Management of Human Activities. (activitiesrelated to the management of species causing damage to crops and fisheries, power lines, (lead) poisoning, renewable energies, illegal killing/ taking and trade) x x yes
Management of Human Activities. Parties shall assess the impact of proposed projects which are likely to lead to conflicts between populations listed in Table 1 that are in the areas referred to in paragraph 3.2 and human interests, and shall make the results of the assessment publicly available.
Management of Human Activities. Report on environmental impact statements related to albatrosses and petrels Action Plan Reference AC Work Programme Reference Agreement Reference
3.1 Provide a description of environmental impact assessments or equivalents conducted that directly pertain to Annex 1 species, their habitats, or significant food sources. Were any mitigation measures employed? Measures to reduce or eliminate incidental mortality in fisheries Action Plan Reference AC Work Programme Reference Agreement Reference
Management of Human Activities. Hunting
4.1 Outline the main features of legislation or legal measures in your country to control hunting of the species covered by the Agreement (e.g. use of lead shot and poisoned baits, and to eliminate illegal taking).
Management of Human Activities. Parties shall establish appropriate measures, ideally to eliminate or otherwise to mitigate the threat from non-native terrestrial predators to breeding migratory waterbirds on islands and islets. Measures should refer to contingency planning to prevent invasion, emergency responses to remove introduced predators, and restoration programmes for islands where predator populations are already established. In light of the variety of activities which may be affected by alien species introductions, such species are often addressed in a variety of very different legislative provisions throughout the national legal framework. Even for the same type of activity (agriculture, for example), separate provisions may exist (for instance, provisions regarding the introduction of “genetically modified organisms”, as opposed to introductions of other species that are not already present in the particular habitat). In some cases, different decision-making and risk assessment processes have been set out for each different kind of activity or for each category of introduced species. Further guidance on legislative provisions for addressing non-native species includes: • AEWA Conservation Guidelines on the avoidance of introductions of non-native waterbird species (xxxx://xxx.xxxx-xxxx.xxx/en/publication/aewa-conservation-guidelines-no-10- guidelines-avoidance-introductions-non-native). • Xxxxx, X., Xxxxxxxx, N. & Xxxxxxxx, L., A Guide to Designing Legal and Institutional Frameworks on Alien Invasive Species, IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 40 (available at xxxxx://xxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx/library/efiles/documents/EPLP-040-En.pdf).
Management of Human Activities. Over the past triennium the AEWA Secretariat was a partner in a project on the development of Sustainable Hunting in the Middle East and North Africa implemented by BirdLife International. This project focussed particularly on the necessity to phase out the use of lead shot for hunting in wetlands. The AEWA Secretariat moreover undertook a survey among governmental focal points and hunting organisations of AEWA Range States, which have phased out the use of lead shot in wetlands already, in order to receive detailed information on experiences made by individual countries during this process. The outcomes of the survey have been published in an informative brochure on “Phasing out the use of lead
Management of Human Activities. Hunting
4.1 Outline the main features of legislation or legal measures in your country to control hunting of the species covered by the Agreement (e.g. use of lead shot and poisoned baits, and to eliminate illegal taking). Please, see paragraph 2.2. Lead shots are still commonly used in Croatia. Poisoned baits are prohibited, but are still the practice in some area. In MEPPP, the Committee for problematic of illegal use of poisoned baits in nature is recently constituted.
4.2 Does your country monitoring hunting levels? If so, how is this information collated and reported? Hunting limits are given for each species in hunting management plans for each hunting ground, but hunting levels are given only as very rough statistical data (for example, data for all waterfowl are given together!) Hunting organisations manage issuing of licences, education and proficiency testing of individual members.
Management of Human Activities. Parties shall establish appropriate measures, ideally to eliminate or otherwise to mitigate the threat from non-native terrestrial predators to breeding migratory waterbirds on islands and islets. Measures should refer to contingency planning to prevent invasion, emergency responses to remove introduced predators, and restoration programmes for islands where predator populations are already established. In light of the variety of activities which may be affected by alien species introductions, such species are often addressed in a variety of very different legislative provisions throughout the national legal framework. Even for the same type of activity (agriculture, for example), separate provisions may exist (for instance, provisions regarding the introduction of “genetically modified organisms”, as opposed to introductions of other species that are not already present in the particular habitat). In some cases, different decision-making and risk assessment processes have been set out for each different kind of activity or for each category of introduced species.
