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International Action Plan for the Lesser
White-fronted Goose sets stage for broader
Eurasian cooperation along the species’
flyway |
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 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
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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 |
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 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]
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Number of migrating Lesser White-fronted
Geese increasing at WOW Project demonstration
site in Estonia |
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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]
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Fennoscandian neighbours meet to form a
Committee for captive breeding and release
into the wild of Lesser White-fronted Geese |
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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]
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New
Committee to advise on Lesser White-fronted Geese reintroduction
in Fennoscandia |
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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]
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Coordinator for the implementation of the
Lesser White-fronted Goose Action Plan takes
up work at the AEWA Secretariat |
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 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]
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