Pääsivulle

LWFG-Bulletin

2001-2010

Index

English Issues

• 2002 - No 1
• 2002 - No 2
• 2003 - No 1
• 2003 - No 2
• 2004 - No 1 special issue
• 2004 - No 2
• 2005 - No 1
• 2007 - No 3 pdf 4mb
• 2008 - No 4
• 2009 - No 1 Action Plan 44 pages. pdf. 17 mb
• 2009 - No 4
• 2010 - No 2 Brochure pdf
• 2010 - No 4
• 2013 - No 2
• 2015 - No 1E
• 2015 - No 2E

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Items in order of subject last updated 2010

(Below there is an updated, yet chronological list)

• Editorials
• Lesser White-fronted Geese / General
• Lesser White-fronts in Northern Europe
• Swedish LWfG Projects
• Reintroduction
• Captive LWfG
• Conferences
• The Friends of the LWfG

Editorials

• A Year of Activity (Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
• Reason to celebrate (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
• News! (2003 - No 1)
• Editor's note: (2003 - No 2)
• Editor's remark. Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
• Introduction. Martti Soikkeli (2004 - No 1)
• Numbers and Birds (2004 - No 2)
• Backpacks, rings and the future LauriKahanpää (2005 No 1)
• Editorial by Antti Haapanen (2007 No 3)
• A Decade with the Ministry of the Environment (2009 No 4)
• Absurd - unbelievable (2010 No 4)

Lesser White-fronted Geese / General

• Wintering LWfG in the Netherlands (Bertus de Lange) 2002 No 1
• LWfG Monitoring in Kazakhstan in Autumn 2001 (Sergey Yerokhov) 2002 No 1
• "Piskulka" News from the Polar Urals in 2001 (Vladimir Morozov) 2002 No 1
• The Bar-headed Goose in Kyrgyzstan (Alexander Yakovlev) 2002 No 1
• Focus on the Caspian Sea (Erkki Kellomäki) (2002 - No 2)
• Wintering LWfG in the Netherlands Bertus de Lange (2003 - No 1)
• Casarca -- the RGG Annual Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 1)
• Iranian LWfG -- and Great White Cranes Jamshid Mansoori (2003 - No 1)
• The International Wild Waterfowl Association IWWA Walter Sturgeon (2003 - No 1)
• The Lesser White-fronted Goose in Eurasia. Vladimir Morozov (2004 - No 1)
• Finny in the Netherlands Pentti Alho and Eero Peltonen (2005 No 1)
• Sweden's Action Plan Draft Meeting Lauri Kahanpää (2005 No 1)
• Foreseeing the future Lauri Kahanpää (at Wetlands International's conference in Odessa 2004) (2005 No 1)
• Lesser White-fronts in the Netherlands 2004-2005 Bertus de Lange, Pentti Alho and Erkki Kellomäki (2005 No 1)
• Observations and Ideas from Kazakhstan S.N. Yerokhov, O.V.Beljalov, V.I.Ivonenko (2005 No 1)
• English summary of ÒPleisterplaatsen van Dwergganzen Anser erythropus in NederlandÓ. Kees Koffijberg, Fred Cottaar & Henk van der Jeugd (2007 No 3 - special)
• LWfG in Kazakhstan 1997-2007. Sergey Yerokhov and Erkki KellomŠki (2007 No 3 - special)
• Observations and Ideas from Kazakhstan S.N. Yerokhov, O.V.Beljalov, V.I.Ivonenko (2007 No 3 - special)
• Calculating the future of the LWfG. Lauri KahanpŠŠ (2007 No 3 - special)
• Historical Western migration of LWfG ed. Lauri Kahanpää (2008 No 4)
• Site fidelity of the LWfG. GOOSE 2009-conference (2009 - no 4)
• Western migration of Lesser White-fronted Geese. GOOSE 2009-conference (2009 - no 4)
• Numbers of Barnacle Geese. GOOSE 2009-conference (2009 - no 4)
• Naturalised geese. GOOSE 2009-conference (2009 - no 4)
• Chinese LWfG. GOOSE 2009-conference (2009 - no 4)

