Title
Success Story - Victory for Endangered Species
Author(s)
US Agency for International Development
Abstract
The survival of a multitude of species has been under threat in Afghanistan for many years from illegal hunting activities. A Presidential Decree banning hunting went some way to combating this, however when the Decree expired in March 2009, it became clear that more enforceable measures were desperately needed. WCS and USAID helped to form a Committee and, together, comprehensive lists of Harvestable and Protected Species were compiled. For the first time in Afghanistan's history, it had an official Protected Species List that placed legal protection upon a range of species such as the snow leopard, Siberian crane and a critically endangered amphibian - the Paghman salamander. This Press Release accompanies the official publication of the first list and describes future plans to ensure such protection measures are implemented in full.
Keywords
Hunting ban, endangered species, NEPA, USAID, protected species, harvestable species, Snow leopard, Marco Polo sheep, AWEC
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