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TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project
Final Report Appendix 5
Conservation: Assess the extent of coverage of critical habitats by Niubeiliang NNR;
make recommendations for extensions of Niubeiliang NNR to enhance
protection; prepare a conservation action plan for implementation in
and near Niubeiliang NNR; based on outcomes of studies of
population numbers and distribution, consider options for expansion
of the existing range of the species by translocation.
Species survival Urgently assess existing threats, focusing on agricultural and other land
uses; plan and implement short- and long-term measures to reduce or
eliminate threats; develop and implement a species recovery plan.
Capacity building Train Niubeiliang NNR personnel in habitat requirements of Ningshaan
Toad and in the planned species protection and recovery
methodologies; provide field protection, monitoring and research
equipment as needed.
Public awareness Carry out public awareness campaigns to alert the public to the
conservation program and elicit public support for conservation of
Ningshaan Toad and its habitats.
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