Lesser White-fronted Geese in Northern Europe

• A wild Lesser White-front on lake Vesijärvi, southern Finland (Pentti Alho) 2002 No 1
• Varangerfjord (Norway) empty for the first time (WWW-news ) 2002 No 1
• The LWfG in the Kola Peninsula area (WWF; WWW-bulletin) 2002 No 1
• Comparison of Two LWfG Re-introduction Projects (Pentti Alho and Erkki Kellomäki) 2002 No 1
• A doctoral thesis on LWfG genetics at Oulu University (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
• Analyses of a captive population of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Marina Kholodova) (2002 - No 2)
• News from Öster-Malma (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
• Norwegian Numbers Åke Andersson (2003 - No 1)
• Fifteen years of breeding LWfG in Finland Pentti Alho and Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 1)
• How to rescue the Lesser White-fronted Goose Martti Soikkeli (2003 - No 2)
• Ein Treffen i Uppsala (A meeting in Uppsala) Wolfgang Scholze (Auf deutsch) (2003 - No 2)
• How to choose the re-introduction site Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 2)
• Adapting Lambart von Essen's Barnacle Goose method to Finland Pentti Alho (2003 - No 2)
• Satellite tracking begins Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 2)
• Kargopol Region Erkki Kellomaki, Elena Gurtavaja, Ari Lehtinen, Eero Peltonen, Jouni Riihimäki, Natalia Ripatti & Petri Uronen (2003 - No 2)
• Key features of the ecology of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus). Johan Mooij (2004 - No 1)
• The Lesser White-fronted Goose in Scandianvia. Ed. Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
• Possible scenarios for the future of the LWfG in Scandinavia Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
• Conservation of the remaining natural stock Ed. Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
• Observations in 2004 Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
• Exciting Satellite Tracking  Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
• Recent Fennoscandian LWfG observations. Lauri KahanpŠŠ (2007 No 3 - special)
• Lesser White-fronted Geese in Finland 1900-2007. Lauri KahanpŠŠ (2007 No 3 - special)
• The Lesser White-fronted Goose and Public Nature Conservation in Finland. Seppo Vuolanto (2007 No 3 - special)
• An open letter to WWF Finland - dated 17.08.2000 (2008 No 4)
• Norwegian Lesser White-fronted Geese 2007 and 2008. ed. Lauri Kahanpää (2008 No 4)
• Finnish LWfG 2000-2009 Erkki Kellomäki and Lauri Kahanpää (2009 No 4)
• Norwegian LWfG 2009 Lauri Kahanpää (2009 No 4)
• Update of Numbers and Catching of LWfG in European Russia. Lauri Kahanpää (data Vladimir Morozov, E.E. Syroechkovsky Jr., Konstantin Litvin and Oleg Mineev) (2009 No 4)
• Light at the end of the tunnel &endash; in Norway. Lauri Kahanpää (2010 - no 4)

Swedish LWfG-Projects

• Report of the Swedish LWfG re-introduction project 2002 Åke Andersson (2003 - No 1)
• The reintroduction of Lesser White-fronted Goose in Swedish Lapland. Åke Andersson and Torsten Larsson (2004 - No 1)
• The Swedish Project in 2004. Åke Andersson s (2004 - No 2)
• Swedish Lesser White-fronted Geese 2007. (Letter by Åke Andersson) (2008 No 4)
• Greetings from Sweden, summer 2009. Åke Andersson (2009 No 4)
• The Swedish Action Plan almost in action. Lauri Kahanpää (2010 - no 4)

