Antelopes - Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

260 Seiten. Verbreitungskarten.

IUCN, Gland. ISBN 2-8317-0594-0.

Vorwort:

The IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group was created in 1978 and currently has more than 100 members based in over 40 countries .A key objective of the group is to monitor the conservation status of all antelope species  .The publication of Part 4 of Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional
Action Plans is an important and eagerly awaited milestone in achieving this objective .Following on from Parts 1 to 3, which dealt with the antelopes of sub-Saharan Africa, Part 4 completes the Antelope Specialist Group’s efforts to summarise  current  knowledge  of  the  status  of  each  antelope
species in all of its range states, and to develop Regional Action Plans for antelope conservation.

The  completion  of  Part  4  is  a  tribute  to  the  unstinting efforts and persistence of the compilers. They have produced a comprehensive work, which is a major addition to our knowledge of antelopes and will be of lasting value to antelope conservation   .As the compiler of Parts 1 to 3 of
Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, I am uniquely placed to understand the magnitude of the compilers’  task. This  is  exacerbated  by  the  relatively  large number of species and range states that are covered by the Antelope Specialist Group. I warmly congratulate David Mallon and Steven Kingswood on their successful completion of this mammoth undertaking.

With almost 100 species globally, antelopes achieve an exceptionally high diversity compared to most other groups of  medium  to  large-sized  mammals . The  living  antelope species represent the continuation of a major and relatively recent evolutionary heritage and are among the most successful groups of large herbivores that have ever existed on Earth  .They  are  also  important  flagship  species  for  the conservation of natural environments .Flourishing antelope populations   are   key   indicators   of   healthy   grasslands, woodlands, forests, and deserts in many parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Hence, the conservation of antelopes  is  a  vital  component  of  biodiversity  conservation throughout these regions  .In addition, the beauty and grace of antelopes give them high aesthetic value. They are also an important natural resource in economic terms, through consumptive uses such as hunting for trophies, meat, and skins,  and  non-consumptive  uses  such  as  game-viewing tourism.

Threats to the survival of antelopes arise fundamentally from the growth of human and domestic livestock populations, which result in increasing degradation and destruction of natural habitats and excessive offtake by hunting for meat and  skins. Unfortunately,  these  processes  are  even  more advanced  in  much  of  the  region  covered  by  Part  4  of Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans than in sub-Saharan Africa. Consequently, antelope populations have  been  severely  depleted  or  exterminated  over  large parts of North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia .Nevertheless, viable and sometimes substantial remnants of most of the region’s antelope species survive.

Emphasis  must  now  shift  to  the  implementation  of  the conservation  priorities  identified  in  the  Regional  Action Plan, within the context of sustainable development and the conservation of biological diversity .Co-ordinated efforts by government  and  non-government  agencies  and  conservation organisations will be essential to implement the protection  and  management  regimes  which  are  required  to assure the long-term survival of representative examples of this   spectacular   group   of   mammals   and   their   natural habitats.

Rod East
Co-Chair, Antelope Specialist Group

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Breeding the International Herd of Arabian Oryx at Phoenix Zoo.

In: MARTIN, R. D. (ed.) Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity. Academic Press, London, New York, San Francisco. ISBN 0-12-47850-3.

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The reintroduction programme for the Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx in Saudi Arabia.

Int. Zoo Yb. 32: 73-80.

Einleitung:

The Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx has become a symbol of the recovery through ex situ conservation measures of a species once extinct in the wild. Formerly ranging over most of the Arabian Peninsula and as far north as Israel and Syria (Tristram, 1884; Stewart, 1963), the Arabian oryx became extinct in the wild in 1972 (Henderson, 1974). ‘Operation Oryx’, organized by the Fauna and Flora Preser- vation Society, was responsible for the capture of three wild specimens in 1962 and, with gifts from the London Zoo, the Emir of Kuwait and the King of Saudi Arabia, a founder herd of nine animals was created and kept at the Phoenix Zoological Garden (Grimwood, 1988). The establishment of the ‘World Herd’ and a studbook, and the development of a co-operative programme between several zoological institutions all over the world have permitted the successful propagation of the species in captivity (Dolan, 1989). The world captive population now reaches 2000 individuals. Reintroduction as the ultimate goal of captive-breeding programmes for endan- gered species has become an important tool in conservation. In 1982, the first Arabian oryx were released into the wild in the central desert region of Oman (Stanley Price, 1989). The pilot project has proved to be highly successful, both from a biological point of view, with a wild herd of 112 individuals at the end of 1990 (Spalton, 1992, see also this volume), and from a sociological point of view, with the support of the local bedouin communities. Another project has started in Jordan in a fenced reserve (Abu Jafar & Hays-Shahin, 1988) and reintroduction is also planned in Israel. In Saudi Arabia, the National Commis- sion for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD) has engaged in ambitious reintroduction programmes of various native species, as part of a long- term strategy to restore the country’s bio- diversity. Today, more than 20 years after its extermination in the wild, the Arabian oryx has started to make a successful comeback. In 1986 a captive-breeding programme was established at the National Wildlife Research Center in Taif (Abu-Zinada et al., 1988).

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European studbook for Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) 2010 Edition.

119 Seiten.

Published by Marwell Wildlife.

Introduction:

Welcome to the 2010 European studbook for Arabian Oryx. It provides up to date information on the European captive population (current until 31/12/2010). This includes EAZA member institutions outside Europe - the United Arab Emirates, the State of Qatar and Israel. This is my second studbook since taking on the Arabian Oryx EEP and, with the help of people like you who are reading this; this flagship spec
ies is making some progress and will continue to do so with your ongoing support.

European Population Overview:

The total number of Arabian Oryx in European zoological institutions as reported to the studbook keeper on the 31st December 2010 is 55.116.0 (171) in 22 institutions. Of these 48.105.0 (153) in 16 institutions live in the EEP. 

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International Studbook for Eastern / Mountain Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci), Year 2010 Edition.

Vol.XXV. The Oregon Zoo

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BEUDELS, R.C., DEVILLERS, P., LAFONTAINE, R.-M., DEVILLERS-TERSCHUREN, J. & BEUDELS, M.-O. (2005).

Sahelo-Saharan Antelopes - Status and Perspectives.

2nd edition. Prepared by the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.

CMS Technical Series Nº 11. 126 Seiten.

Vorwort zur 2. Auflage:

The   original   documents   entitled   “Conservation   Measures   for   Sahelo-Saharan   Antelopes.   Action   Plan   and   Status Reports”were  published  in  1999  by  UNEP  /  CMS  and  prepared  by    Roseline  C.  Beudels-Jamar,  Pierre  Devillers,  Jean Devillers-Terschuren and René-Marie Lafontaine - IRScNB - 1999.

They were based on  on documents prepared for the Convention on Migratory Species by Pierre Pfeffer (1993b, 1995) and on supporting documents for the action plan on Sahelo-Saharan antelopes adopted by the 4th  Conference of the Parties of the Convention,  documents  that  were  prepared  by  Roseline  C.  Beudels,  Martine  Bigan,  Pierre  Devillers  and  Pierre  Pfeffer (1994). The information it contains originates mainly from the global surveys and regional action plans edited by Rod East (1988, 1990), and the fundamental work of Hubert Gillet (1965, 1969) and John E. Newby (1974, 1988, in particular).

This  reports  were  reviewed  and  updated  by  Roseline  C.  Beudels-Jamar,  Pierre  Devillers,  René-Marie  Lafontaine  and Marie-Odile Beudels, IRScNB, on the basis of recent surveys and of development of conservation efforts. SCF and SSIG participated in the review, in particular John Newby, Tania Gilbert, François Larmaque, Heiner Engel, Tim Wacher,  Mar Cano, Fabrice Cuzin, Abdelkader Jebali, Teresa Abigair and Koen De Smet. Maurice Ascani participated in the review of the chapter  Addax nasomaculatus
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Maps: lay-out by Isabelle Bachy, IRScNB.

Marie-Odile Beudels was responsible for the composition, lay-out and finalization of this document.

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