1. Progress on goose management
© Magnus Elander
AEWA/European Goose Management Platform
Progress on goose management
Eva Meyers, Coordinator AEWA European Goose Management Platform

2. EGMP Mandate and development of International Single Species Management Plans (ISSMP)
AEWA Action Plan: “Parties shall cooperate with a view to developing single species management plans for populations which cause significant damage (…)
Resolution 6.4: “Requests the Secretariat to facilitate, funding permitting, the establishment of an European multispecies goose management platform and process to address sustainable use of goose populations and to provide for the resolution of human-goose conflict

3. AEWA European Goose Management Platform
Pink-footed Goose, Svalbard population; ISSMP implemented since 2012
Taiga Bean Goose; ISSAP endorsed at AEWA MOP6, November 2015
Barnacle Goose, 3 populations
Greylag Goose, NW/SW European population

4. 15 participating Range States
Belarus – 1 population
Latvia – 2
Belgium – 3
(Lithuania – 2)
Denmark – 4
Netherlands – 4
Estonia – 2
Norway – 4
EU - 6
Poland – 3
Finland – 2
Russia – 2
France – 1
Spain – 1
Germany – 3
Sweden – 3
Iceland – 1
UK – 2
Ireland – 1
Ukraine – 1

5. Timeline
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Pink-footed Goose (1)
  Implementation
Taiga Bean Goose (1)
AHMP
Implementation
Barnacle Goose (3)
   ISSMP
AFMP
Greylag Goose (1)
ISSMP
ISSMP = International Single Species Management Plan; AHMP = Adaptive Harvest Management Programme
AFMP= Adaptive Flyway Management Programme

6. International Single Species Management Plan for the Barnacle Goose
East Greenland/Scotland & Ireland
Svalbard/South-west Scotland
Russia/Germany & Netherlands
Photo: Magnus Elander
1st Barnacle Goose Stakeholder Workshop (12-14 June 2017, Copenhagen)

7. International Single Species Management Plan for the Greylag Goose (NW/SW European population)
1st Greylag Goose Stakeholder Workshop in Paris, October 2017

8. Other meetings EGMP International Modelling Consortium (January 2018)
Internal Species Management Planning Workshop (January 2018)
- development of the Framework for Action
© Magnus Elander

9. Fundamental objectives
Framework for Action
Goal: Maintain the population in a favourable conservation status while taking into acount ecological, economic and recreational interests
Fundamental objectives
I. Maintain the populations at a satisfactory level
II. Minimize agricultural conflicts
III. Minimize the risk to public health and air safety
IV. Minimize the risk to other flora and fauna
V. Maximise ecosystem goods and services
VI. Minimize costs of goose management
VII. Provide hunting opportunities that are consistent with maintaining the populations at a satisfactory level

10. Each AFMP
Defines Favourable Reference Values for the population – based on methodology to be agreed in the EGMP IWG in June 2018
Defines management units (for the Russia/Netherlands & Germany population)
Defines targets (if necessary) above the FRV for the population, the management units and Range States - based on work to be carried out by the Modelling Consortium in 2018 and agreed in the EGMP IWG in 2019
Allocates quotas for harvest or killing under derogation amongst Range States willing and able to carry out such measures – EGMP IWG 2019
Provides protocols for monitoring & assessment
Provides protocols for adaptive management
Sets out workplans for the actions relevant for the population from the ISSMP
Range States remain responsible for national planning and implementation within the framework of the international implementation plan
Three population-specific Adaptive Flyway Management Programmes (AFMP)
International Single Species Management Plan (ISSMP)
Barnacle Goose
East Greenland/UK & Ireland population
Svalbard/Southwest Scotland population
Russia/Netherlands & Germany population

11. Greylag Goose NW/SW European population
Each AFMP
Defines Favourable Reference Values for the population/management unit – based on methodology to be agreed in the EGMP IWG in June 2018
Defines management units
Defines targets (if necessary) above the FRV for the population, the management units and Range States - based on work to be carried out by the Modelling Consortium in 2018 and agreed in the EGMP IWG in 2019
Allocates quotas for harvest or killing under derogation amongst Range States willing and able to carry out such measures – EGMP IWG 2019
Provides protocols for monitoring & assessment
Provides protocols for adaptive management
Sets out workplans for the actions relevant for the population from the ISSMP
Range States remain responsible for national planning and implementation within the framework of the international implementation plan
Adaptive Flyway Management Programme(s) (AFMP)
International Single Species Management Plan (ISSMP)
Greylag Goose NW/SW European population
or separate AFMPs for each of its management units

12. Barnacle & Greylag Goose ISSMP timeline
2nd Draft Barnacle & Greylag Goose ISSMP submitted for review to AEWA TC14
2nd Planning Workshop for the Barnacle & Greylag Goose, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
EGM IWG3
Final Drafts submitted to MOP7
1st Stakeholder Workshop for the Barnacle Goose ISSMP,
Copenhagen
Internal Species Management Planning Workshop, Kalo, Denmark
October 2017
March 2018
May 2018
July 2018
June 2017
January 2018
April 2018
June 2018
December 2018
1st Stakeholder Workshop
for the Greylag Goose ISSMP
Paris, France
2nd Draft Barnacle & Greylag Goose ISSMP for consultation
3rd Draft Barnacle & Greylag Goose ISSMP submitted to Range States and Stakeholders
Draft ISSMPs submitted to AEWA StC

13. Upcoming meetings:
1st Face-to-face meeting of the EGMP Task Forces (Taiga Bean Goose TF, Pink-footed Goose Task Force & Agriculture TF) 18 June 2018, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
2nd Barnacle Goose and Greylag Goose Management Planning Workshop 19 June 2018, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
3rd Meeting of the European Goose Management International Working Group (EGM IWG3) June 2018, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands

14. Thank you!
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