Transcript ci`s approach to conservation

CI’S APPROACH TO
CONSERVATION
Currently, 15,589 species of plants and
animals are threatened with extinction
One in eight bird species
One in four mammal species
One in three amphibian species
Source: The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (www.iucnredlist.org)
CI’s Strategic
Planning
Handbook
Information and guidance
on how CI decides:
where to invest our
conservation resources,
what we seek to achieve
in those places, and
how we will intervene.
Defining Key Biodiversity Areas
Sites of global significance for
biodiversity conservation
Restricted-range species
Congregatory species
Globally
threatened
species
Defining Key Biodiversity Areas
• Madagascar KBAs -- triggered by the
presence of threatened species in eight
taxonomic groups: mammals, birds,
amphibians, freshwater fish, reptiles,
arthropods, gastropods and plants (n=117)
area protected
area with no formal protection
Source: CI-Madagascar, unpubl.
Endemism
Endemic species
are restricted to a
particular region
and found
nowhere else.
Okopipi - Dendrobates azureus (VU)
Suriname
Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE)
Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Cryptobatrachus boulengeri (EN)
Santa Marta Bush tyrant (EN).
Biodiversity Conservation Corridors
Area-demanding globally threatened species
Low density:
Migratory:
SOUTHERN CASSOWARY (VU)
SIBERIAN CRANE (CR)
Dependence on broad-scale ecological processes
KIHANSI SPRAY TOAD (CR)
Aggregating outcomes:
CI’s 5-year commitments
• No vertebrate extinctions in areas where we work by 2010
• Increase protected area coverage to 150,000 sq. km. in
biodiversity hotspots
• Increase protected area coverage to 500,000 sq. km. in highbiodiversity wilderness areas
• Improve management of existing 600,000 sq. km. in biodiversity
hotspots
• Improve management of 250,000 sq. km. in indigenous lands
• Establish 5 new seascapes and 20 new marine protected areas
CI seeks to maintain
the inherent value of
biodiversity and its
value to humankind
everywhere.