CMS: International Action Plan Argali Conservation — English
Argali (Ovis ammon) are listed on the current IUCN Red List as Near Threatened, because their numbers are declining due to poaching and competition with livestock. Argali are also listed in Appendix II of the Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and in the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Argali are the largest of the world’s wild sheep, and primary threats are poaching and loss and degradation of habitat. Some populations are stable while others are decreasing. The horns of the males are highly valued as a trophy and argali are a species with considerable economic potential. This Single Species Action Plan was developed at a workshop organized by CMS that took place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in December 2012. The draft plan was subsequently further refined by the world’s leading argali experts during an extensive process of review.
Compiled By
David Mallon, Navinder Singh, Christiane Röttger
List of Contributors
Muhibullah Fazli (Afghanistan); Alexander Berber, Maksim Levitin (Kazakhstan); Askar Davletbakov, Nadezhda Emel’yanova, Almaz Musaev, (Kyrgyzstan); Tarun Kathula (India); Onon Yondon, Sukh Amgalanbaatar (Mongolia); Dinesh Prasad Parajuli (Nepal); Nurali Saidov, Munavvar Alidodov, Abdulkadyrkhon Maskaev (Tajikistan); Tatiana Yudina (Russian Federation); Alexandr Grigoryants (Uzbekistan); Sergey Sklyarenko (Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan, ACBK); Gerhard Damm, Kai-Uwe Wollscheid (International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation, CIC), Tom de Meulenaar (CITES Secretariat), Aline Kühl-Stenzel, Melanie Virtue (CMS Secretariat), Richard Reading (Denver Zoological Foundation); Alexander Dimet (Fauna & Flora International, FFI); Kathrin Uhlemann, Lira Joldubaeva, Dana Yermolyonok (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, GIZ), Marco Festa-Bianchet, Stefan Michel, Andrey Subbotin (IUCN SSC Caprinae Specialist Group), Raul Valdez (New Mexico State University); Tatjana Rosen Michel (Panthera); Alexander Esipov (Saiga Conservation Alliance, SCA), Tahir Rasheed (Sustainable Use Specialist Group-Central Asia), Katalin Kecse-Nagy (TRAFFIC); Richard Harris (University of Montana), Aili Kang, Stephane Ostrowski, Zalmai Moheb (Wildlife Conservation Society); Michail Paltsyn, Olga Pereladova (WWF Russia)