Link to Post Conference
announcement
Workshop on the protection of the Lesser
White-fronted Goose
Helsinki and Lammi, Finland from March 31 to April 2 in
2005
FINAL announcement
(Updated Mar 22)
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Ministry of the Environment
This announcement consists of the following sections:
Rationale
The aims of workshop are to
- discuss the biology and assess the status of Lesser
White-fronted Goose,
- provide input into the revision of the international Action
plan for the target species and agree on its goals and objectives,
- act as background information for national action plans for
the species
Researchers and nature conservationists are invited to
participate. The official language will be English.
The workshop will be held in Helsinki and Lammi, Finland, from
31 March to 2 April 2005. The national workshop concerning the
conservation strategy of Lesser White-fronted Goose population in
Finland will be held after the international workshop on Sunday,
April 3, 2005.
Organizers in
alphabetical order:
- African - Eurasian Waterbird Agreement Secretariat (AEWA)
- contact persons: Bert Lenten (blenten@unep.de) and Sergey Dereliev
(sdereliev@unep.de)
- BirdLife Europe
- contact person: Szabolcs Nagy (szabolcs.nagy@birdlife-europe.nl)
- Friends of the Lesser White-fronted Goose, Finland
- contact person: Lauri Kahanpää (kahanpaa@maths.jyu.fi)
- The Ministry of Environment in Finland
- contact persons: Seppo Vuolanto (seppo.vuolanto@ymparisto.fi) and Jorma
Pessa (jorma.pessa@ymparisto.fi)
- RGG (Goose, Swan and Duck Study Group of Northern Eurasia
- contact person: E. E. Syroechkovski, Jr. (rgg@eesjr.msk.ru)
- Wetlands International's Goose specialists Group
- contact person: Bart Ebbinge (bart.ebbinge@wur.nl)
- and their Lesser White-fronted Goose Working Group
- contact person: Ivan Rusev (wildlife@paco.net)
- WWF Finland
- contact person: Petteri Tolvanen (petteri.tolvanen@wwf.fi)
Contact
information (Updated Mar 18)
Conference Centers:
- Helsinki Zoo Conference Center
- AdressPO BOX 4600 00099 Helsinki City
- Lammi Biological Station (Helsinki University)
- Adress: Pääjärventie 320 FIN 16900 Lammi,
Finland
- tel 358 (0) 3 631 111 (aseman vaihde)
- fax (03) 6311 166
- bio+lammi@mappi.helsinki.fi
- http://www.helsinki.fi/lammi
Participation
The organizers welcome researchers and
conservationists from all countries. Prospective participants must
return a registration form by mail or e-mail by March 15. The
Conference fee (EUR 100) may be paid at the arrival.
Registration Form
Please, send the form to <piskulka.conf@maths.jyu.fi > . We will
send you more information in one week when the registration form has
received.
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Venue, accommodation
and fees (Details updated Mar 18)
- Registration and Opening will take place in Helsinki at the
Conference Center on the Zoo on the island
Högholmen/Korkeasaari.
- The organizers arrange a special bus
from downtown Helsinki to Korkeasaari. The ZOO fee need not be
payed at entrance!
- The workshop itself will be held in Lammi at a biological
station of the University of Helsinki. Lammi is located at
Häme district about 130 kilometers from Helsinki and 100 from
Tampere.
- The best way to reach Helsinki is by by flight directly or via
Tampere or by train. In some cases flights via Tallinn or
Stockholm are advantageous.
- Transportation to Lammi will be arranged by the organizers on
31 March from Helsinki to Lammi and in April 2 from Lammi to
Helsinki and Airport. Guests arriving via Tampere airport should
ask for transport possibilities as well.
- The workshop fee, 100 euros, should be paid at the beginning
of the workshop. Paying in advance is
possible on request; please contact <piskulka.conf@maths.jyu.fi> . The conference fee will cover the
scientific programme, the opening
dinner, transportation from Helsinki or Tampere to Lammi
and back and a proceedings paper.
- Accommodation and meals at Lammi
Biological Station cost 92 Euros. This includes:
- rooms (2 nights, bed in double
room)
- meals (2 breakfast, 2 lunch, 1
dinner, 3 coffee/tea)
- sauna (2).
- The fee for single room acccommodation
is 10 euros per night.
- Those wishing to stay at the station
until sunday will in addition be charged 39 euros. This
includes:
- rooms (1 night, bed in double
room)
- meals (1 dinner, 1 breakfast)
- The fee for lunch on sunday is 8 euros.
- Participants may apply for financial support for travel and
accommodation. This should preferrably be
done in advance. Details about this will be provided
individually on request. Please contact <piskulka.conf@maths.jyu.fi> .
