Master Planning of Zoos - Central Zoo Authority

Technical Session V
Criteria for developing and
integrating in-situ and ex-situ
conservation strategy
B.C. Choudhary
Head, Endangered Species Management
Wildlife Institute of India
Dehradun
Premise
l The best conservation effort is in-situ conservation
l Ex-situ conservation is a supplement not a substitute to in-situ conservation
l Ex-situ efforts not at the cost of in-situ efforts
Needs to be governed by
l A national policy and action plan complimented by a state policy and/or
action plan
l National obligations to international conventions
l Feasibility and practicality
l A long term planned commitment
What is the national policy support?
l The national pa network planning based on biogeographic representative
areas himachal pradesh has pa’s with 16.04 % of area under in-situ
conservation (8930.03 km2)
l Gaps have been identified for biogeographic provinces rather than zones
l Charter 5 of 1983 national wildlife action plan and charter 3 of new wildlife
action plan 2002 – 2016 encourages states to develop long term proper
planned ex-situ conservation programmes
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