The Newsletter on lead poisoning in waterbirds through the ingestion of spent lead shot summarises the issue of lead poisoning in waterbirds and evaluates possible difficulties that arise when addressing the issue.

Most importantly it aims to provide policy-makers and hunters’ organisations with practical solutions and ideas through experiences of people around the world who are involved in and concerned about the issue of lead poisoning in waterbirds.

The Newsletter has now been translated into Russian and can be downloaded under:

http://www.unep-aewa.org/publications/newsletter.htm