scholarly journals The making of conservation Action Plans for the Galliformes

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. McGowan ◽  
R. W. R. J. Dekker ◽  
S. Dowell ◽  
P. Garson
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
World Conservation ◽  
Species Survival ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Umbrella Organization ◽  
Specialist Groups ◽  
Specialist Group

SummaryMegapodes: an action plan for their conservation 1995–1999) was published in 1995 by the Species Survival Commission of IUCN – The World Conservation Union. It is the twenty-eighth publication in its Action Plan series and the first for any group of birds. Action Plans published under the auspices of the Species Survival Commission are perceived as a means of making information on the status, threats and action required to safeguard species available to conservation planners and others in a position to take action. They are compiled by the appropriate taxon Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission and their production and implementation is central to the Commission's activities. As well as the megapodes, Action Plans have recently been compiled for the partridges, quails, francolins, snowcocks and guineafowl, and for the pheasants. Stimulating interest in the conservation of these three groups of birds is the responsibility of three Specialist Groups which operate under the joint parentage of the World Pheasant Association, BirdLife International and the Species Survival Commission. The World Pheasant Association is the umbrella organization for five Galliformes Specialist Groups and was the driving force behind the production of these Action Plans, providing the means for the Specialist Groups to compile the information. This paper outlines the scope of these Action Plans and explains how they were compiled in the hope that this may assist the production of Action Plans for other bird groups.

scholarly journals Action Plans: do they help conservation?

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip. J. K. McGowan ◽  
Peter. J. Garson ◽  
John. P. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Threatened Species ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
World Conservation ◽  
Species Survival ◽  
The World ◽  
Prime Objective ◽  
Specialist Groups

IntroductionIUCN (The World Conservation Union) published its first Action Plan more than a decade ago (Oates 1986). Many taxon-specific Specialist Groups working under the auspices of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) have since produced such documents, some of which are now in their second editions (e.g. Reeves and Leatherwood 1994). As we know only too well ourselves, Action Plans take a great deal of time and effort to compile, but what evidence is there to show that they are effective in achieving their prime objective of increasing the amount and quality of work that gets done to save threatened species from extinction?

scholarly journals Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Good News ◽  
Tropical Rainforests ◽  
Predator Control ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Australian Birds ◽  
The Status

The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020 is the most comprehensive review of the status of Australia's avifauna ever attempted. The latest in a series of action plans for Australian birds that have been produced every decade since 1992, it is also the largest. The accounts in this plan have been authored by more than 300 of the most knowledgeable bird experts in the country, and feature far more detail than any of the earlier plans. This volume also includes accounts of over 60 taxa that are no longer considered threatened, mainly thanks to sustained conservation action over many decades. This extensive book covers key themes that have emerged in the last decade, including the increasing impact of climate change as a threatening process, most obviously in Queensland's tropical rainforests where many birds are being pushed up the mountains. However, the effects are also indirect, as happened in the catastrophic fires of 2019/20. Many of the newly listed birds are subspecies confined to Kangaroo Island, where fire destroyed over half the population. But there are good news stories too, especially on islands where there have been spectacular successes with predator control. Such uplifting results demonstrate that when action plans are followed by action on the ground, threatened species can indeed be recovered and threats alleviated.

scholarly journals Alternative strategies for amphibian conservation: a response to Muths & Fisher

Oryx ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-215
Author(s):  
Franco Andreone
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Amphibian Conservation ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Species Survival ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Conservation Action Plan ◽  
Specialist Group

The so-called amphibian crisis is mostly managed by IUCN through the Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group in collaboration with the Amphibian Survival Alliance, and its management is considered to be the most important implementation of the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (Gascon et al., 2007). In the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan  meeting held in 2005 several actions were planned and the investment needed for amphibian conservation was estimated. More than a decade later, however, much remains to be done, especially in response to heterogeneous emergencies that could cause amphibian extinctions. In this context Muths & Fisher (2015) suggest an alternative approach.

