill, including development of a long term knowledge base Results: Table 5. Results, indicators and means of verification Result Indicators Means of verification Legal trade does not National trade bans maintained National legislation impact on the population Strict adherence to CITES trade database provisions in case current bans Shoebill Global Species are lifted Management Plan (GSMP) Management agreements for proposal submitted to WAZA by Shoebill under WAZA Range States No negative impact on wild National trade data; WAZA populations through any publications and monitoring of resumption of legal trade WAZA institutions Illegal trade is Improved protection measures Legislation minimised for Shoebills in all Range States Site measures (e.g. Shoebill Enhanced surveillance guards) & reports Communities, customs, officers Surveillance reports and other law enforcement Questioning / interviews with officers, and prosecutors aware stakeholders of legal status of Shoebill and Number of seizures, relevant protection measures, prosecutions or arrests including trade rules Communities and other stakeholders are aware of consequences of infractions Impact by livestock is Livestock kept away from Livestock data minimised in Shoebill sensitive areas Protection measures adopted & breeding areas Shoebill breeding areas implemented in breeding protected Pastoralist awareness (e.g. Pastoralists aware of need to interviews) avoid Shoebill territories
4. Goal: Increase the Shoebill’s population size and maintain its current range Indicators: Long-term: Species removed from globally threatened categories on the IUCN Red List and from Column A, category 1 of the AEWA Table 1 Mid-term: Stability / increase in well-monitored sub-populations Purpose: Improve the current conservation status and knowledge base of the Shoebill within the next 10 years. Objectives: Reduce mortality and loss of birds Minimise and control principal factors lowering productivity Significantly reduce further loss, fragmentation and deterioration of habitat Fill key knowledge gaps about the Shoebill, including development of a long term knowledge base Results: Table 5. Results, indicators and means of verification Result Indicators Means of verification Legal trade does not impact on the population National trade bans maintained Strict adherence to provisions in case current bans are lifted Management agreements for Shoebill under WAZA No negative impact on wild populations through any resumption of legal trade National legislation CITES trade database Shoebill Global Species Management Plan (GSMP) proposal submitted to WAZA by Range States National trade data; WAZA publications and monitoring of WAZA institutions Illegal trade is minimised Improved protection measures for Shoebills in all Range States Enhanced surveillance Communities, customs, officers and other law enforcement officers, and prosecutors aware of legal status of Shoebill and relevant protection measures, including trade rules Communities and other stakeholders are aware of consequences of infractions Legislation Site measures (e.g. Shoebill guards) & reports Surveillance reports Questioning / interviews with stakeholders Number of seizures, prosecutions or arrests Impact by livestock is minimised in Shoebill breeding areas Livestock kept away from sensitive areas Shoebill breeding areas protected Pastoralists aware of need to avoid Shoebill territories Livestock data Protection measures adopted & implemented in breeding Pastoralist awareness (e.g. interviews)
mop6_29_shoebill_issap.docx