41 
departments. Problems such as soil erosion are cornrnon to (for 
example) agriculturalists as well as conservationists and the action 
plan eiaphasises the importance of sharing a national wildlife 
resource database with other interested departments. It is hoped 
that this will avoid a duplication of effort and encourage better 
unders tand i ng . 
The main challenge for conservation lies In marrying the interests 
of a largely subsistence (and often nomadic) population wi tli 
maintaining areas which can support wildlife. This will involve 
influencing land-use in some way, examples are the encouragement of 
honey production in favour of grazing (perhaps by providing 
guaranteed prices) or reducing grazing pressure through some form of 
compensation. 
It is hoped that the management plans produced as a result of the 
NCWCD/UCL expedition may point the way to resolving some of the 
conflicts of interest through demonstrating ways in which wildlife 
and economic well-being can coexist. 
Bustards Added to Appendix II of CITES 
At the sixth conference of the parties involved In the Convention on 
International Trade in Endangered Species, which took place in 
Ottawa, Canada during the summer of 1987, all species of bustard 
Otididae sp. were added to Appendix II. This followed a 
recommendation by the Nature Conservancy Council, due to the threat 
to many species of bustard caused by the demand for birds for 
Middle-eastern falconry training. International trade in these 
species is now being monitored and controlled under licence by all 
CITES parties. 