Theme 3. Sharing Pacific-Rim Experiences in Disasters: Summary and Action Plan

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Hickson ◽  
Michael Schull ◽  
Emilio Huertas Arias ◽  
Yasufumi Asai ◽  
Jih-Chang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Preceding Paper ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Pacific Rim ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Chairs

AbstractIntroduction:The discussions in this theme provided an opportunity to address the unique hazards facing the Pacific Rim.Methods:Details of the methods used are provided in the preceding paper. The chairs moderated all presentations and produced a summary that was presented to an assembly of all of the delegates. Since the findings from the Theme 3 and Theme 7 groups were similar, the chairs of both groups presided over one workshop that resulted in the generation of a set of action plans that then were reported to the collective group of all delegates.Results:The main points developed during the presentations and discussion included: (1) communication, (2) coordination, (3) advance planning and risk assessment, and (4) resources and knowledge.Discussion:Action plans were summarized in the following ideas: (1) plan disaster responses including the different types, identification of hazards, focusing training based on experiences, and provision of public education; (2) improve coordination and control; (3) maintain communications, assuming infrastructure breakdown; (4) maximize mitigation through standardized evaluations, the creation of a legal framework, and recognition of advocacy and public participation; and (5) provide resources and knowledge through access to existing therapies, the media, and increasing and decentralizing hospital inventories.Conclusions:The problems in the Asia-Pacific rim are little different from those encountered elsewhere in the world. They should be addressed in common with the rest of the world.

scholarly journals A review of the status of the Green Peafowl Pavo muticus and recommendations for future action

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. K. McGowan ◽  
J. W. Duckworth ◽  
Wen Xianji ◽  
B. Van Balen ◽  
Yang Xiaojun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
North East ◽  
Ecological Requirements ◽  
The Status ◽  
Green Peafowl

SummaryThe Green Peafowl has undergone a substantial decline throughout East Asia since the turn of the century and is now reported only from a few widely scattered localities in several countries. Its plight was highlighted in the IUCN Pheasant Action Plan where it was one of the highest priorities for conservation action. Recent surveys have clarified its status and distribution in at least part of several range countries and there is patchy information from elsewhere in its range. The current knowledge of the species was reviewed at a workshop in Malaysia in autumn 1997 at which representatives from most key countries were present. The species is extinct in Peninsular Malaysia, and almost lost from Bangladesh and north-east India. There is one large population remaining in Thailand and the species is thought to be in danger of extinction in Laos. China and Indonesia hold mostly small and scattered populations although the latter does contain two large protected populations. The status in Myanmar and Cambodia is unknown, although the presence of large tracts of apparently suitable habitat in eastern Cambodia suggest that this area may hold the largest populations of the species. Conservation recommendations fall into four categories: a strategic review, assessing status and understanding ecological requirements, investigating the human-Green Peafowl relationship and considering the possibility of reintroducing the species where appropriate.

Research on the Development Mechanism of the Low-Carbon City

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 2381-2387
Author(s):  
Wei Li Zhai ◽  
Wen Ping Peng
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Population Census ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
City Construction ◽  
Low Carbon City ◽  
Carbon Economy

After the UN climate conference in Copenhagen and the Cancun conference in Mexico, the world pays more attention to low-carbon development. Low-carbon city is an important path to develop the low-carbon economy. Countries all over the world have take action now: Britain’s climate change action plan; Danish’s low-carbon communities; Japan’s low-carbon society action plan. In the sixth nationwide population census, urban population closes to the rural population. Urban create 70 percent GDP, it is also a major source of carbon emissions. How economic development decouple from carbon emissions in the process of industrialization, it is a major problem encountered in China. In this paper, it describes the process of the low-carbon city evolution and the concept of the low-carbon city firstly, then it analyses the status of low-carbon city construction in our country secondly, finally the paper puts forward countermeasures. The countermeasure will has important meaning to develop low-carbon economy in our country.

Disappearing jewels: an urgent need for conservation of Fiji’s partulid tree snail fauna

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilianne Brodie ◽  
Gary M. Barker ◽  
Helen Pippard ◽  
Cindy S. Bick ◽  
Diarmaid Ó Foighil
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Land Snail ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Snail Species ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Sister Relationship

