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<strong>AEWA</strong> Technical Series No. 36<br />
Compiled by: Tim Jones 1 , Kirsten Martin 2 , Boris Barov 3 & Szabolcs Nagy 4<br />
1<br />
DJEnvironmental, Harpers Mill, Sterridge Valley, Berrynarbor, Ilfracombe, EX34 9TB, UK<br />
2 UNEP/<strong>AEWA</strong> Secretariat, Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany<br />
3 Birdlife <strong>International</strong>, European Division, Avenue de la Toison d'Or 67, 1060 Brussels, Belgium<br />
4<br />
Wetlands <strong>International</strong>, Bornsesteeg 69, Wageningen, The Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands<br />
Email: tim.jones@djenvironmental.com, kmartin@unep.de, boris.barov@birdlife.org,<br />
szabolcs.nagy@wetlands.org<br />
With contributions from: Tomas Aaravak, Sigute Alisauskiene, Hamid Amini, Åke Andersson, Maria<br />
Mihaela Antofie, Luba Baylan, Anna Belousova, Patrice Blanchet, Marie Björkland, Gerard Boere,<br />
Preben Claussen, Akram Eissa Darwich, Sergey Dereliev, Bart Ebbinge, Morten Ekker, Henri<br />
Engström, Martin Fichtler, Per Hansson, Thomas Heinicke, Baz Hughes, Esko Jaakkola, Hadhema<br />
Jwad, Lauri Kahanpää, Kees Koffijberg, Elena Kreuzberg, Robert Lacy, Petri Lampila, Torsten<br />
Larsson, Teemu Lehtiniemi, Szabolcs Lengyel, Monika Lesz, Anna-Carin Lundqvist, Juha Markkola,<br />
Juha Merila, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Johann Mooij, Vladimir Morozov, Khairbek Mussabayev,<br />
Micheal O’Briain, Ingar J. Øien, Peter Örn, Matti Osara, John O’Sullivan, Maria Panayotopoulou,<br />
Christiane Paulus, Nikolai Petkov, Minna Ruokonen, Ivan Rusev, Eldar Rustamov, Oliver Schall,<br />
Wolfgang Scholze, Per Sjogren-Gulve, Sergey Sklyarenko, Øystein Størkersen, David A. Stroud, The<br />
Swedish Ornithological Society/BirdLife Sweden, Sami Timonen, Petteri Tolvanen, Maire Toming,<br />
Yannis Tsougrakis, Gerard van Dijk, Marko Valker, Seppo Vuolanto, Sergey Yerokhov.<br />
Milestones in <strong>the</strong> Production of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
- Initial expert workshop: 31 March – 2 April 2005, Lammi, Finland<br />
- First draft: Version 1.0, April 2005, presented to experts <strong>for</strong> technical review<br />
- Recommendation arising from <strong>the</strong> 13 th Meeting of <strong>the</strong> Scientific Council of <strong>the</strong> Bonn Convention,<br />
18 November 2005<br />
- Second Draft: Version 2.0, February 2006, presented to experts<br />
Version 2.1, May 2006, presented to selected international experts<br />
Version 2.2, July 2006, presented to <strong>the</strong> Range States<br />
- Negotiation mission by <strong>AEWA</strong> Secretariat: January 2007 (Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden),<br />
preliminary agreement achieved in November 2007<br />
- ‘Committee <strong>for</strong> captive breeding, reintroduction and supplementation of LWfG in Fennoscandia’<br />
established, initial meeting: 7-8 May 2008, Bonn, Germany<br />
- Third draft: Version 3.0, May 2008, presented to Range States<br />
Version 3.1., August 2008, presented to <strong>the</strong> 4 th Meeting of <strong>the</strong> Parties to <strong>AEWA</strong> in<br />
September 2008, adopted with final amendments<br />
Geographical Scope<br />
This <strong>International</strong> <strong>Single</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> requires implementation in <strong>the</strong> following countries<br />
regularly supporting Lesser White-fronted Geese of <strong>the</strong> Western Palearctic Population: Bulgaria,<br />
Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, The Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden,<br />
Azerbaijan, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russian Federation, Syria, Turkey,<br />
Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.<br />
Reviews<br />
This <strong>International</strong> <strong>Single</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> should be revised in 2013. An emergency review shall be<br />
undertaken if <strong>the</strong>re are sudden major changes liable to affect <strong>the</strong> Western Palearctic Population.<br />
Credits<br />
Thanks go to Gerard Boere, Sergey Dereliev and Bert Lenten, David Stroud, <strong>the</strong> European Commission<br />
and <strong>the</strong> French EU Presidency 2008 <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir invaluable guidance, coordination and constructive<br />
criticism during <strong>the</strong> preparation and consultations of this <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>.<br />
Recommended Citation: Jones, T., Martin, K., Barov, B., Nagy, S. (Compilers). 2008. <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Single</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Conservation of <strong>the</strong> Western Palearctic Population of <strong>the</strong> Lesser<br />
White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus. <strong>AEWA</strong> Technical Series No.36. Bonn, Germany.<br />
Picture on <strong>the</strong> cover: © Jiri Bohdal<br />
Drawing on <strong>the</strong> inner cover: © Pavel Prochazka/BirdLife <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Single</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Conservation of <strong>the</strong> Lesser White-fronted Goose 1
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