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<strong>AEWA</strong> Technical Series No. 4<br />

Threats to the <strong>Black</strong>-<strong>winged</strong> <strong>Pratincole</strong> (solid frame – high impact; normal frame – medium impact; dashed frame – low impact)<br />

Direct<br />

(humaninduced)<br />

mortality<br />

Adults<br />

Hunting<br />

Poisoning with<br />

pesticides & other<br />

chemicals<br />

Trampling by cattle/sheep<br />

Local people unaware of need to<br />

preserve species<br />

Pest control in agriculture<br />

Actions against rodents & other animals<br />

transmitting diseases<br />

Poor law enforcement<br />

High stock density Ploughing of virgin steppes<br />

Chicks and<br />

eggs<br />

Destruction of nests by<br />

farming machinery<br />

Disturbance<br />

Off-road vehicles<br />

Tourists<br />

Ploughing of virgin steppes<br />

Indirect<br />

limiting<br />

factors<br />

Breeding habitat<br />

loss<br />

Artificial afforestation<br />

Construction of roads<br />

Stopped grazing<br />

Spread of fallow lands<br />

Cattle grazing and<br />

agriculture no longer<br />

economically attractive<br />

within former USSR states<br />

Reduced food<br />

availability<br />

Use of pesticides<br />

Disappearance of water bodies<br />

International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the <strong>Black</strong>-<strong>winged</strong> <strong>Pratincole</strong> 21

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