Reintroduction

• The new German project (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
• Aktion Zwerggans - Soon in Action Peter Kredatus and Wolfgang Scholze (2003 - No 1)
• Comparison of two LWfG reintroduction projects. Pentti Alho, Lauri Kahanpää and Erkki Kellomäki (2004 - No 1)
• Captive Lesser White-fronted Geese in Finland. Pentti Alho (2004 - No 1)
• The experimental German-Swedish-French project. Aktion Zwerggans (2004 - No 1)
• Frequently Asked Questions (2004 - No 1)
• Guidelines For Re-Introductions (2004 - No 1) The Ultra-light Project begins  Johan Mooij and Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
• What kind of goslings should be released in Lapland Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
• Reintroduction of the Finnish Lesser White Fronted Goose Antti Haapanen (at the Lammi meeting 1.4.05) (2005 No 1)
• Should we start LWfG breeding from scratch? Pentti Alho (2005 No 1)
• International agreements guiding the protection of the LWfG Antti Haapanen (2005 No 1)
• International Obligations in LWfG protection. Antti Haapanen (2007 No 3 - special)
• Justice in Muonio. Matti ForstŽn (2007 No 3 - special)
• Give them NOKIA phones! Lauri KahanpŠŠ (2007 No 3 - special)
• The Restocking Method Jyrki Patomäki (2009 - no 4)
• The 2009 release of LWfG goslings and their foster parents. Antti Haapanen and Lauri Kahanpää (2009 - no 4)
• An expedition to find (step) Mother Goose. Erkki Jaanu (2009 - no 4)
• The LWfG-projects of the EU. Seppo Vuolanto (2010 - no 4)
• Satellite tracking. Lauri Kahanpää and Markku Kuitunen (2010 - no 4)
• The Barnacle Goose - an alien species? (2010 - no 4)

Captive LWfG

• Project "Päijät-Hämeen lintuhoitolat ja luontomatkailu 2001-2004" (Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
• The Bird Park Heinola: (Pekka Javanainen) 2002 No 1
• Construction work at the farm in 2001 (Pentti Alho and Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
• Lesser White-fronts in Zoos World Wide (2002 - No 2)
• IWWA sponsors Pentti Alho' s Avicultural Farm (Draft) Walter Sturgeon (2003 - No 1)
• Finnish Bird Hospitals begin co-operation (IN FINNISH) Eeva Rudbäck and Lauri Kahanpää (2003 - No 1)
• Our New Hall Completed and Opened Pentti Alho and Lauri Kahanpää (2003 - No 1)
• Quick News from Hämeenkoski Pentti Alho (2003 - No 2)
• The Role of Zoos in Nature Conservation Seppo Turunen (2004 - No 2)
• Our own Lesser White-fronts Pentti Alho (2004 - No 2)
• Breeding LWfG in Finland. Pentti Alho (2007 No 3 - special)
• Import of new Russian LWfG? Pentti Alho (2009 - no 4)
• The first trainee biologist at the breeding station. Lauri Kahanpää (2010 - no 4)
• Welcome guests visited Hämeenkoski. Lauri Kahanpää and Pentti Alho (2010 - no 4)

Conferences

• 1st Conference of the Goose and Swan Study Group of Eastern Europe and North Asia (RGG) Moscow, January 25 - 27, 2001 (Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
• Wetlands International's Goose Specialist Group in Roosta, Estonia 27.4.&endash;1.5.2001 (Lauri Kahanpää and Antti Ripatti) (2002 - No 2)
• Goose 2002 - Wetlands International at Cota Donana Pentti Alho and Lauri Kahanpää (2003 - No 1)
• A genetic test ov captive LWfG Marina V. Kholodova (2003 - No 1)
• The RGG meeting in Olonets, Russia, in april Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 2)
• Wetlands International's Conference "GOOSE 2004" in Odessa Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
• The "Global Flyway Conference: Waterbirds Around the World" in Edinburgh in spring 2004 Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
• Invitation to the Helsinki International Lesser White-fronted Goose Conference, spring 2005 Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
• 10th Annual Meeting of the Goose Specialist Group of Wetlands International, 26- 31. January 2007, Xanten/Lesser White-fronted Goose Workshop, 29th January, 20.00 - 23.00 hrs. - Report. Gerard Boere (2007 No 3 - special)
• The Lesser White-fronted Goose Conferences 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2005 in Finland. (2007 No 3 - special)
  • The International Workshop Some highlights
  • The National Finnish Meeting. Excerpts from the minutes
• 3rd International Symposium on Waterfowl of Northern Eurasia, Saint- Petersburg, 6-10 Oct 2005. Lauri KahanpŠŠ (2007 No 3 - special)
• GOOSE 2005 in Sopron, Hungary 5-9 Nov 2005. Lauri KahanpŠŠ (2007 No 3 - special)
• Wetlands International's GOOSE 2009 in Sweden. Antti Haapanen and Lauri Kahanpää (2009 - no 4)

