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 The
International Working Group for the Red-breasted Goose (RBGIWG),
met for its second workshop in Constanza, Romania, from
26 - 28 February 2008. The workshop was convened by the
RBGIWG Coordinator (post funded by AEWA, RSPB,
WWT
and VBN
in cooperation with the host organization, the Romanian
Ornithological Society (BirdLife
in Romania), and was co-sponsored by an
EU Life project implemented locally
in Romania.
The workshop had a two-fold objective:
to launch the drafting of the revised Single Species Action
Plan (SSAP) for the Red-breasted Goose under the auspices
of AEWA and to present the results of the EU Life-funded
project on the improvement of conditions for the species
at Lake Techirghiol in Romania.
This event was attended by more than 25
experts from the species range states Azerbaijan, Bulgaria,
Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia and Ukraine, as well as from
AEWA, RSPB,
WWT,
Wetlands
International and the National Administration
of Romanian Waters (Dobrogea
Litoral Water Directorate). Amongst the achievements
of the EU Life project reported on, was the designation
of Lake Techirghiol as a Ramsar
site and as a Special Protected Area (SPA) under the
EU Birds Directive. The project team demonstrated outcomes
of some of the on-the-ground management activities during
the short morning visit to the lake.
The attending experts took an active part
in designing the shape and content of the revised SSAP.
In the first session threats and knowledge gaps regarding
the species were identified. Afterwards these were turned
into conservation objectives and the priority objectives
were translated into provisional national work plans for
each of the key range states. Amongst the key threats to
this globally threatened species illegal hunting, reduced
fitness due to disturbance and habitat loss, poisoning and
pollution were identified. About 34,000 Red-breasted Geese
are currently known to exist globally.
In the final workshop session the operations
and coordination of the working group were discussed.
The Red-breasted Goose International Working
Group has recently launched its official web site:
www.brantaruficollis.org.
More information on the workshop, including
all presentations is available there.
For additional information please contact:
Lavinia Raducescu, RbGIWG Coordinator (Romania):
lavinia.raducescu@sor.ro
or lavinia.raducescu@gmail.com
Sergey Dereliev, AEWA Technical Officer (Germany):
sdereliev@unep.de
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RELEVANT AEWA
GUIDELINES: SSAPs |
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The development of international (as well as national)
single species action plans for species with an unfavourable
conservation status is a requirement of the AEWA Action
Plan and one of the major tools of the Agreement.
International Single Species Action Plans developed
under AEWA can be downloaded at:
http://www.unep-aewa.org/publications/technical_series.htm |
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Guidance on the preparation and implementation
of national single species action plans, also in the
context of already existing international single species
plans, can moreover be obtained from the AEWA Conservation
Guideline on the preparation of National Single Species
Action Plans for migratory waterbirds. To download
this or other AEWA Conservation Guidelines please
click here:
http://www.unep-aewa.org/publications/conservation_guidelines.htm |
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