IUCN / SSC Cat Specialist Group - Digital Cat Library |
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
| Rabinowitz, A. | |
| Connecting the Dots: Saving a Species Throughout it's Range | |
| 2007 Conference Proceeding | |
With a loss of perhaps 30,000 species a year from the earth, we face an ongoing biodiversity crisis that is not being adequately addressed. Despite innumerable workshops and increasing numbers of scientific and technical publications, most scientists and conservationists give no thought to long term strategies that provide practical guidelines for saving individual species from extinction. With millions of dollars being put towards the study and conservation of some of the most charismatic megafauna, such as the great cats, even these species continue to experience range collapse, fragmentation, and genetic deterioration. We now recognize three critical areas for in-situ conservation: the delineation, mitigation, and measurement of critical threats; an understanding of landscape genetics and how landscape characteristics structure populations; and the involvement of people and governments at the national, regional, and local levels. However, while many initiatives incorporate these factors in efforts to conserve large cats, many remain restricted to a scale that fails to consider the needs of the species across its entire distribution. Here we demonstrate an approach that incorporates these initiatives and puts into motion a conservation plan for the jaguar that identifies and protects a genetic and biological corridor across the species existing range. |
|
 |
PDF files are only accessible to Friends of the Cat Group. Joining Friends of the Cat Group gives you unlimited access and downloads in the Cat SG Library for one year, and allows you to receive our newsletter Cat News (2 regular issues per year plus special issues). More information how to join here |
(c) IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group ( IUCN - The World Conservation Union) |