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| Conservation Assured, | |
| CATS Manual Version 1.4 | |
| 2017 Full Book | |
Conservation Assured (CA) is a new conservation tool to set minimum standards for effective management of target species and encourage assessment of these standards in relevant tiger conservation areas. CA fulfils the requirement for protected area management effectiveness in international agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) Programme of Work on Protected Areas and will help national governments, and their partners in conservation, to meet the CBD's Strategic Plan for Biodiversity. CA is also linked to and partnered in the development of IUCN's Green List of Protected Areas, an initiative to encourage, measure and share the success of protected areas in reaching good standards of management. The first species-specific CA standards are for the tiger (_Panthera tigris_). CA|TS is a set of 17 minimum elements with associated standards and criteria for effective management of tiger conservation areas. It is not a new management effectiveness system or a ranking of tiger conservation areas; but rather provides the means to tell if a particular area attains the minimum standards needed to conserve tigers. Tiger conservation areas taking part in the system will be recorded as either Registered (but standard not yet attained) or as Approved (achieving the standards as verified through an assessment and independent review process); excellence would be expressed in terms of highlighting specific best practices. Whether tiger conservation areas meet the criteria is based on a process which starts with self-assessment, progresses through a system of national assessment and is finally approved by an international committee, which ensures equivalence across tiger range countries. CA|TS provides an opportunity for individual tiger conservation areas or networks of areas to demonstrate their commitment to, and success in, protecting tigers. It is a voluntary, independent scheme for any area involved in tiger conservation. CA|TS has been extensively field-tested and subjected to expert peer review (see acknowledgements for details). It is expected that the CA|TS will be reviewed every few years as best practice standards evolve and are refined. |
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