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The designation of geographical entities in this document, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN or the organizations of the authors and editors of the document concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of IUCN. Production of this document was made possible by the generous support of the Wildlife Conservation Society in providing editorial and production services. Support for the work of the IUCN/SSC Species Conservation Planning Task Force was provided by grants from the Forestry Bureau of the Taiwan Council of Agriculture; the Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund, administered by the Chicago Zoological Society; and the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Working meetings of the Task Force were generously hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Budapest Zoo, and the WildCRU of the University of Oxford. Published by: IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Copyright: © 2008 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Reproduction of this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorized without prior written permission from the copyright holder provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of this publication for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written permission of the copyright holder. Citation: IUCN/SSC. 2008. Strategic Planning for Species Conservation: A Handbook. Version 1.0. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN Species Survival Commission. 104pp. ISBN: 978-2-8317-1125-6 Cover design and layout by: Karin Svadlenak-Gomez. Cover photo: Waved Albatross (Diomedea irrorata) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador © Robert Lacy. Available online at: http://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/SCSHandbook.pdf
Contents PREFACE VII ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IX GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS XI 1. THE EVOLUTION OF SSC’S PLANNING FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.2 THE NEED FOR BETTER ACTION PLANS 1 2. A FRAMEWORK FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION 4 2.1 WHAT IS A SPECIES CONSERVATION STRATEGY? 4 2.2 HOW THE SCS PROCESS DIFFERS FROM EARLIER APPROACHES 5 2.3 AN OUTLINE OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS 6 2.4 MONITORING AND REVISION OF SCSS 7 3. WHEN SHOULD A SPECIES CONSERVATION STRATEGY BE DEVELOPED? 11 3.1 GETTING STARTED 11 3.2 TAXONOMIC SCOPE: SINGLE, FEW, OR MANY SPECIES 13 4. WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING A SPECIES CONSERVATION STRATEGY? 17 4.1 INTRODUCTION: THE NEED FOR A PARTICIPATORY MULTI-STAKEHOLDER APPROACH 17 4.2 IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTICIPANTS FOR THE SCS PROCESS 18 4.3 THE ROLE OF IUCN/SSC SPECIALIST GROUPS 19 5. STATUS REVIEW 21 5.1 INTRODUCTION 21 5.2 HOW TO CONDUCT A STATUS REVIEW 22 5.3 WHAT DOES THE STATUS REVIEW CONTAIN? 23 5.3.1 SPECIES DESCRIPTION 23 5.3.2 THE SPECIES’ FUNCTIONS AND VALUES 25 5.3.3 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT 25 5.3.4 CURRENT DISTRIBUTION AND DEMOGRAPHY 27 5.3.5 HABITAT AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT 32 5.3.6 THREAT ANALYSIS 33 5.3.7 CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT 38 6. VISION AND GOALS 39 6.1 WHAT IS A VISION? 39 6.2 WHAT ARE GOALS? 41 6.3 SHOULD THE GOALS BE POPULATION- OR SITE-SPECIFIC? 43 6.4 WHAT ARE GOAL TARGETS? 44 6.5 MINIMIZING TENSION BETWEEN RANGE-WIDE OR REGIONAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY GOAL TARGETS AND NATIONAL OR LOCAL ACTION PLANS 45 6.6 THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING THE VISION AND GOALS 46 6.7 THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING EXPLICIT VISION AND GOALS AND GOAL TARGETS IN A SPECIES CONSERVATION STRATEGY 46 7. OBJECTIVES 47 7.1 INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARE OBJECTIVES? 47 7.2 ONE METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A PROBLEM ANALYSIS 47 7.3 HOW TO USE THE PROBLEM ANALYSIS TO SET OBJECTIVES 52 7.4 DEVELOPING OBJECTIVE TARGETS 54 7.5 ENSURING OBJECTIVE TARGETS ARE “SMART” 56 8. ACTIONS 57 8.1 INTRODUCTION 57 v
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