Norway publishes National Action Plan for the Lesser White-fronted Goose
(2009-10-27) The Norwegian Ministry of Environment has launched the Norwegian National Action Plan for the conservation of the globally threatened Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus). The goal is to halt the decline of the Fennoscandian population which breeds in northern Norway within the next five years and in the long run to increase the population to 1000 birds. The action plan, which aims to combine and coordinate efforts between different officials and stakeholders, comes at a crucial time: only an estimated 15 ? 20 breeding pairs still migrate to Norway each spring. Read more at the AEWA news pages?
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EU-Life 2005-09 final report
An international EU Life Nature project, titled ?Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose on European migration route? started in April 2005 and ended in March 2009. The project?was run by WWF Finland, with nine more partners in Finland, Norway, Estonia, Hungary and Greece. The final report as well as a Laymans report from this project can be downloaded here?
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New web page, Kazakhstan
A new web page about the Lesser White-fronted Goose? in Kazakhstan has been made available on the site birds of Kazakhstan by Vladilen Karasyov and Askar Isabekov. Russian version here?
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Goose survey in Kalmykia
In the period 11-22 March 2009 a survey for Red-breasted and other geese was organized in Kalmykia, Russia. The expedition found few geese due to a very late and very cold spring (sometimes -19 at night and a lot of snow), so no real and clear geese spring migration in Kalmykia this year. Below follows a summary of the Lesser White-fronted Goose observations: 17/03: Two LWFG in the flock of WFG in Rostov district, Volotchaevka village, 18/03: A) Reserve Tzernie zemli field station (46.15.927:042.51.731) Morning counting: at 06:02 five LWFG to the south. B) Kikinur bay affront of Pushetcny island (the same region) 12 LWFG in the feeding flock of 700 RBG, 800 WFG and 200 shellducks. 20/03: A) Reserve Tzernie zemli field station (300 m from the house) at 05:50 16 LWFG in the feeding flock of 3500 RBG and 300 WFG. B) Buffer zone of the reserve pasture near small freshwater reservoir in (46.16.579:042.47.887). 2) LWFG in the feeding flock of 330 RBG and 2400 WFG. 22/03: Reserve Tzernie zemli field station. Morning counting: at 05:44. 1 LWFG in the flock of 12 RBG.
0 0 2009 by Sonia Rozenfeld Institute of ecology and evolution, Russian academy of sciences.
Survey of KBAs in Iraq
BirdLife in Iraq has undertaken their fifth winter survey of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) across the country. This winter?s KBA surveys covered 65 sites, of which 12 in Kurdistan, and 53 in the middle and south of Iraq - including 14 new locations. ?This winter we observed a flock of 410 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus and considerable numbers of Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca ? both Vulnerable - in Kurdistan?, said Korsh Ararat ? leader of Nature Iraq?s KBA surveys in northern Iraq. Read more at Uncovering Iraq's unique wildlife?
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