1. Defenders of Wildlife Alejandra Goyenechea November 25, 2014
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Alejandra Goyenechea
November 25, 2014
Santa Marta, Colombia
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2. Strategic Plan Mission: Conservation Vision: Conservation Approach:
Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities.
Conservation Vision:
Diverse wildlife populations in North America are secure and thriving, sustained by a network of healthy lands and waters.
Conservation
Approach:
Prevent species and their habitats from becoming imperiled
Protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats
Restore the health of once-vulnerable species and their habitats

5. Attorneys at Defenders of Wildlife
Domestic law (litigation, advocacy)
International law
Legislation and lobbying Congress
Policy analysis
Field office staff
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6. International Laws
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Latin America: Plants, Amphibians, Marines)
Convention on Migratory Species (Marine species)
International Whaling Commission
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (Sharks)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Sharks)
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7. Sharks and rays Present in CITES assisting Parties
Worked on marine proposals since 2000
Present in CMS assisting Parties
Co-Chair of the Species Survival Network (SSN) Shark and Amphibian Working Group
Shark (same) apex predators ( chouten no hoshoku-sha) ecosystem (seitaikei)

8. Shark Finning Support Parties on finning bans/fins attached
Large sharks are overfished globally
For many species of large sharks, populations are down by 90+%

9. Shark Finning
Shark fin (fukahire)

10. Shark Identification Guides
Visual and DNA
2013: Defenders co-organized workshop in Brazil for 28 countries on identifying shark fins

11. Defenders and Shark Conservation – U.S.

12. Defenders and Shark Conservation – U.S.
Endangered Species Act – can list U.S. or foreign species
In 2014, National Marine Fisheries Service lists four distinct population segments of scalloped hammerhead sharks outside U.S. waters under ESA
Defenders works for strong fishing regulations to prevent bycatch

13. ESA Campaign
Building ESA political support is fundamental to: accelerating species recovery, increasing funding and defending the Act in Congress

14. Co-existence

15. Practical nonlethal tools

16. Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
This is where we are doing some of the testing into the effectiveness of fladry.

17. Electric fencing powered by solar energy

18. Questions?
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