The Friends of the LWfG

• Plans for 2002 (Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
• Artist of the year 2002: Pekka Saikko (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
• Awards 2002 (2003 - No 1)
• An important donation (2003 - No 1)
• Invitation to general meeting 2003 (2003 - No 1)
• Annual meeting (2003 - No 2)
• Activity calendar (2003 - No 2)
• Plans and possibilities for the Friends Ed. Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
• Five Years Friends of the LWfG s (2004 - No 2)
• Our new Home page s (2004 - No 2)
• Erik van Ommen is the book-artist of the year 2004 Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
• Our annual meeting (2005 No 1)
  • Antti Haapanen is our new Chairman
  • Report 2004
  • Planning for 2005
• We survived the blizzard. Lauri KahanpŠŠ and Jyrki PatomŠki (2007 No 3 - special)
• Plans and possibilities. Antti Haapanen, Lauri KahanpŠŠ and Erkki KellomŠki (2007 No 3 - special)
• Frequently Asked Questions. Lauri KahanpŠŠ (2007 No 3 - special)
• Volunteers welcome (2008 No 4)
• The general meeting in spring 2008 (2008 No 4)
• The 2007 Painting (2008 No 4)
• 2009- and 2010. Lauri Kahanpää (2010 No 4)
• Activities 2008 - 2010 (2010 No 4)

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Items in chronological order ... 2010

2002 No 1

• Editor's note
  • A Year of Activity (Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
• Lesser White-fronts in Northern Europe 2002 No 1
  • A wild Lesser White-front on lake Vesijärvi, southern Finland (Pentti Alho) 2002 No 1
  • Varangerfjord (Norway) empty for the first time (WWW-news ) 2002 No 1
  • The LWfG in the Kola Peninsula area (WWF; WWW-bulletin) 2002 No 1
  • Comparison of Two LWfG Re-introduction Projects (Pentti Alho and Erkki Kellomäki) 2002 No 1
• News around Eurasia
  • Wintering LWfG in the Netherlands (Bertus de Lange) 2002 No 1
  • LWfG Monitoring in Kazakhstan in Autumn 2001 (Sergey Yerokhov) 2002 No 1
  • "Piskulka" News from the Polar Urals in 2001 (Vladimir Morozov) 2002 No 1
  • The Bar-headed Goose in Kyrgyzstan (Alexander Yakovlev) 2002 No 1
• Conferences
  • 1st Conference of the Goose and Swan Study Group of Eastern Europe and North Asia (RGG) Moscow, January 25 - 27, 2001 (Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
• Farms and Zoos
  • Project "Päijät-Hämeen lintuhoitolat ja luontomatkailu 2001-2004" (Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
  • The Bird Park Heinola: (Pekka Javanainen) 2002 No 1
  • Construction work at the farm in 2001 (Pentti Alho and Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
• The Society
  • Plans for 2002 (Lauri Kahanpää) 2002 No 1
  • Sponsors 2001-2001 2002 No 1
  • Contact information / Friends of the LWfG 2002 No 1

