Greenland White Sample Clauses

Greenland White fronted Goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris);

Greenland White fronted Goose conservation and legislative status in Range States Country GWfG status in national legislation GWfG status in national Red Data Book (or equivalent) Greenland Fully protected in Greenland from April 2009 under the terms of Greenland Home Rule Executive Order No. 8 of 2 March 2009. Listed as Endangered (according to IUCN criteria) in Red List of Greenland flora and fauna (Boertmann 2007). Iceland Since September 2006 Anser albifrons flavirostris has been protected. (Legally, through its removal from Regulation 456/1994 on Bird Hunting and Utilization of Wild Birds as a Natural resource by Regulation 516/2006. Both these Regulations were issued under the Law on Conservation, Protection and Hunting of Wild Birds and Wild Mammals, No. 64/1994). United Kingdom Anser albifrons fully protected at all times by Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) in Scotland, and by the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 in Northern Ireland. Anser albifrons is only protected in close season in England and Wales, and thus A. a. flavirostris is potentially a quarry species in both these countries13. Anser albifrons flavirostris is listed on the Red List of species of high conservation concern (as well as listed as Endangered according to IUCN criteria) in the most recent review of Birds of Conservation Concern (Xxxxx et al. 2009). In Northern Ireland, Anser albifrons flavirostris is listed on the Amber List of Birds of Conservation Concern (BirdWatch Ireland & RSPB Northern Ireland). In 2007, Anser albifrons flavirostris was added to the list of Priority Species of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.