Bird of the Year 2018 in Uzbekistan
The Uzbekistan Society for the Protection of Birds (UzSPB) have chosen the Lesser White-fronted Goose as Bird of the Year 2018 in Uzbekistan, and will be implementing a wide range of awareness-raising activities, particularly within the hunting community!
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9 March 2018 by Fennoscandian LWfG conservation project
Report on motivations for hunting geese, including the illegal killing/accidental shooting of Lesser
A new report was released 19 January 2018 by the AEWA Lesser White-fronted Goose Working Group. The report features the outcomes of a project carried out by Stirling University in cooperation with the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan (ACBK) during September-October 2017 in northern Kazakhstan. The aim was to assess the motivations for hunting geese - including the illegal killing/accidental shooting of Lesser White-fronted Geese - in the local communities adjacent to key staging sites.
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23 January 2018 by Fennoscandian LWfG conservation project
International Conservation Action for Lesser White-fronted Geese in 2017
The year 2017 has been busy where a lot conservation activities and projects have been implemented under the framework of the AEWA Lesser White-fronted Goose International Working Group. Following the 3rd Working Group meeting in Trondheim in April 2016, the focus has been on the implementation of key conservation activities outlined in the 2016-2019 workplan.
How are the birds doing? Read more here».
31 December 2017 by Fennoscandian LWfG conservation project
New report from the autumn survey in Kazakhstan in 2016
The final report from the 2016 international Lesser White-fronted and Red-breasted Goose monitoring expedition in Kazakhstan is now ready and has been published on the AEWA website»
Observations of LWfG recorded an estimated 32,000 birds during the survey, ~250,000 Greylag Geese, ~53,000 Ruddy Shelducks and ~37,000 Red-breasted Geese. Greater White-fronted Geese) were the most abundant species, with a total of ~890,000 birds. Part of the aim for the present survey was to improve sampling and estimation techniques, so taking into account lakes not visited gives slightly larger estimate for the two target goose species: a total estimate of 34,250 birds (95% confidence intervals 28,500 – 40,100 birds) for the Western population of LWfG, and an estimated population of 50,100 Red-breasted Goose (95% CI 28,100 – 72,600 birds).
17 February 2017 by Fennoscandian LWfG conservation project
EU LIFE+ Lesser White-fronted Goose Project Team Comes Together for Final Meeting
Partner organizations to the EU LIFE+ project “Safeguarding the Lesser White-fronted Goose along its European Flyways” came together at Lake Kerkini in northern Greece from 6 to 9 December for the concluding meeting under the auspices of the project. Final pending activities will be carried out mainly in Greece during the winter season 2016-2017 with the project officially coming to an end in April 2017. Read the full story here»
14 December 2016 by Fennoscandian LWfG conservation project