2002 - No 2

• Editor's note
  • Reason to celebrate (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
• Lesser White-fronts in Northern Europe (2002 - No 2)
  • A doctoral thesis on LWfG genetics at Oulu University (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
  • Analyses of a captive population of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Marina Kholodova) (2002 - No 2)
  • News from Öster-Malma (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
• News around Eurasia
  • The new German project (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
  • Focus on the Caspian Sea (Erkki Kellomäki) (2002 - No 2)
• Conferences
  • Wetlands International's Goose Specialist Group in Roosta, Estonia 27.4.&endash;1.5.2001 (Lauri Kahanpää and Antti Ripatti) (2002 - No 2)
• Farms and Zoos
  • Lesser White-fronts in Zoos World Wide (2002 - No 2)
• The Society
  • Artist of the year 2002: Pekka Saikko (Lauri Kahanpää) (2002 - No 2)
  • Sponsors 2001-2002 (2002 - No 2)
  • Contact information / Friends of the LWfG (2002 - No 2)

2003 - No 1

• Editor's note: News! (2003 - No 1)
• Lesser White-fronts in Northern Europe (2003 - No 1)
  • Norwegian Numbers Åke Andersson (2003 - No 1)
  • Report of the Swedish LWfG re-introduction project 2002 Åke Andersson (2003 - No 1)
  • Fifteen years of breeding LWfG in Finland Pentti Alho and Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 1)
• News around the World
  • Wintering LWfG in the Netherlands Bertus de Lange (2003 - No 1)
  • Aktion Zwerggans - Soon in Action Peter Kredatus and Wolfgang Scholze (2003 - No 1)
  • Casarca -- the RGG Annual Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 1)
  • Iranian LWfG -- and Great White Cranes Jamshid Mansoori (2003 - No 1)
  • The International Wild Waterfowl Association IWWA Walter Sturgeon (2003 - No 1)
• Conference
  • Goose 2002 - Wetlands International at Cota Donana Pentti Alho and Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 1)
  • A genetic test ov captive LWfG Marina V. Kholodova (2003 - No 1)
• Farms and Zoos
  • IWWA sponsors Pentti Alho' s Avicultural Farm (Draft) Walter Sturgeon (2003 - No 1)
  • Finnish Bird Hospitals begin co-operation Eeva Rudbäck and Lauri Kahanpää (in FINNISH) (2003 - No 1)
  • Our New Hall Completed and Opened Pentti Alho and Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 1)
• The Society
  • Awards 2002 (2003 - No 1)
  • An important donation (2003 - No 1)
  • Invitation to general meeting 2003 (2003 - No 1)
  • Sponsors 2002 (2003 - No 1)
  • Contact information / Friends of the LWfG (2003 - No 1)

2003 - No 2

• Editor's note: (2003 - No 2)
• Lesser White-fronts in Northern Europe (2003 - No 2)
  • How to rescue the Lesser White-fronted Goose Martti Soikkeli (2003 - No 2)
  • Ein Treffen i Uppsala (A meeting in Uppsala) Wolfgang Scholze (Auf deutsch) (2003 - No 2)
  • How to choose the re-introduction site Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 2)
  • Adapting Lambart von Essen's Barnacle Goose method to Finland Pentti Alho (2003 - No 2)
  • Satellite tracking begins Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 2)
• News around the World
  • Kargopol Region Erkki Kellomaki, Elena Gurtavaja, Ari Lehtinen, Eero Peltonen, Jouni Riihimäki, Natalia Ripatti & Petri Uronen (2003 - No 2)
• Conference
  • The RGG meeting in Olonets, Russia, in april Lauri Kahanpää(2003 - No 2)
• Farms and Zoos
  • Quick News from Hämeenkoski Pentti Alho (2003 - No 2)
• The Society
  • Annual meeting (2003 - No 2)
  • Activity calendar (2003 - No 2)
  • Sponsors 2002 (2003 - No 2)
  • Contact information / Friends of the LWfG (2003 - No 2)

