Conservation roadmap and species action plan workshop for Ethiopian antelopes

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Conservation roadmap and species action plan workshop for Ethiopian antelopesEthiopia harbours more than  species and subspecies of antelopes, many of them endemic or near endemic (i.e. with % or more of their range in the country).Antelopes inhabit a wide range of ecosystems in Ethiopia, including the Afromontane highlands, Danakil desert, Somali arid bush, Sudanian savannah and Gambella wetlands (part of the Sudd ecosystem).Ethiopia thus has one of the highest diversities of antelopes in Africa.To develop a conservation framework for these species, a stakeholder planning workshop was held in Addis Ababa during - September .The workshop was co-organized by the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority and the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Antelope Specialist Group, and funded by the St Louis Zoo Wildcare Institute, USA.There were  participants, representing the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, national parks, Addis Ababa and Hawassa universities, Ethiopian Conservation Thinktank, African Parks, Cheetah Conservation Fund, international donors (the German agency for international cooperation, GIZ, and the German state development bank, KfW), tourism and hunting sectors, and the SSC Antelope Specialist Group.The aims of the workshop were to update the status of antelopes in Ethiopia, assess threats, develop a roadmap for all species, and identify the species in most

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