7 — Implementation Overeenkomst inzake de bescherming van Afrikaans-Euraziatische trekkende watervogels
Implementation
7.1. When implementing this Action Plan, Parties shall, when appropriate, give priority to those populations listed in Column A of Table 1.
7.2. Where, in the case of populations listed in Table 1, more than one population of the same species occurs on the territory of a Party, that Party shall apply conservation measures appropriate to the population or populations that have the poorest conservation status.
7.3. The Agreement secretariat, in coordination with the Technical Committee and with the assistance of experts from Range States, shall coordinate the development of conservation guidelines in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 4, of this Agreement to assist the Parties in the implementation of this Action Plan. The Agreement secretariat shall ensure, where possible, coherence with guidelines approved under other international instruments. These conservation guidelines shall aim at introducing the principle of sustainable use. They shall cover, inter alia:
a) single species action plans;
b) emergency measures;
c) preparation of site inventories and habitat management methods;
d) hunting practices;
e) trade in waterbirds;
f) tourism;
g) reducing crop damage; and
h) a waterbird monitoring protocol.
7.4. The Agreement secretariat, in coordination with the Technical Committee and the Parties, shall prepare a series of international reviews necessary for the implementation of this Action Plan, including:
a) reports on the status and trends of populations;
b) gaps in information from surveys;
c) the networks of sites used by each population, including reviews of the protection status of each site as well as of the management measures taken in each case;
d) pertinent hunting and trade legislation in each country relating to the species listed in Annex 2 to this Agreement;
e) the stage of preparation and implementation of single species action plans;
f) re-establishment projects; and
g) the status of introduced non-native waterbird species and hybrids thereof.
7.5. The Agreement secretariat shall endeavour to ensure that the reviews mentioned in paragraph 7.4 are updated at the following intervals:
a) every session of the Meeting of the Parties; b) – every second session of the Meeting of the Parties; c) – every second session of the Meeting of the Parties; d) – every third session of the Meeting of the Parties; e) – every second session of the Meeting of the Parties; f) – every third session of the Meeting of the Parties; g) – every second session of the Meeting of the Parties.
7.6. The Technical Committee shall assess the guidelines and reviews prepared under paragraphs 7.3 and 7.4, and shall formulate draft recommendations and resolutions relating to their development, content and implementation for consideration at sessions of the Meeting of the Parties.
7.7. The Agreement secretariat shall regularly undertake a review of potential mechanisms for providing additional resources (funds and technical assistance) for the implementation of this Action Plan, and shall make a report to each ordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties.
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- Overeenkomst inzake de bescherming van Afrikaans-Euraziatische trekkende watervogels
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- AEWA
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- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 29-12-2022
- BWB-id
- BWBV0001249
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- 2022-12-29_0