2004 - No 1

• Editor's remark. Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
• Introduction. Martti Soikkeli (2004 - No 1)
• Population history
  • Key features of the ecology of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus). Johan Mooij (2004 - No 1)
  • The Lesser White-fronted Goose in Scandianvia. Ed. Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
  • The Lesser White-fronted Goose in Eurasia. Vladimir Morozov (2004 - No 1)
• Possible scenarios for the future of the LWfG in Scandinavia Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
• Conservation of the remaining natural stock Ed. Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
• Restocking projects
  • The reintroduction of Lesser White-fronted Goose in Swedish Lapland. Åke Andersson and Torsten Larsson (2004 - No 1)
  • Comparison of two LWfG reintroduction projects. Pentti Alho, Lauri Kahanpää and Erkki Kellomäki (2004 - No 1)
  • Captive Lesser White-fronted Geese in Finland. Pentti Alho (2004 - No 1)
  • The experimental German-Swedish-French project. Aktion Zwerggans (2004 - No 1)
• Plans and possibilities for the Friends Ed. Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 1)
• Frequently Asked Questions (2004 - No 1)
• Appendix: UCN/SSC Guidelines For Re-Introductions (2004 - No 1)
• References
• Authors

2004 - No 2

• Editor's note: Numbers and Birds (2004 - No 2)
• Lesser White-fronted Geese s (2004 - No 2)
  • Observations in 2004 Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
  • Exciting Satellite Tracking  Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
  • The Swedish Project in 2004 Åke Andersson s (2004 - No 2)
• Farms, Zoos and Re-introduction
  • The Role of Zoos in Nature Conservation Seppo Turunen (2004 - No 2)
  • Our own Lesser White-fronts Pentti Alho s (2004 - No 2)
  • The Ultra-light Project begins  Johan Mooij and Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
  • What kind of goslings should be released in Lapland Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
• Conferences 2004-2005
  • Wetlands International's Conference "GOOSE 2004" in Odessa Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
  • The "Global Flyway Conference: Waterbirds Around the World" in Edinburgh in spring 2004 Lauri Kahanpääs (2004 - No 2)
  • Invitation to the Helsinki International Lesser White-fronted Goose Conference, spring 2005 Lauri Kahanpääs (2004 - No 2)
• The Society
  • Five Years Friends of the LWfG (2004 - No 2)
  • Our new Home page (2004 - No 2)
  • Erik van Ommen is the book-artist of the year 2004 Lauri Kahanpää (2004 - No 2)
  • Sponsors 2003-2004
  • Contact information

2005 No 1

• Editorial: Backpacks, rings and the future LauriKahanpää (2005 No 1)
• Lesser White-fronted Geese
  • Finny in the Netherlands Pentti Alho and Eero Peltonen (2005 No 1)
  • Spring migration 2005 coll. Lauri Kahanpää (2005 No 1)
  • Sweden's Action Plan Draft Meeting Lauri Kahanpää (2005 No 1)
  • Foreseeing the future Lauri Kahanpää (at Wetlands International's conference in Odessa 2004) (2005 No 1)
  • Lesser White-fronts in the Netherlands 2004-2005 Bertus de Lange, Pentti Alho and Erkki Kellomäki (2005 No 1)
  • Observations and Ideas from Kazakhstan S.N. Yerokhov, O.V.Beljalov, V.I.Ivonenko (2005 No 1)
• Breeding and Re-introduction
  • Reintroduction of the Finnish Lesser White Fronted Goose Antti Haapanen (at the Lammi meeting 1.4.05) (2005 No 1)
  • Should we start LWfG breeding from scratch? Pentti Alho (2005 No 1)
  • International agreements guiding the protection of the LWfG Antti Haapanen (2005 No 1)
• The Society
  • Our annual meeting (2005 No 1)
    • Antti Haapanen is our new Chairman
    • Report 2004
    • Planning for 2005
  • Sponsors 2003-2004
  • Contact information

