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International Action Plan for the Lesser White-fronted Goose sets stage for broader Eurasian cooperation along the species’ flyway

Lesser White-fronted Goose (Photo:  Ingar Jostein Øien)Bonn, 10 November 2008 - The recently adopted “International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Western Palearctic Population)” provides a framework for coordinated international action to conserve this threatened species across its full migratory range spanning Europe and parts of Asia.

Adopted at the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement in Antananarivo, Madagascar, the plan sets the stage for strengthened cooperative conservation action between 22 Eurasian countries in which this species regularly occurs. [read on]

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Saryarka Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan – two Important Bird Areas get first natural World Heritage Site status for Central Asia

Woodland in Kazakhstan (Photo: Chris Magnin) 8/11 July 2008 - News from IUCN and Birdlife International

During its 32nd session in Quebec the UNESCO World Heritage Committee announced this week that two of central Asia’s most important steppe-wetland Important Bird Areas, Tengiz-Korgalzhyn and Naurzum are now formally recognised for their outstanding natural value. Accordingly, the territory of “Saryaka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan” was added to the list of UNESCO natural World Heritage Sites. [read on]


Number of migrating Lesser White-fronted Geese increasing at WOW Project demonstration site in Estonia

Adult LWfG equipped with neck collar and staellite transmitter / Photo: Petteri Tolvanen / WWF Finland30 June 2008 – The WOW demonstration project team in the Silma Nature Reserve in north-west Estonia, implemented by the Estonian State Nature Conservation Centre (SNCC), is excited by this year’s bird monitoring data. In spring 2008 the WOW demonstration area was the main stopover site in Estonia for the globally endangered Lesser White-fronted Goose (LWfG), Anser erythropus. This past April and May, at least 22 different birds were observed at the demonstration site. [read on]


Fennoscandian neighbours meet to form a Committee for captive breeding and release into the wild of Lesser White-fronted Geese

20 May 2008 - Bonn, The AEWA Secretariat convened a new Committee to guide captive breeding and release into the wild of the globally endangered Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) in Fennoscandia.

Delegations of the four countries Norway, Finland, Sweden and Germany, and their scientific and conservation experts came together on 7-8 May 2008 to establish the ‘Committee for Captive Breeding, Reintroduction and Supplementation of Lesser White-fronted Geese in Fennoscandia’ [short: ‘LWfG Recap Committee’]. The Committee’s purpose is to guide the future of the small Fennoscandian population of this globally endangered species. [read on]


New Committee to advise on Lesser White-fronted Geese reintroduction in Fennoscandia

15 April 2008 - BirdLife International reported the illegal shooting of a Lesser White-fronted Goose inside a protected area at lake Kerkini in Greece. The AEWA Secretariat regrets this incident which, according to BirdLife International and the EU LIFE project ‘Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose on the European migration route’, represents a loss of 5% of all male birds breeding in Fennoscandia.

The AEWA Secretariat will help address the continued decline of this highly threatened population of Lesser White-fronted Geese through the establishment of a new international advisory body. This Committee will be meeting for the first time next month in Bonn, Germany. [read on]


Coordinator for the implementation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose Action Plan takes up work at the AEWA Secretariat

Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (Photo: Morten Ekker, Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management,)The Single Species Action Plan (SSAP) for the Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus is currently being revised under the auspices of AEWA and will be submitted for approval by the 4th session of the Meeting of the Parties in September this year.

In accordance with the agreements reached during the negotiation mission of the Secretariat to the Fenoscandian countries in 2007, two bodies will be established to provide guidance and coordination to the implementation of the SSAP – a Working Group consisting of representatives of all range states of the species and a Committee for captive breeding, reintroduction and supplementation in Fenoscandia, comprising representatives of Finland, Norway and Sweden with Germany as an observer. These two new bodies are to be chaired by the Secretariat. [read on]


NEWS ARCHIVE 2008 for the Lesser White-fronted Goose
News from the Action Plan adoption at the AEWA 4th Session of the Meeting of the Parties (Antananarivo/Madagascar, 15-19 September 2008).
Saryarka Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan – two Important Bird Areas get first natural World Heritage Site status for Central Asia
Number of migrating Lesser White-fronted Geese increasing at WOW Project demonstration site in Estonia
Fennoscandian neighbours meet to form a Committee for captive breeding and release into the wild of Lesser White-fronted Geese
New Committee to advise on Lesser White-fronted Geese reintroduction in Fennoscandia
Coordinator for the implementation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose Action Plan takes up work at the AEWA Secretariat

International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Western Palearctic Population)

LWfG Action Plan

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