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Strategic Planning for Species Conservation • Characterizing the extant populations also allowed participants to conduct a form of gap analysis, determining what more would need to be achieved in order to reach the Vision. For example, the Vision for wild cattle and buffaloes in Southeast Asia specifically expressed an aspiration to have viable, ecologically functional populations in all range States. Achieving this for some species in some range States would require that reintroductions be conducted; once again, likely sites were specified (Table 2.1). • In performing these gap analyses, participants used information from the Status Review to ensure that Goals were realistic, in relation to the remaining geographic range of the species. For example, while the Goals for gaur (a species with a broad geographic distribution) specified that at least 30 large, ecologically functional populations would be needed to achieve the Vision, the Goals for tamaraw (a species endemic to a single small island) aimed for just three ecologically functional populations, of which only two could be expected to be viable. Figure 6.1 Part of a spreadsheet used to compare extant populations of tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis) with components of the Vision agreed for wild cattle and buffaloes in Southeast Asia The method used to develop these Goals is described in Box 6.3. 6.3 Should the Goals be population- or site-specific? Ideally the Goals should be population- or site-specific, because some, but not all, populations may have to be maintained or expanded. Thus, if possible, the analysis and discussion that are involved in setting the Vision and Goals should aim to identify a minimum set of populations (or sites) necessary to save the species (see the Banteng example above; also see Table 2.1 and Box 6.3). Note that the desired minimum set may be larger than the current number of extant populations (or sites), in which case restoration would be necessary. Other sites (outside this minimum set) may be identified and included in an additional set of populations (or sites), for example, to satisfy stakeholders’ aims (e.g., the resource needs of local communities, national agendas, or NGOs’ programme aims). Such sites could be added in the course of preparing the range-wide or regional SCS, or in subsequent preparation of national Action Plans (see section 9.5). Sometimes the information available may be insufficient to define site-specific Goals. In such cases the Goals will need to be phrased in broader terms (e.g., the number of populations per region and/or subspecies). While Goals are written using operational terms, they still have the same range-wide and, most importantly, long-term temporal scale as the Vision statement. It is also necessary, therefore, to derive shorter-term Goal Targets for the SCS in order to facilitate and promote its implementation. 43
6.4 What are Goal Targets? 44 6. Vision and Goals Goal Targets represent a medium-term (typically 5–10 years) subset of the Goals. Thus Goal Targets represent those Goals that can realistically be achieved over the lifetime of the SCS (and/or those steps towards achieving the Goals that can realistically be achieved over the lifetime of the SCS). Like all targets, Goal Targets should be SMART, i.e., Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound (see Chapter 2 for a definition of the SMART acronym, and Section 7.5 for a more detailed description of its components). Photo 6.1 Female Banteng (Bos javanicus) at Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand © WCS – Thailand Program To continue the Banteng example from above, at the June 2008 Asian Wild Cattle and Buffaloes Conservation Strategy Workshop, the following Goal Targets were set for Banteng (note that while the Goals, given above, were long-term like the Vision, the Goal Targets apply to the 10-year lifetime of the Strategic Plan): • Maintain the secure Banteng populations in Ujung Kulon NP in Java (Indonesia) and Huai Khai Khaeng WS and the Eastern Forest Complex in Thailand. • Increase Banteng numbers in: • Nam Nao NP, Kaeng Krachan NP, and Dong Phra Yayen– Khao Yai Forest Complex (Thailand) by 2013; • Baluran NP (Java, Indonesia) by 2011, and Alas Purwo
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