2007 No 3 - special

• Editorial. Antti Haapanen (2007 - 3)
• Lesser White-fronted Geese
  • English summary of ÒPleisterplaatsen van Dwergganzen Anser erythropus in NederlandÓ. Kees Koffijberg, Fred Cottaar & Henk van der Jeugd
  • LWfG in Kazakhstan 1997-2007. Sergey Yerokhov and Erkki KellomŠki
  • Recent Fennoscandian LWfG observations. Lauri KahanpŠŠ
  • Lesser White-fronted Geese in Finland 1900-2007. Lauri KahanpŠŠ
  Conservation
  • 10th Annual Meeting of the Goose Specialist Group of Wetlands International, 26- 31. January 2007, Xanten/Lesser White-fronted Goose Workshop, 29th January, 20.00 - 23.00 hrs. - Report. Gerard Boere
  • Calculating the future of the LWfG. Lauri KahanpŠŠ
  • The Lesser White-fronted Goose Conferences 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2005 in Finland.
    • The International Workshop Some highlights
    • The National Finnish Meeting. Excerpts from the minutes
  • 3rd International Symposium on Waterfowl of Northern Eurasia, Saint- Petersburg, 6-10 Oct 2005. Lauri KahanpŠŠ
  • GOOSE 2005 in Sopron, Hungary 5-9 Nov 2005. Lauri KahanpŠŠ
  • The Lesser White-fronted Goose and Public Nature Conservation in Finland. Seppo Vuolanto
  • International Obligations in LWfG protection. Antti Haapanen
  • Justice in Muonio. Matti ForstŽn
  • Breeding LWfG in Finland. Pentti Alho
  • Give them NOKIA phones! Lauri KahanpŠŠ
• The Friends of the Lesser White-fronted Goose
  • We survived the blizzard. Lauri KahanpŠŠ and Jyrki PatomŠki
  • Plans and possibilities. Antti Haapanen, Lauri KahanpŠŠ and Erkki KellomŠki
  • Frequently Asked Questions. Lauri KahanpŠŠ

2008 No 4

• Editor's Note: Lauri Kahanpää
• Finnish Lesser White-fronted Geese
  • An open letter to WWF Finland - dated 17.08.2000 Ilkka Koivisto
• Scandinavian free living Lesser White-fronted Geese
  • Norwegian Lesser White-fronted Geese 2007 and 2008 ed. Lauri Kahanpää
  • Swedish Lesser White-fronted Geese 2007 (Letter by Åke Andersson)
  • Historical Western migration of LWfG ed. Lauri Kahanpää
• The Friends of the Lesser White-fronted Goose
  • Volunteers welcome
  • The general meeting in spring 2008
    • The formal meeting
    • Report 2007
    • Plan 2008
  • The 2007 Painting Lauri Kahanpää

2009 No 1 ProtectionPlan

• Foreword... 5
• Acknowledgements... 5
• Executive summary.. 6
• The decrease of the Lesser White-fronted Goose population.. 9
• The reasons for the decrease... 9
• History of attempts to conserve the Finnish Lesser White-fronted Goose population.. 10
• The current situation... 12
• Obligations to international conventions, the EU and national legislation... 14
• The conservation aims...17
• Numerical and spatial data... 17
  The mortality of the Norwegian Lesser White-fronted Geese during migration.É 22
  • 8.1. The number of remaining Norwegian Lesser White-fronted Geese. 23
  • 8.2. The mortality of Norwegian Lesser White-fronted Geese... 24
  • 9. The Future... 25
  • 9.1. The null scenario - Continuation of current trends.. 25
  • 9.2. Better protection - Dependence on human intervention... 25
• 10. Evaluation of the different alternatives for future actions... 27
  10.1. Intensified law enforcement... 28
  • 10.2. Protection of releasing sites... 28
  • 10.3. Intensified protection of other breeding sites... 29
  • 10.4. Intensified protection of known resting sites... 29
  • 10.5. Surveys of possible breeding sites.... 30
  • 10.6. Management and protection of new resting sites... 30
  • 10.7. Maintenance of the captive population and the release of geese into the wild. 30
  • 10.8. Protection of the geese breeding in Norway... 35
  • 10.9. International cooperation in the maintenance of captive populations and releasing. 36
  • 10.10. Influencing international conventions and agreements... 37
  • 10.11. Additional research... 37
• 11. Assessment of the implementation of the plan... 38
• 12. The ranking of the conservation proposals ... 39
• 13. Conclusions... 40
• References... 41

