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Steps to
protect globally threatened goose
species taken in South-West Russia |
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 Bonn,
23rd June 2010 – The
Interregional Meeting on the Optimization
of the Use of Waterfowl at the Kumo-Manych
stopover site in Kalmykia Republic,
Stavropol Krai and Rostov Oblast
took place on 15 of June in Elista,
in the south-western Russian Republic
of Kalmykia. Participants included
representatives from the local governments
of the three regions mentioned above,
hunters’ organizations, scientists
and conservationists as well as
other stakeholders.
The Kumo-Manych
Depression is one of the most important
stopover sites for globally threatened
waterbirds such as the Lesser White-fronted
Goose (Anser erythropus) and
the Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis).
Illegal hunting is the main threat to
these species and hunting pressure along
the Russian flyways and stopover sites
is deemed to be especially high, resulting
in a need for vigorous conservation efforts
in these areas.
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New EU LIFE+ proposal for the Lesser White-fronted
Goose in the making |
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 Bonn,
22 March 2010 – Representatives
from Greece, Finland, Norway, Bulgaria
and the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat met for
a two-day workshop in Tichero, Greece
on the 11th and 12th of March to discuss
the application for a new EU LIFE+ project
for the conservation of the Fennoscandian
population of the Lesser White-fronted
Goose (Anser erythropus) along
its European flyway.
The new
project proposal will build on the results
and recommendations of the previous LWfG
EU LIFE project lead by WWF Finland which
ended last year. In addition it will follow
the general guidelines of the AEWA International
Single Species Action Plan for the LWfG.
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Over 70 Lesser White-fronted Geese spotted
in Syria |
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 Bonn,
18 February 2010 - A small scale
field survey is currently underway in
the Syrian Arab Republic with the goal
of identifying possible key wintering
sites of the Lesser White-fronted Goose
(LWfG), Anser erythropus.
First reports
from the team involved confirm that LWfG
winter in Syria – potentially in
larger numbers than previously suspected.
On Tuesday the 16th of February 72 LWfG
were spotted in a flock of 700 geese at
Lake Al-Jabbul. This is the highest number
of LWfG ever counted in the area. [Read
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Norway publishes National Action Plan for
the Lesser White-fronted Goose |
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 Trondheim
/ Bonn, 27 October 2009 - The Norwegian
Ministry of the Environment has launched
the Norwegian National Action Plan for
the conservation of the globally threatened
Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser
erythropus). The goal is to halt
the decline of the Fennoscandian population
which breeds in northern Norway within
the next five years and in the long run
to increase the population to 1000 birds.
The action
plan, which aims to combine and coordinate
efforts between different officials and
stakeholders, comes at a crucial time:
only an estimated 15 – 20 breeding
pairs still migrate to Norway each spring.
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EU LIFE project ‘Conservation of the
Lesser White-fronted Goose on the European
migration route’ concludes its findings
with the establishment of a South-Eastern
European monitoring network |
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 Kerkini/Greece,
29 November 2008 - Project managers
and monitoring experts gathered in late
November for the final coordination meeting
of the EU LIFE project “Conservation
of the Lesser White-fronted Goose on its
European migration route” at Lake
Kerkini in Greece. The project meeting
was held back to back with a training
workshop on Lesser White-fronted Goose
identification for 35 ornithologists from
Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey.
Lake Kerkini
area in Greece is known to be one of the
key wintering sites for Lesser White-fronted
Geese. In the period of end-October to
mid-March, the main flock of the Fennoscandian
population can usually be found here or
in the nearby Evros Delta. On 27 November,
the LIFE project team recorded that 45
birds had arrived at the lake. Continuing
observations confirmed that the main flock
appears to be spending most of the winter
at Lake Kerkini this year. [read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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NEWS ARCHIVE 2008 for the Lesser White-fronted
Goose |
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