All participants in the monitoring programs of SEO / BirdLife just received the newsletter that summarizes the results of the surveys and monitoring programs conducted by SEO / BirdLife in 2009 and 2010. Of the vast information gathered by the thousands of volunteers in these projects I've noticed the trend of four species obtained through the program SACRE: the dove, quail, partridge and jackdaw.
are four common species and hunting all having a sharp decline, as evidenced by the following table showing the percentage change of the populations obtained at national level and by region between 1998 and 2010:
To understand the magnitude of these trends enough to know that a decline of more than 30% in 10 years or three generations would make a species designated as Vulnerable by the IUCN criteria and slopes greater than 50% designated as Endangered.
Well, the next thought to ask is whether the law allowed to hunt endangered species or, at least, with sharp declines population.
The Birds Directive in its Article 7.4 states that " Member States shall ensure that the hunting , including where appropriate, falconry, as is apparent from the application of the provisions national force, respects the principles of wise use and a balanced control ecologically species of birds concerned and that this practice is compatible as regards the population of the species , including migratory species, with the measures resulting from Article 2 ", for its part, Article 2 states that" States shall take all necessary measures to maintain or adjust the populations of all species birds referred to in Article 1 at a level which corresponds in particular to ecological, scientific and cultural rights, taking into account the economic and recreational requirements. " The European Commission interprets this article as a " Guidance document on hunting under Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds 'of 2008 like" can be seen as a kind of bird is in a favorable conservation status when the sum of influences acting on it negatively affects long-term distribution and abundance of its populations. This includes situations in which data on the population dynamics of the species indicate that this is not a long term viable component of its habitat natural. Obviously generally not advisable to subject such species or populations to hunting, although this is not the cause of unfavorable conservation status or contribute to the same . However, allowing the hunting of a species can be a great incentive to manage habitats and positively influence other factors contributing to the decline in population, thus contributing to the objective of restoring populations to favorable conservation status. "
For its part, the Law 42/2007 in Article 62.2. states that " In any case, the exercise of hunting and inland fisheries be regulated so as to ensure that conservation and promotion of authorized species for this exercise, for which purpose the State government will determine the land and waters where they can have such activities as well as working dates for each species "and 62.3.d) that " may establish temporary moratoriums or special prohibitions when reasons of biological or medical advice as . In relation to the species of hunting and fishing, where there are of biological or medical advice establishing temporary moratoriums or special prohibitions, the State Commission for Natural Heritage and Biodiversity may be reporting that can be used by the State government for determining such moratoria or bans. "
Finally, a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Castilla-La Mancha quash the seasons, and in the case of the turtledove and quail management indicates that because of Article 7 of the DAS and 62 can not authorize LPNyB hunting of these species without, previously , studied the populations of these birds. That is, the administration must certify in advance with the good condition of the same.
Well, the conclusions, in my view are clear:
1) Administrations shall provide proof of good condition species of birds before being allowed to hunt.
2) In the case of species not present a good state of conservation in the region, in general, can not authorize hunting use.
3) The government and the collective hunting should begin without further delay plans for conservation of these species with the double objective of improving their peoples and to support conservation measures with the practice of hunting.
We face a key month in which they carried out the majority of the Board of Game approval prior to closure orders. The question is, again, unless a law enforcement or, conversely, start the administration to ensure the conservation of birds in our countryside. The answer in about a month.
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