International Single Species Action Plan for the ... - AEWA

AEWA Technical Series No. 36
Country
Norway
National
Action
Plan for
Lesser
Whitefronted
Goose?
Review in
prep
(2008)
National
Working
Group for
Lesser
Whitefronted
Goose?
National
Monitoring
Programme for
Lesser Whitefronted
Goose?
Monitoring
Programme
in Protected
Areas?
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Poland No No No ? N/A
Romania No No Partial No N/A
Russian Fed. No Yes Partial Partial ?
Sweden In prep Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes
Syria No No No Yes N/A
Turkey No No No Partial N/A
Turkmenistan No Yes No Yes N/A
Ukraine No Yes No No N/A
Uzbekistan No No No No N/A
* Applies mainly to supplemented/reintroduced population
Transboundary EU LIFE Project – Fennoscandian population
Routines for
Informing the
Responsible
Authorities
Regarding
Nesting
Areas and
Nest Sites?
An international project ‘Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose on European
migration route’, funded by the EU’s LIFE mechanism, is underway between April 2005 and
March 2009. The project is led by WWF Finland, with nine additional partners in Estonia,
Finland, Greece, Hungary and Norway. For further information see http://www.wwf.fi/lwfg.
The aim of the project is to improve and monitor the conservation status of the species at the
most important breeding, staging and wintering sites along the European flyway by:
• Locating the most important breeding areas, and securing favourable conservation
status of these areas
• Eliminating the most important threats (high mortality due to hunting and poaching,
loss of feeding and roosting habitats, and human disturbance)
• Monitoring the population and effects of the project actions
The project is focusing on the following sites:
• Norway – Porsangen Fjord and Varangerfjord; breeding grounds in Finnmark
• Finland – Hailuoto/Liminganlahti area, Bothnian Bay coast, Finnish Lapland
• Estonia – Matsalu National Park, Nigula
• Hungary – Hortobágy National Park
• Greece – Evros Delta, Lake Kerkini, Nestos Delta, Lake Mitrikou
Specific project activities include:
• Catching, colour ringing and satellite tracking of Fennoscandian LWfG
• Preparing National Action Plans for LWfG in Estonia, Finland and Norway.
• Restoring and managing of LWfG habitat – Haeska Islets, Matsalu Bay, Estonia
• Providing safe feeding and roosting areas by habitat management in Hortobágy
National Park, Hungary
• Raising public awareness, especially amongst hunters, landowners and farmers –
Estonia, Hungary, Greece
• Monitoring the Fennoscandian population and the effect of LIFE Project actions –
Norway, Finland, Estonia, Hungary, Greece
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