Black-winged Pratincole - AEWA

AEWA Technical Series No. 4
All National Action Plans should include (all actions need to have a time frame):
• Annual surveys/reviews of geographical distribution, numbers and productivity
• A comprehensive survey of key sites and their protection status
• Survey of/actions to improve existing policies and legislation (see chapter 4)
• Survey of threats/human activities (see chapter 3)
• Overview of present or expected sites of international importance, and threats to these sites
(criterion of international importance: 1% of the total population, ≥30 birds or ≥10 breeding
pairs)
• Survey of present or expected threats to sites of national importance
• Proposed management options to deal with threats in internationally and nationally
important sites (see chapters 5 and 6)
• Studies on food and feeding ecology in areas of breeding, migration and wintering
• To identify pesticides that are toxic (harmful) to birds and are still used locally in
agriculture
• Monitoring of population changes, mortality rates, and of changes in food supply related to
the use of pesticides
• Identification of all areas important for breeding, migration and wintering
• Identification of key areas for development of environmentally friendly (sustainable)
agriculture
• Identification and localisation of “stakeholders” for each key site
• Provisions for maintenance of habitat quality/quantity
• Provisions for habitat restoration, where appropriate
• Elaboration and implementation of monitoring and control systems (see chapter 7)
• Identification of financial consequences/responsibilities
• Communication plan (with AEWA, governmental and non-governmental organisations, and
Threatened Steppe Waders Working Group if and when established)
• Public awareness and training plan
• Regular publication of all new materials on threatened steppe wader species
• Search for financial resources for implementation of the National Action Plan
• Overall expected effects of measures taken
28 International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Black-winged Pratincole