130925-studie-wildlife-comeback-in-europe

Action Description Impact
Monitoring and Systematic monitoring in most countries.
Medium
planning
International Species Action Plan in place and
national or regional Action Plans in place or in
preparation in some countries (Denmark, France,
Germany, Italy, Portugal and the UK).
High
Site/Area
protection
Site/Area
management
There are 641 IBAs identified for Red kite in
Europe, of which 52% are fully designated as
SPAs or other protected areas and 4% are not
protected.
Mitigation of the most dangerous powerlines.
Buffer zones around nests.
Medium
Low
High
Species recovery Supplementary feeding. Medium
Species
reintroduction
Education and
awareness
Reintroduction projects in Italy (Tuscany and the
Marche), Britain and Ireland.
Awareness raising for foresters, landowners and
public.
High
Medium
Legislation Legally protected in all countries in Europe. High
Drivers of recovery
Red kites have benefitted from legal protection,
monitoring and targeted conservation actions
across most of their distribution, including
reintroduction projects in Britain and Ireland and
in Italy [13] . In order to ensure the survival of Red
kite populations, it is critical that the illegal use of
poison baits is halted, while the risk of secondary
poisoning following rodent control campaigns
must also be reduced [13, 14] . Red kite habitat should
also be preserved by maintaining low intensity
grassland management and ensuring that sanitary
regulations do not prevent the availability of
livestock carcasses [13, 14] .
Table 4. Conservation actions in place for Red kite [14] .
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