2009 No 4

• Translator's Note Lauri Kahanpää
• Editorial
  • A Decade with the Ministry of the Environment Antti Haapanen
• Fennoscandian free living Lesser White-fronted Geese
  • Finnish LWfG 2000-2009 Erkki Kellomäki and Lauri Kahanpää
  • Norwegian LWfG 2009 Lauri Kahanpää (data LWfG Life Project)
  • Greetings from Sweden, summer 2009 Åke Andersson
  • Update of Numbers and Catching of LWfG in European Russia Lauri Kahanpää (data Vladimir Morozov, E.E. Syroechkovsky Jr., Konstantin Litvin and Oleg Mineev)
• Conferences
  • Wetlands International's GOOSE 2009 in Sweden Antti Haapanen and Lauri Kahanpää
    • Site fidelity of the LWfG
    • Western migration of Lesser White-fronted Geese
    • Numbers of Barnacle Geese
    • Naturalised geese
    • Chinese LWfG
• Breeding and restocking
  • Import of new Russian LWfG? Pentti Alho
  • The Restocking Method Jyrki Patomäki
  • The 2009 release of LWfG goslings and their foster parents Antti Haapanen and Lauri Kahanpää
  • An expedition to find (step) Mother Goose Erkki Jaanu

2010 No 4

• Translator's Note Lauri Kahanpää
• Editorial
  • Absurd - unbelievable Antti Haapanen
• Fennoscandian free living Lesser White-fronted Geese
  • Light at the end of the tunnel &endash; in Norway Lauri Kahanpää
  • The Swedish Action Plan almost in action Lauri Kahanpää
• Co-operation with Jyväskylä University
  • The LWfG-projects of the EU Seppo Vuolanto
  • Satellite tracking Lauri Kahanpää and Markku Kuitunen
  • The first trainee biologist at the breeding station Lauri Kahanpää
• Breeding
  • Welcome guests visited Hämeenkoski Lauri Kahanpää and Pentti Alho
• Re-introduction
  • The Barnacle Goose - an alien species?
• The Society
  • Annual meetings 2009- and 2010 Lauri Kahanpää
  • Activities 2008 - 2010  

2013 - No 2

• Editor's note:
  • Lauri Kahanpää
• The Geese::
  • Lemmings and Lesser White-fronted Geese in Norway Lauri Kahanpää
  • The Taiga Bean Goose (Anser f. fabalis), now globally threatened? Thomas Heinicke
  • Extinct birds Lauri Kahanpää

2015 - No 1E

• Editor's Note:
  • Lauri Kahanpää
• Breeding:
  • Carpentry for Geese Pentti Alho and LauriKahanpää
• The Society
  • Friends of the LWfG - Report 2012-2014 Lauri Kahanpää

2015 - No 2E

• Editor's Note:
  • Best Wishes to the WWF Team Lauri Kahanpää
• Protection:
  • Fair play journalism? Antti Haapanen and Lauri Kahanpää
  • The Lesser White-fronted Goose; ex situ or exit. Martti Soikkeli
  • A follow up Antti Haapanen
  • Defending the LWfG in Court again Antti Haapanen
  • The Years of United Efforts 1984-1998 Lauri Kahanpää
• Yhdistys:
  • The General Meeting 2015 The Board

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< kahanpaa@maths.jyu.fi> technical update done Nov 14. 2006