Problem analysis for Action Plans with a recovery objective. In the case of recovery plans the problem analysis focuses on the direct threats to the species/population. In case of plans for single species, problems should be identified together but evaluated for each population separately. In case of multi-species plans, problems should be assessed for each species separately and summarised. Threats should be listed if they are known (or have the realistic potential) to cause population decline. Only those threats for which specific actions will be developed should be described in the Action Plan. Threats of a more global character (e.g. climate change, avian influenza and others) - if important - should be mentioned in the threats overview paragraph. However, the Action Plan itself has a limited role to play in addressing such large-scale environmental changes and usually it is not practical to include general policy actions into the Plans. The identified threats should be presented in descending order of priority according to their impact on the population. Hence, their listing in the Plan is a result of the threat prioritisation process which took part during the development of the Action Plan - especially during the action-planning workshop.
