Cécile BONINO-Pilot Wildlife Estates Spa August 2007 Wildlife Estates Darius Movaghar (ELO) WE Plenary Session - 2 September 2009 Delphine Dupeux (ELO)

Wildlife Estates

PART 1 Eligibility criteria The WE Charter

 entails 10 principles of wildlife estate management (see Charter page 9 WE Booklet) has been endorsed during the Copenhagen Conference (DK) in September All participants agreed to respect the principles of the Charter. =First step

WE label The WE Label initiative creates a system which enables to ensure and show that the management and use of natural resources carried out at estates territories comply with biodiversity and nature conservation principles.

 Sustainable hunting and/or angling involve habitat and wildlife management actions  Actions assessed and scored accordingly with their outcome in terms of promotion of nature conservation as an all.  To receive the WE label, an estate or territory should fulfil all eligibility and generic criteria and obtain a minimum total score, considering specific indicators assessed thanks to an evaluation grid per biogeographical region. WE label

 no rigid certification system  But a voluntary commitment to the Charter and questionnaire’s requirements  To receive the label, applicants shall send their application form taking the form of a questionnaire to the WE liaison office based in Brussels or their national correspondent organisation.

Procedure The questionnaire has been drafted to facilitate the evaluation of the criteria and indicators which allow a territory to receive the WE Label. It is made up of 4 elements: -eligibility criteria -generic indicators -the compulsory elements of the management plan (MAIMP) -specific indicators

Eligibility criteria Each estate or territory must fulfil compulsory eligibility criteria and generic indicators, assessed through a pre- selection procedure, before being assessed at the specific indicators level.

Eligibility criteria BIO-GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION IDENTITY

Biogeographical Situation 1. Being located in a member state of the EU 2. Belongs to one of the following biogeographical regions: Atlantic Mediterranean Boreal Continental Macaronesian Alpine Pannonian 3. Belongs at least to one of the following categories: Mountains Wetlands Forestlands Farmlands Coastlands All of the categories include habitats mentioned in the Habitats Directive (92/43 CEE, 21 May 1992)

IDENTITY Each estate or territory should have: Site head manager Multi annual integrated management plan (MAIMP) Wildlife management practices Sustainable shooting and/or angling

IDENTITY Each estate or territory should present the following: Present a proposal for an annual management plan including objectives, actions, monitoring and annual report. Plan and implement Public Relation activities PR activities are one of the EC priorities and may include visits, open annual day, exchange programs, etc.

3.3. Integrated Nature Conservation Plan Objectives and solutions Mitigation of negative impacts and measures to achieve tranquillity levels at the ecosystem level Conservation, restoration and improvements at the landscape level Improvement of the general ecosystem carrying capacity Increase of prey species populations Special management plan for species with high conservation status Wise/sustainable use Bird watching Ecotourism Research, etc Annual plans for shooting and conservation Annual objectives Annual results Point 3: Management Plan

Wildlife Estates 2nd PART Generic indicators Management plan

Generic Indicators Generic indicators should be compulsory and common for every estate or territory. The proposed list details where they should be included within the Multi Annual Integrated Management Plan (MAIMP)

Generic Indicators  Geographical information  Legal and ecological constraints i.e. Natura 2000  Historic and cultural values (list and location)  Emblematic and protected species  Game and fish species  Game and fish population census  List of conservation and/or management actions for endangered and emblematic species.  List of conservation and/or management actions for game and fish species  Annual shooting and/or angling plan

Reference model for the Management Plan Content: 1. Introduction 2. Inventory 3. Management plan 4. Budget and planning 5. Monitoring and et reporting (for a 5 years time span) 6. Cartography 7. Annexes 8. References

Point 2: Inventory 2.1. Legal and administrative constrains type of protection (e.g. private hunting grounds, etc.) National legislation (e.g. Nature reserve, Site of Special Interest, etc.) EC and international legislation (e.g. Natura 2000, Bona Convention, etc.) 2.2. Location and general description Geography Region Borders 2.3. Natural environment Physical environment: Geomorphology, land types, hydrology and climatology, etc. Biological environment: Landscape, flora and fauna Emblematic and/or protected flora and fauna species

Point 2: Inventory 2.4. Socio-economics Population Employment Infrastructures Relations between shooting activities and other activities (farming, tourism, etc.) 2.5. Game management and shooting Census and game populations dynamics analyses Game and wildlife management activities Current management Wildlife friendly crops Specific wildlife management activities Shooting plan Types of shooting Infrastructures and specific personnel (e.g. gamekeepers, beaters, etc.)

Point 3:Management Plan 3.1. General Plan Inventory analyses and conclusions Objectives Game species Habitat Emblematic and/or protected species 3.2. Game management – improvements to be implemented at the game management level List of management directives to achieve the listed objectives Habitat management Game and other species populations management

Point 4: Budget and planning Annual budget Logistics Scheduling and annual chronogram

Point 5: Monitoring and reporting For a 5 years time span Monitoring methods Results and data analyses Reports Conclusions

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