Where conservation status of island non-marine molluscs is known, snails tend to be one of the most threatened faunal groups. However, published information regarding island gastropod conservation status, diversity and endemism is frequently unavailable despite the importance of this information for the formulation of biodiversity action plans and conservation strategy. Fiji, for example, has a diverse native land snail fauna (>240 species) with an endemism level of ~80%, but only within the last few years has any information about any of these species been available to the national biodiversity reporting repository. For one lineage in particular, members of the tree snail family Partulidae, with four endemic Fiji Island species, the conservation status of the group has never been assessed. However, based on the alarming extinction rates documented in partulid snail species on other Pacific Islands, information about the occurrence and status of these taxa is urgently needed for Fiji’s biodiversity action plan. To redress this information void, we formulated the Fijian Partulid Tree Snail Project, consisting of five components: (1) raising awareness; (2) locating populations and monitoring population trends; (3) elucidating patterns of genetic diversity; (4) creating action partnerships; and (5) conducting disturbance gradient analyses. The overall goal was to characterise mechanisms leading to persistence of partulids in the face of increasing anthropogenic disturbance. In the initial stages of this project, existing information on Fiji’s partulids was collated and two small, remote islands in the Fiji archipelago were surveyed to investigate whether tree snails persisted there. Living populations of Partula lanceolata and empty shells of Partula leefei were found on Cicia Island in Lau, and on Rotuma Island in the Rotuma Group, respectively. DNA analyses confirm a sister relationship between the two Partula species in north-eastern Lau, P. lirata and P. lanceolata, with both sharing a sister relationship with a member of the same genus in Vanuatu – P. auraniana Hartman, 1888. Prioritisation and further sampling of additional islands, and residual native habitat on less accessible islands and islets, is needed to fully assess the conservation status of all four Fijian species via the IUCN Red List process. Moreover, the basic descriptive information and associated studies reported here will serve to raise awareness of Fiji’s endemic tree snails particularly in communities that had no prior knowledge of their special conservation status; and also at a wider national, regional and global level. Community awareness is particularly vital as the willing support of land owners in the relevant small island communities is critical to implementing any future conservation action plans.

Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves

1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Batisse
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Biosphere Reserves ◽  
World Conservation ◽  
Reserve Network ◽  
The World

On the basis of the results of the First International Biosphere Reserve Congress, jointly convened in Minsk in 1983 by UNESCO and UNEP in cooperation with FAO and IUCN, at the invitation of the USSR, and of consultations with conservation specialists and scientists which have since taken place, an Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves was adopted by the International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere at its eighth session (Paris, 3–8 December 1984) and is presented in this document as a programme framework. This framework identifies a range of actions for consideration by Governments and concerned international organizations in developing the multiple functions of Biosphere Reserves within the overall context of the MAB Programme. Those actions concretely serve the implementation of the World Conservation Strategy. While a number of actions are of a permanent nature, the stress is placed on activities which can be carried out in the period 1985–89—see the following Table.In summary, Governments and international organizations are invited to undertake activities which will improve and expand the international Biosphere Reserve network, to develop basic knowledge for conserving ecosystems and biological diversity, and to make Biosphere Reserves more effective in linking conservation and development in fulfilling the broad objectives of MAB.

Recent Breakthroughs in Various Antimicrobial Resistance Induced Quorum Sensing Biosynthetic Pathway Mediated Targets and Design of their Inhibitors

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 458-476
Author(s):  
Mohit Kumar ◽  
Mridula Saxena ◽  
Anil K. Saxena ◽  
Sisir Nandi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
World Health ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
The World

Objective: The world is under the grasp of dangerous post-antibiotics and antimicrobials attack where common infections may become untreatable, leading to premature deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). While an estimated 7,00,000 people die annually due to AMR, which is a public health threat to all communities in different parts of the world regardless of their economic status; however, this threat is serious in low- and middle-income countries having lack of sanitation and health infrastructure. The 68th World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance. Consequently, many countries started drafting and committing to National Action Plans against AMR. As strong as National Action Plans are in terms of prescribing rational use of antimicrobials, infection control practices, and related public health measures, without strong healthcare systems, these measures will have a limited impact on AMR in developing countries. Methods: The major reason for AMR is microbial quorum sensing (QS) that may strengthen the microbial community to generate inter-communication and virulence effects via quorum sensing mechanisms. Global stewardship to combat antimicrobial resistance aims to develop anti-quorum sensing compounds that can inhibit the biosynthetic pathway mediated different quorum sensing targets. Results: It may pave an effective attempt to minimize microbial quorum sensing mediated antimicrobial resistance. The present review describes QS mediated various potential target enzymes, their connection to AMR, and finds out the corresponding QS biosynthetic target inhibitors. Conclusion: These potential inhibitors can be derivatized to design and develop next-generation antimicrobial agents.

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