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U.S.
NABCI Committee's 3 to 5-Year Vision
In January
2005, the U.S. NABCI Committee agreed to
a 3 to 5-year Vision developed by Staff.
The purpose of the Vision is to energize and provide focus for the Committee
and the bird conservation community in their efforts to facilitate integrated
bird conservation in North America. Below are the Committee's vision statements
for five critical components of integrated bird conservation in the United
States.
The Committee
also produced a 2006 Action Plan to help realize these visions. See the
NABCI Update fact sheet
for more information on the Committee's efforts in 2006.
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- Monitoring
We
envision effective and efficient integrated monitoring programs,
capable of determining status and trends of priority bird populations,
as well as limiting habitat and land use factors, are
in place, institutionally supported, and consistent with Mexico and
Canadian programs.
- Conservation
Design
We
envision all bird habitat joint ventures operating effective, practicable,
scientific processes that produce landscape-scale integrated analysis
and strategies (i.e., decision support tools) to help guide partners
in the U.S. in their efforts to conserve all priority birds and habitats.
- Institutional
Support
We
envision federal and state agencies institutionalizing and supporting
standard components of the integrated approach to bird conservation
in natural resource management, administration, and practices across
the country.
- Land
Management Recommendations
We
envision private
landowners, including industry and non-governmental organizations, regularly
incorporating bird conservation priorities and objectives into their
land use plans and land management practices.
- International
Efforts
We
envision partner organizations in the U.S. prioritizing international
bird conservation work by focusing on increasing funding for priority
bird species and habitats, improving our understanding of limiting factors,
and increasing communication and collaboration among conservation partners
internationally.
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