Workshop Programme (Updated Mar 18)
Because of time limitations, only invited speakers may
give lectures. Others may present posters and participate in the
discussions.
Thursday 31 March (NEW TIMING!)
16.00 Registration from 15.00 at the Congress
center in Korkeasaari Zoo
17.00 Registration from 15.00 at the Congress center in
Korkeasaari Zoo
- Opening of the Workshop by Director Ilkka Heikkinen, The
Ministry of Environment in Finland
- Opening words by the Wetlands International Dr Barwolt
Ebbinge, chairman of Goose Specialist Group
- Opening words by the representatives of the European
Commission and AEWA
17.30 Dinner at the Korkeasaari zoo hosted by the Director Dr
Seppo Turunen
18.30 Departure from Helsinki to Lammi Biological Station
Friday 1 April
Session 1 Present state and major threats of the species
Chairman Mr Seppo Vuolanto, Finland
9.00 Review of the status and trend of Lesser
White-fronted Goose, Speaker open.
9.15 Review on the global protection and major threats of Lesser
White-fronted Goose, Juha Markkola, Finland
9.30 Protection of Lesser White-fronted Goose in Russia and
Central Asia, Evgenyi Syroechkovski Jr., Russia
9.45 Discussion and chairman's conclusions
10.15 Coffee/tea
Session 2 On-going and planned conservation activities
Chairman Mr Seppo Vuolanto, Finland
10.45 Swedish reintroduction project &endash; history
and results., Åke Andersson, Sweden
11:00 German re-stocking project and the plans to move the
migration route to the western Europe, Johan Mooij, Germany
11.15 Presentation about projects to reduce the impact of hunting
(awareness campaigns among hunters), Ivan Rusev, Ukraine
11.30 New planned LIFE Nature project by WWF Finland, Petteri
Tolvanen
11.40 Finnish reintroduction project, Antti Haapanen, Finland
11.50 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Poster session (first occasion)
Session 3 Genetics.
Chairman Dr Gerard Boere, Netherlands
14.30 Restocking of threatened species: views based on
mitochondrial DNA studies of the Lesser White-fronted Goose, Minna
Ruokonen, Finland
14.45 Protection of genetic biodiversity and the role of
conservation and management units, Juha Merilä WWF Finland
15.00 Presentation about Russian genetic analyses, Marina
Kholodova, Russia
15.15 Comment speech to genetic studies and recent results,
Michael Wink,, Germany
15:30 Discussion and chairman's conclusions
16.00 Coffee/tea
Session 4 Preview of the international Action Plan for Lesser
White-fronted Goose
Chairman Dr Gerard Boere, Netherlands
16:30 The existing European Action Plan for Lesser
White-fronted Goose and the review process (Tim Jones or Szabolcs
Nagy)
16:45 Discussing and establishing the agenda for Saturday
17.00 Dinner
18.15 poster session (resumed)
20.00 Slides and videos from breeding and wintering areas of the
Lesser White-fronted Goose by WWF, Finland
Saturday 2 April
Chairman Dr Gerard Boere, Netherlands
8.45 Problem analysis
9.40 Coffee/tea
10:10 Agreement on goals and objectives for the action plan,
Gerard Boere, Netherlands
11.45 Lunch
12:45 Evaluating the benefits and disadvantages of different
conservation activities in the light of the agreed goals and
objectives
14.45 Closing of the workshop, Barwolt Ebbinge, Wetlands
International
15.00 Departure from Lammi to Helsinki by bus (Via Airport on
request)
Posters already registered
- Review on the satellite telemetric studies and recent results,
Tomas Aarvak, Norway
- Recent changes in breeding and wintering populations
(excluding x-Soviet area), Petteri Tolvanen, Finland
- The status and recent estimates of the breeding populations in
Russia, Vladimir Morozov, Russia
- The size and recent trends on the Lesser White-fronted Goose
population in Kazakhstan, Sergey Yerokhov, Kazakhstan
- The importance of Caspian Sea - Black Sea area for the Lesser
White-fronted Goose, Konstantin Litvin, Russia
- The modern status of Lesser White-fronted Goose in the
North-East of Russia. Oleg Mineev, Russia
- Modern state of hunting in Nenets region Alexandr Kuznetsov,
Russia
- Anser erythropus in Azerbaijan. Elchin Sultanov, Azerbaijan
- Occurance of Lesser White-fronted Goose in Bulgaria.Nicky
Petkov, Bulgaria
- Operation Lesser Whitefront - Safe migratory routes for
endangered Lesser white-fronted Geese by help of
microlight aicraft. Wolfgang Scholze, Germany.
- Biodiversity in the Damgahs - i.e. Artificial Wetlands in
Iran. Ellen Tavakoli, Iran.
Updated Mar 10. 2005 <piskulka.conf@maths.jyu.fi >