Management of Human Activities. Identification of the “Itaipava fishery” as an important cause of mortality for seabirds, including endangered species such as Yellow-nosed albatross Thallassarche chlororhynchos and Spectacled petrel Procellaria conspicillata. A broad study of fishing methods, fleet, fishing grounds, and seabird species interactions was carried out on ports and by onboard observers. A scientific manuscript is currently being produced and a manuscript is available. - Review of all bycatch data on longline fishery in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean with emphasis on Spectacled petrel have been produced and included in the RSPB Final Report for the project “Assessing the Conservation Status of Spectacled Petrel”. - Analysis of seabird bycatch and abundance during pelagic longline hauling, from a database 2000-2005. Results presented at the XXIV CCAMLR Meeting, Hobart, October, 24th to November, 4th, 2005. - Submission for publication of a volume with the results of studies carried out under the EZZ Live Resources Program of Brazilian Government about seabirds distribution and abundance in south Brazil, interaction of seabirds with pelagic and bottom longline fisheries and foraging behaviour of four main species of Procelariiformes in Brazil (Black-browed and Yellow-nosed Albatrosses and White- chinned and Spectacled Petrel) - A MSc Xxxxxx at Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG is in development for the study of interaction between seabirds, sea turtles and killer whales with the longline fisheries addressed to the determine the influence of abiotical factors on those interaction - Establishment of partnership between seabirds conservation projects and the National Observers Program of Special Secretariat of Aquiculture and Fishing of the Presidency of the Republic (SEAP/PR) in order to promote capacity for the observers to collect data on seabirds interactions with longline fleets based on Brazilian northeastern and southern fishing harbors. - The Brazilian Government has included mitigation measures as a criterion for conferring permits for leased fishing vessels in Brazilian waters. - Development of criteria for the adoption of underwater setting devices in the building projects for new vessels under the Program for Renewing of the Brazilian Fishing Fleet. - Environmental licensing of seismic activities related to petroleum prospection, including research activities regarding sea birds, as well as cetaceans and turtles.
Management of Human Activities. Hunting
4.1. Outline the main features of legislation or legal measures in your country to control hunting of the species covered by the Agreement (e.g. use of lead shot and poisoned baits, and to eliminate illegal taking). In the Federal Republic of Germany waterbird hunting is regulated by the Federal Hunting Act (Bundesjagdgesetz, BJG) enacted in 1952 (last revision 1976). This framework legislation is complemented and put in concrete terms by laws and ordinances of the federal states. The present hunting law has not changed substantially since the last report (BMU 2002). However, further species are concerned due to the extension of Annex 2 of the AEWA. Art. 2 of the Federal Hunting Act specifies which animal species or species groups are subject to German hunting law. These include AEWA species Podiceps cristatus, Ardea cinerea, Cygnus olor, wild geese (genera Anser and Branta) and ducks (Anatinae), genus Mergus (incl. Mergellus), Fulica atra, Scolopax rusticola and gulls (Laridae). The responsible Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture stipulates hunting periods for game animals by a separate ordinance. Game species without hunting sea- son must not be hunted (Art. 22 Federal Hunting Act). Species with all-year closed season are: Podiceps cristatus, Ardea cinerea, Anser brachyrhynchus, Branta leucopsis, Tadorna xx- xxxxx, Anas strepera, Anas clypeata, Xxxxx xxxxxx, Aythya nyroca, Somateria mollissima, Clangula hyemalis, Bucephala clangula, Mergus (Mergellus) albellus, Mergus serrator and Mergus merganser. The federal states may deviate from these provisions and have partially issued different regulations, e.g. in Bavaria the Heron Ardea cinerea has a hunting season. For the other huntable waterbirds the Federal Hunting Season Ordinance (Bundesjagdzeiten- verordnung) applies, setting open seasons from which the legislation of the federal states may deviate. Hunting seasons may be shortened, abolished or even intensified (see table 10). It is prohibited to remove eggs, except for scientific, research and teaching purposes (Art. 22 Fed- eral Hunting Act). With regard to any other wild living specimen of bird species it is prohibited to pursue, cap- ture, injure or kill them or to remove from the wild, damage, or destroy any forms of their life-cycle, their nesting or breeding sites, other living quarters or inhabited sites or any other places of refuge (Art. 42 Federal Nature Conservation Act). According to Art. 19 Federal Huntin...
