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<strong>AEWA</strong> Technical Series No. 36<br />
(c) Factors causing habitat loss/degradation/conversion<br />
Agricultural<br />
intensification<br />
High <strong>for</strong>merly;<br />
now probably Low<br />
High<br />
High<br />
Construction of dams<br />
and o<strong>the</strong>r river<br />
regulation<br />
infrastructure,<br />
wetland drainage<br />
Medium? High High<br />
Climate Change Unknown Unknown Unknown<br />
Over-grazing Local Unknown? Unknown?<br />
Land abandonment<br />
(incl. declining grain<br />
production, loss of<br />
hay meadows,<br />
scrub/<strong>for</strong>est<br />
encroachment)<br />
Pollution of<br />
wetlands/waterbodies<br />
Locally high High Unknown?<br />
Unknown? Unknown? Unknown?<br />
(d) Potential genetic<br />
introgression of DNA<br />
from o<strong>the</strong>r goose<br />
species into wild<br />
population<br />
Potential<br />
exists<br />
risk<br />
Potential<br />
exists<br />
risk<br />
?<br />
(e) Knowledge<br />
limitations<br />
Fundamental<br />
gaps<br />
Fundamental<br />
gaps<br />
Fundamental<br />
gaps<br />
Table 2b. Relative importance of threats to supplemented/reintroduced<br />
population of Lesser White-fronted Goose 10 .<br />
Threat<br />
Supplemented/Reintroduced<br />
population<br />
(Sweden/ Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands)<br />
(a) Factors causing increased adult mortality<br />
Hunting<br />
Poisoning<br />
Human disturbance<br />
Low<br />
Low<br />
Local<br />
10 See Annexes 9a and 10 <strong>for</strong> details of: (a) Conclusions of <strong>the</strong> CMS Scientific Council in November 2005<br />
regarding <strong>the</strong> reintroduced population; (b) <strong>the</strong> consensus compromise reached in 2007 as a result of <strong>the</strong> negotation<br />
mission conducted by <strong>the</strong> <strong>AEWA</strong> Secretariat.<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 39
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