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AEWA Technical Series No. 36 Result 4: No introgression of DNA from other goose species into the wild population occurs as a result of further releases and DNA introgression from already released birds from captive breeding programmes is minimised Result 5: Key knowledge gaps filled Any future release of captivebred birds involves only individuals reared from wildcaught stock. Apparent hybrid geese are removed from existing free-flying introduced flock, subject to findings of a feasibility study. Knowledge gaps filled by 2015 National reports from governments. Reports from International LWfG Working Group (and captive-breeding Sub-group) Papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals Review and evaluation of existing studies of LWfG genetics is conducted by independent scientific expert. Long-term future of all captive breeding programmes is reviewed by a specialist Sub-group of the International LWfG Working Group. Monitoring & expedition reports Papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals High Essential Short Medium Result 6: International cooperation maximised All Lesser White-fronted Goose Range States are parties to the key international conservation agreements The International Lesser Whitefronted Goose Working Group (and sub-group on captive breeding, supplementation and reintroduction) is established and operating effectively National Action Plans, based on this SSAP, are established, implemented and progress shared with other Range States via the International Working Group Status of Contracting Party lists issued by relevant agreements Progress reports by the AEWA Secretariat Reports and assessments issued by the International Working Group (once established) Essential Short / Ongoing International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose 50
AEWA Technical Series No. 36 6. Activities Result 1: Mortality rates are reduced The most important and most urgent activities under this Action Plan are those aimed at halting the currently unsustainable (and mostly illegal) hunting pressure on Lesser Whitefronted Geese: 1. Ensure that, in principle, hunting legislation affords adequate protection to Lesser White-fronted Goose; 2. Ensure that sufficient human and financial resources are allocated for enforcement of hunting legislation, and that these resources are deployed to control and manage hunting effectively and sustainably; 3. Ensure that sufficient human and financial resources are allocated for identifying the traditional flyway and stop-over sites, and making that flyway safe for the geese. 4. Ban goose hunting at all key sites for Lesser White-fronted Goose (as listed in Annex 3 to this Action Plan) during the period when Lesser White-fronts are usually present, given the difficulty of reliably distinguishing goose species in flight (especially the near impossibility of separating Greater and Lesser White-fronts, even from relatively close range and in good light); 5. Plant lure crops to direct Lesser White-fronted Goose away from areas where hunting pressure is known to be high and towards refuge zones; 6. As far as possible, redirect hunting from adults to juveniles in areas where Greater White-fronts and Lesser White-fronts occur together away from key sites. 7. Implement obligatory training as outlined by the Hunting Charter of the Bern Convention (Nov 2007) for hunters particularly in Eastern European countries. 8. Carry out an information campaign to engage local and European hunting organisations and nature protection NGOs. 9. Upgrade level of protection from illegal hunting within existing protected areas through training and improved enforcement. These actions are applicable in all Range States, but especially in those countries of the staging and wintering range where hunting pressure is known to be particularly high, e.g. Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Ukraine. In addition to these measures, it has been suggested that efforts should continue to establish a safer migration route, while giving the highest possible priority to the protection needs of the existing wild population (see Result 4 below). However, the November 2005 recommendation of the Scientific Council of the Convention on Migratory Species, combined with the conclusions of the January 2007 AEWA Secretariat negotation mission (see pages 34–37 for details), mean that proposals have been deferred for at least three years (i.e. 2010 or later) to enable sufficient captive-reared stock derived exclusively from wild-caught birds to be built up. Result 2: Further habitat loss and degradation is prevented Measures to halt and reverse habitat loss and degradation, and to maximise positive site management, will serve to underpin increased survival of full-grown birds achieved through the hunting-control measures outlined above. 1. Ensure that all key sites for Lesser White-fronted Goose (breeding, staging and wintering) are afforded appropriate protected area status at national and international levels, including classification as Special Protection Areas in EU Member States; International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose 51
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