WCC 2016 Res 022 - Activity Report

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Information générale

Mesures de conservation pour les vautours, y compris interdiction de recourir au diclofénac à usage vétérinaire

Constituant de l’UICN:

BirdLife International

Type de Constituant de l’UICN:

IUCN Member

Période d’activité:

2017

Zone géographique:

Mondial

Afrique

Union Européenne (UE)

Asie du Sud et Asie de l'Est

Pays/Territoire:

Botswana

Ethiopia

Kenya

Nigeria

Zambia

Zimbabwe

In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...

Quels autres Membres de l’UICN sont impliqués –ou ont été impliqués- dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?:

BirdLife Botswana ( BLB ) / Botswana

Bombay Natural History Society ( BNHS ) / India

Nature Kenya - The East Africa Natural History Society ( EANHS ) / Kenya

Nigerian Conservation Foundation ( NCF ) / Nigeria

Bird Conservation Nepal/Nepal Panchhi Samrakchyan Sangh ( BCN ) / Nepal

BirdLife South Africa ( BLSA ) / South Africa

Endangered Wildlife Trust ( EWT ) / South Africa

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) / United Kingdom

BirdLife Zimbabwe ( BLZ ) / Zimbabwe

Quelles sont les Commissions de l’UICN impliquées dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?:

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Le Secrétariat de l’UICN, est-il impliqué dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?:

Yes

Veuillez indiquer quels autres acteurs (non-membres de l’UICN) sont impliqués dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution:

Birdwatch Zambia, Vulture Conservation Foundation, CMS Secretariat - Raptors MOU, Painted Dogs Conservation, The Peregrine Fund,

Implémentation

Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution:

Action	Description	Status
Rassembler des parties prenantes/Rï¿½seautage	Completion and facilitation of adoption of Multi-species Action Plan to Conserve African-Eurasian Vultures (Vulture MsAP) by CMS parties at CMS COP12 in October 2017. This was coordinated by BirdLife, working with the CMS Raptors MOU Coordinating Unit, IUCN SSC Vulture Specialist Group and Vulture Conservation Foundation.	Completed
Education/Communication/Sensibilisation	All anti-poisoning activities described under 'Field Activities' below include strong components of awareness-raising and education on the importance of vultures and impacts of poisoning. As a further example involving the essential collaboration with other conservatoin groups, BirdLife Zimbabwe and Painted Dogs Conservation have strengthened community involvement in anti-poisoning activities being implemented in Hwange, where wildlife poisoning is a serious problem.	On-going
Activitï¿½s de terrain	Actions to save Africa's vultures from poisoning have been implemented in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Zambia by BirdLife Partners. These include working with communities and national authorities to develop and implement protocols for rapid response to poisoning and management of human-wildlife conflict, including awareness-raising and training. This is already believed to have averted more than one poisoning incident. BirdWatch Zambia have created 40,000 ha Vulture Safe Zones in and around the Chisamba IBA and Luangwa Valley, and aim to add a further 40,000 ha in 2018. BirdLife is one of 14 global partners jointly implementing "Urgent Actions to Strengthen the Balkan Population of the Egyptian Vulture and Secure Its Flyway" project, to deliver urgent conservation measures towards eliminating major known threats to the Egyptian Vulture along its flyway, aligning with both the Neophron Flyway Action Plan for the Conservation of the Balkan and Central Asian Populations of the Egyptian Vulture and the Vulture MsAP. The African project countries include Nigeria, Ethiopia, Niger and Chad.	On-going
Activitï¿½s de terrain	As a Partner in the SAVE (Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction) consortium, BirdLife's activities in support of S and SE Asian Vulture conservation are described in a separate report from Chris Bowden. In Europe, several BirdLife Partners are taking action for vultures with particular attention to Egyptian Vulture in Eastern Europe, and to advocating for the banning of vulture-toxic veterinary Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, in particular diclofenac in Spain and Italy and across the EU; the campaign continues at the time of writing.	On-going
Activitï¿½s visant ï¿½ influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiques	The Nigerian Conservation Foundation is working to combat Illegal Wildlife Trade involving vultures and their body parts for belief-based use in Nigeria, through a workshop involving Ogun, Ondo, and Osun States, involving law enforcement and prosecution agencies, national and sub-national transport unions, traditional healers associations, government ministries, departments and Ministries, the wildlife women traders associations, and religious associations. A communiqué outlining the agreement and resolutions made by workshop participants was produced.	On-going
Activitï¿½s techniques/scientifiques	BirdLife Partners are contributing, or facilitating contributions, to poisoning databases including African Wildlife Poison Database, and where necessary supporting national compilations such as the bird mortality database in Zimbabwe. BirdLife Partners have established baseline breeding and nesting data for cliff and tree nesting vulture species at various sites in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Rwanda and Ethiopia, and Vulture movements are being satellite-tracked through BirdLife projects in Kenya and Zambia (alongside many other tracking initiatives on African vultures). Among a range of activities in support of vulture conservation, BirdLife South Africa are investigating impacts of lead poisoning on Cape and White-backed vultures in South Africa.	On-going

Veuillez indiquer quels ont été les résultats obtenus dans le cadre des activités entreprises pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution:

Development of the Multi-species Action Plan has generated strong consensus and collaboration to advance vulture conservation in Africa and elsewhere. The development of a 'Vulture Safe Zone' in Zambia, while in need of expansion, marks the first example of such an approach for vultures in Africa, building on lessons from South Asia. Even though in its infancy, the anti-poisoning rapid response mechanism in Kenya is believed to have averted more than one mass poisoning event.

Quelles mesures ont été prises afin de surmonter ces obstacles ?:

Poisoning is a highly complex problem, driven by powerful and intractable forces such as ivory trade and human-carnivore conflict, and will take many years to overcome. Alliances with other conservation groups also concerned with poisoning, are essential and have been launched in Kenya and Zimbabwe, for example.

Veuillez indiquer et décrire brièvement les activités planifiées par la suite pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution:

ActivitÃ© Future	Description
Rassembler des parties prenantes/Rï¿½seautage	Drive forward implementation of the Vulture MsAP, and fundraising to achieve this. Further events towards this aim are planned in 2018.
Education/Communication/Sensibilisation	Continue programmmes to promote vultures in a positive light to decision-makers and the public, including by demonstrating the their ecosystem service value.
Activitï¿½s de terrain	Continue and expand anti-poisoning programmes in Africa with development of an emergency funding mechanism; replicate approaches in additional countries. This includes a strong Capacity-building element. See separate report from Chris Bowden regarding future actions in S and SE Asia under the SAVE consortium of which BirdLife is a member.
Activitï¿½s visant ï¿½ influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiques	Continue to advocate bans on vulture-toxic veterinary Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, in particular diclofenac, across the EU and elsewhere. Increase efforts to address threats of collision and electrocution with energy infrastructure through sensitivity mapping in East Africa and the Red Sea flyway. Expand efforts to combat the threat of belief-based use of vulture body parts in West Africa, focusing on Nigeria.
Activitï¿½s visant ï¿½ influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiques	Support national vulture action planning and develoment of guidance to implement Vulture Safe Zones as an essential landscape approach to conserving these wide-ranging birds.

Informations complémentaires

Liens externes:

CMS Multi-species Action Plan to Conserve African-Eurasian Vultures

BirdLife webpage with information on vulture conservation programmes

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WCC 2016 Res 022 - Activity Report