130925-studie-wildlife-comeback-in-europe

Action Description Impact
Livelihood,
economic and
other incentives
Targeted agri-environmental measures in
Portugal and Spain.
Beneficial agri-environmental measures in France
and Bulgaria.
High/Critical
Land/water
protection
Monitoring and
planning
Species
management
Education
Legislation
There are 231 IBAs identified for Lesser kestrel
in Europe, of which 42% are fully designated as
SPAs or other protected areas and 22% are not
protected.
Protected areas cover the majority of the
populations in the Mediterranean countries.
International Species Action plan in place.
National Species Action Plan in France.
Surveyed in most countries, except Slovenia, but
patchily.
Artificial nests or provision of nesting
opportunities, including sensitive restoration of
old buildings and colony restoration, e.g. erection
of Lesser kestrel ‘houses’ (primillares) in Spain and
breeding walls and breeding towers in Portugal [35] .
Captive breeding to reinforce populations in
Spain, Portugal and France.
Reintroduction project in Bulgaria initiated.
Awareness campaigns, especially in the
Mediterranean countries, including websites,
information brochures and workshops.
Legally protected in all countries, but
enforcement should be improved (Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, FYRO
Macedonia, Romania and Spain).
High
High
Medium
High, but local
Low
High
High
densities through appropriate rotational cereal
cultivation practices and traditional low-intensity
pastoral systems [15, 27, 37] . For example, the persistence
of the largest population of Lesser kestrels
in Portugal (Castro Verde SPA, holding c. 80% of
the Portuguese population) is guaranteed as a
result of a ban on afforestation and support for a
targeted agri-environment scheme in the area,
which ensures a large area of fallow land, low
pesticide and herbicide use and controlled grazing
intensity [7, 35] .
Table 4. Conservation actions in place for Lesser kestrel [15] .
202