Serengeti General Management Plan

Serengeti National Park General Management Plan
SENAPA Ecosystem Management Programme Objectives
The prioritised Conservation Targets, Key Ecological Attributes and threats provide the foundation
for designing management actions and a monitoring system that will best achieve the
Ecosystem Management Programme Purpose, set out above. The implementation of these
tasks will be achieved through the two objectives of the Ecosystem Management Programme,
which are:
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1. The conservation and ecological status of SENAPA Conservation Targets enhanced
and threats reduced
2. Regular, management-oriented monitoring and assessment of key ecosystem values
and processes strengthened
Figure C.1 below, illustrates how these two objectives address the restoration and monitoring
of Conservation Targets and the reduction and monitoring of the threats.
Figure C.1: Ecosystem Management Programme Overview
Conservation
Targets
Key Ecological Attributes
biodiversity health
restoration
Objective 1
management
actions
adaptive management
Objective 2
monitoring
ecosystem health
Threats
direct/ indirect results
of human activities
threat reduction
threat status
In order to meet Objective 1, a series of 10-year management targets, with accompanying
management actions, have been formulated. Each management target addresses a grouping
of threats, as illustrated in Table C.3 above. For each management target there is a brief
description of the relevant issues and opportunities, which provide the specific context and
justification for the management actions. To support the implementation of these management
actions, an initial 3-year Action Plan for the period 2006-2008 is provided, which lists
the necessary activities, input requirements, responsibilities and timeframe (see Table G.2 in
Section G).
To achieve Objective 2, a framework has been provided for monitoring the health of the Serengeti
ecosystem, based on measuring the Key Ecological Attributes and threats to the Conservation
Targets.
Figure C.2 below shows the logical framework for the Ecosystem Management Programme.