Submitted by
Julian.Fennessy
on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 11:13
General Information
Resolution
46429
IUCN Constituent
IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group 2017-2020
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
Africa
Country/Territory
Angola
Botswana
Chad
Congo (DROC)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Namibia
Niger
South Africa
South Sudan
Uganda
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Ministério da Cultura, Turismo e Ambiente República de Angola ( Angola )
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de la Coopération et de l`Intégration africaine et des Nigériens à l'extérieur ( Niger )
Tanzania National Parks ( United Republic of Tanzania )
Uganda Wildlife Authority ( Uganda )
Zoological Society of London ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Smithsonian Institution ( United States of America )
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ( United States of America )
Sahara Conservation Fund ( United States of America )
Ministry of Environment and Tourism ( Namibia )
3243B419-957A-E811-BA94-005056BA6623
IUCN Commissions
F717E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Seckenberg BiK-F, African Parks,
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Translocation of Rothschild's giraffe to Kidepo Valley National Park
Status
Completed
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Translocation of West African giraffe to Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve
Status
Completed
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Development of proposal for giraffe to be listed on the Convention of Migratory Species - added to Appendix II in October 2018
Status
Completed
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Red List assessments for seven giraffe subspecies endorsed in November 2018 - two listed as Critically Endangered (Kordofan and Nubian), one as Endangered (Reticulated), two as Vulnerable (Thornicroft's and Rothschild's - the later downlisted from Endangered), one as Near threatened (West African - downlisted from Endangered) and one as Least Concern (Angolan).
Status
Completed
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Development of first ever National Giraffe Conservation Startegies and Action Plans for countries and or regions
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Finalise first Red List assessments for remaining two subspecies - Masai and South African giraffe
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2017-2020