However, management of protected areas is carried out locally under the authority of CRDA.
#Orx animal code#
The DGF is responsible for implementing the Forestry Code on national land (including reserves and national parks). The code includes provisions for regulation of hunting, conservation of game species, protection of flora and fauna, and establishment of protected areas. Legislation for wildlife conservation is based on the Forestry Code (Code Forestier). Tunisia established a network of protected areas, managed locally by the governorate through the Chef d’Arrondissement des Forêts du Commisariat Régional de Développement Agricole (CRDA) with the DGF as the central authority. Animals from the EEP and SSP were then selected to specifically enhance the genetic diversity of the Tunisian metapopulation. The team assessed biomass and animal enclosures and delivered monitoring equipment. From 2006–2007, preparation was conducted at Dghoumes NP. Based on the data, the timeframe for antelope translocation and augmentation operations was decided.
Following these recommendations, in 2005 a joint EEP and SSP delegation, hosted by the DGF, visited relevant protected areas to review the existing combined antelope population statuses. In 2004, a technical workshop resulted in recommendations for metapopulation management of both species. Project planning was completed for both species with clear objectives set by DGF and the Addax/SHO EEP and SSP partners. Under the national strategy, the release of SHO to Dghoumes NP and of Addax to Jbil NP were planned to be conducted in tandem. Legislative and strategic framework was also assessed to comply with the broader context of biodiversity conservation and protected area management in Tunisia.Ī long-term national strategy for the conservation and metapopulation management of antelope in Tunisia was developed by the DGF from 2001–-2020, with the SHO, Addax and other antelope species action plans reviewed during a sponsored 2004 Convention of Migratory Species (CMS) workshop in Douz. An assessment was done to quantify the genetic diversity of the populations in Tunisia compared with the EEP and SSP populations. The European and North American populations were evaluated to determine availability of animals for release. The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) contributed via their ex situ Programme (EEP) and the North American Association of Zoos and Aquaria (AZA) also supported via their Species Survival Plan (SSP). The help came from coordinators of the Addax and SHO conservation programmes. The DGF requested assistance in re-establishing this fourth population from the zoo community. Additional populations of SHO would both secure the future health of the metapopulation and become a keystone in restoring/protecting arid land ecosystems within the country. The Direction Générale des Forêts (Ministère de l’Agriculture, de la Pêche et des Ressources Hydrauliques, Tunisie) (DGF) allocated Dghoumes National Park as a fourth area within the species’ indigenous range where substantial habitat regeneration had been initiated. By 2000, the SHO had been established in three Tunisian protected areas through additional reintroductions. The Tunisian reintroduction of Scimitar-horned Oryx (SHO) started in 1985 with the release of 10 animals transported from UK zoos to Bou Hedma National Park.
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