Abstract
This guideline has been developed to provide directions for people working and interested to work on the conservation of Black Crowned cranes to save the species from loss and extinction. The conservation guideline is developed in consultations with the local communities and stakeholders in Ethiopia, Jimma zone, Chora Boter district through: field survey, focused group discussions, community and multi-stakeholders workshop from March 2015 to January 2016. Local communities and stakeholders participations are crucial in any conservation plan. This guideline present overviews of Black Crowned cranes conservation and its importance’s, the role of people and social medias in conservation, the importance of pre-defined conservation strategies, and lastly, how to secure fund for Black Crowned crane conservation. Key words: Black crowned cranes, conservation, Ethiopia, guideline, local communities.
Highlights
What is conservation?The dictionary meaning of conservation is the act of conserving; prevention, decay, or loss; preservation
The local communities described that habitat loss and degradation, depletion of water resources, wetland draining for irrigation purpose, siltation of wetlands because environmental degradation, overgrazing in wetlands buffer zone, human disturbance and lack of awareness about the socio-ecological values of wetlands from the community are the major threats of Black Crowned cranes in Chora boter distric
The community living nearby the wetlands of Black Crowned Crane will be involved in conservation
Summary
The dictionary meaning of conservation is the act of conserving; prevention, decay, or loss; preservation. Habitat loss due to lack of clear wetland protection and weak rules and regulations are the major factors that affect the Black Crowned cranes in Ethiopia (Aynalem et al, 2012). If wetland degradation and loss is continued in the future without conservation intervention, the Black crowned cranes should be either extinct or migrated to other areas for searching of feeding and breeding. The local communities described that habitat loss and degradation, depletion of water resources, wetland draining for irrigation purpose, siltation of wetlands because environmental degradation, overgrazing in wetlands buffer zone, human disturbance and lack of awareness about the socio-ecological values of wetlands from the community are the major threats of Black Crowned cranes in Chora boter distric. The community living nearby the wetlands (the breeding, nesting ground, feeding ecology and potential habitat) of Black Crowned Crane will be involved in conservation. Six airlines bear the crane, in different designs, on their tail unit of their planes: Lufthansa, German; Shanghai airlines, China Eastern Airlines; Xiamen airlines, China Southern airlines; Japans’ airlines; Polish airlines and Uganda airlines
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