Workshop looks at strategies to save the Grevy’s zebra

The endangered Grevy's Zebra

Conservation experts from Republic of Kenya too Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia met this calendar week to review conservation too management strategies for the endangered Grevy’s zebra that expired concluding year.

The experts from areas inhabited yesteryear Grevy’s zebra attended the two-day workshop inwards Nanyukito, Kenya, on Midweek too Th to develop a national activeness innovation for the survival of the wild animal.

Participants came from Government, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority, organisations,  private reason owners, too people amongst an involvement inwards Grevy’s zebra conservation.

Dr Charles Musyoki, who represented the Republic of Kenya Wildlife Service manager Julius Kipng’etich, said the presence of delegates from Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia showed the importance the 2 neighbouring countries attached to the procedure of reviewing the strategy.

Musyoki noted that the previous five-year Grevy’s zebra strategy had made of import milestones, including the offset structured census for Grevy’s zebra inwards 2008, recruitment of a full-time national Grevy’s zebra liaison officer, institution of diverse community conservancies inwards Northern Kenya, grooming of community scouts, enhanced research, too conservation activities.

He said conservation of Grevy’s zebra inwards both countries was non without challenges.

He said the Republic of Kenya Wildlife Service was seeking ways to harmonise conflicting approaches yesteryear diverse species-specific practiced groups, particularly carnivore too Grevy’s zebra conservationists who operate independent of each other.

He said most of the recommendations to ensure the survival of the Grevy’s zebra depend on people’s conduct too how they relate amongst the environment.

“Conservation of whatever species is normally non too thence much most the species inwards enquiry exactly people; what the communities, landowners too management regime similar KWS do,”  Musyoki said.

He said plans were nether means for a instant national Grevy’s zebra census inwards Nov this year. The offset was held inwards 2008.

Grevy’s zebra last solely inwards Republic of Kenya too Ethiopia’s semi-arid lands, exactly ranged historically inwards Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea too Sudan, where they went extinct.

Kenya’s estimated national population of 2400 is largely found on the shores of Lake Turkana, Samburu, Marsabit, Laikipia, Meru, Tsavo, Garissa, too Naivasha.

The proposed Wildlife Law would listing the Grevy’s zebra amid endangered too protected species, equally good equally listing  endangered ecosystems.

Belinda Mackey, of the Grevy’s Zebra Trust, noted that the Grevy’s zebra is most adapted for semi-arid areas, particularly due north of the equator.

She said they could croak for v days without H2O amongst the exception of lactating females.

The manager of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority, Dr Kifle Argaw, underscored the importance of cross-border evolution of the strategy for managing too conserving the wild animal.

“We bespeak to develop these species strategies together since if whatever province lags behind, it becomes a headache for the rest.

“We bespeak to jointly force the conservation agenda for the Grevy’s zebra too other species.”

The Grevy’s zebra is protected from whatever commercial role through its listing on Appendix I of the UN Convention on International Trade inwards Endangered Species of Wild Fauna too Flora (CITES).

The species is too classified equally endangered yesteryear the International Conservation Union (IUCN).

The workshop was told that both Republic of Kenya too Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia human face upwardly shared challenges over poaching for meat too unproven medicinal value, predation, reduced access to H2O resources too pasture, resources competition, invasion of invasive species too insecurity.

Fanuel Kebede, from the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority, said cross-border collaboration would heighten the survival of the endangered species.

Dr Paul Muoria, of Nature Kenya, spoke of habitat fragmentation too the expected rapid infrastructural developments of roads, railways too stone oil pipelines on the Isiolo-Moyale, Lamu-Isiolo-Ethiopia-Sudan routes.

“We should consider these developments equally having bully tourism potential exactly acquit inwards hear the looming threat of poaching too habitat loss equally good equally rapid human population increase.”

The workshop provided an chance to update numbers too distribution of Grevy’s zebra inwards Republic of Kenya too Ethiopia, equally good equally contain the inputs too views of stakeholders into a revised five-year strategy for its conservation.

 

 

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