Serengeti General Management Plan

C. Ecosystem Management Programme
Figure C.2: Ecosystem Management Programme Logical Framework
Human
impacts
threatening the
Migration
minimised
The conservation and
ecological status of
SENAPA Conservation
Targets enhanced and
threats reduced
Human
impacts to the
Mara River
monitored and
minimised
ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMME PURPOSE
The Serengeti's key ecological systems,
communities and species monitored, assessed,
and appropriate management responses taken
to mitigate human impacts and to ensure that
resource values are not impaired
OBJECTIVES
Fire extent,
frequency and
intensity within
key habitats
managed
TARGETS
Viable
populations of
Black rhino
restored to the
Serengeti
Regular, managementoriented
monitoring and
assessment of key
ecosystem values and
processes strengthened
Viable
populations of
Wild dogs
restored to the
Serengeti
Objective 1: The conservation and ecological status of
SENAPA Conservation Targets enhanced and threats reduced
The desired future state of SENAPA is one where the threats to the functioning of the Serengeti
ecosystem are eliminated and all components and processes are restored to their natural
evolving levels.
To achieve this desired state, a series of management targets and associated management
actions have been formulated, which adopt one of two main strategies, as illustrated in
Figure C.1 above. The first strategy is to reduce the prioritised threats themselves, under the
assumption that the removal of threats will ensure the maintenance of the Conservation Targets.
However, in the case of Black rhinos and Wild dogs, it is necessary to deploy restoration
strategies, with the objective of re-introducing these native ecosystem components that
have been disrupted by past and ongoing human activities. In support of successfully implementing
these strategies, there are other types of management actions that build capacity,
engage stakeholders, or promote priority policy actions.
The management targets have been designed to address the emerging groupings of threats
identified in Table C.3 above. The first two management targets address threats to the system-level
Conservation Targets, whilst the third management target addresses the crosscutting
threat of fire. The final two management targets address the restoration of the specieslevel
Conservation Targets; Black rhino and Wild dogs. As indicated in the threat summary
box for each management target, some of identified threats are addressed under other man-
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