Decisions of 2IPC

DECISION 1 Establishing EPFWG 

DECISION 2 Tasks of the EPFWG 

 

DECISION 1:
ESTABLISHING AN EUROPEAN PEREGRINE FALCON WORKING GROUP

RECOGNISING that there are many different national, regional and local specialist raptor groups and individuals involved in studying various aspects of the biology and conservation of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus);

ACKNOWLEDGING that many of these groups and individuals have gathered extensive field experience of the species and have compiled significant knowledge and understanding, often over many decades;

CONSCIOUS of the potentially significant conservation, scientific and resource benefits to be gained by improved communication, co-operation and co-ordination between these groups and individuals, especially internationally;

IDENTIFIED the urgent need to develop an overarching multilateral organisation for the study and conservation of the Peregrine Falcon to be known as the European Peregrine Falcon Working Group (EPFWG);

ACCORDINGLY delegates unanimously agreed the following significant initial steps towards achieving this goal by:

a) establishing a Founding Members Committee (FMC) to drive forward the EPFWG initiative consisting of:

- Janusz Sielicki – Poland (Chairman)
- Matyas Prommer – Hungary
- Slavka Siryova – Slovakia
- Nick P. Williams – United Kingdom

b) tasking the FMC with a preliminary objective to draft a formal constitution and rules for membership by organisations and individuals;

FINALLY, delegates urged all specialist groups and interested individuals to support this important international Peregrine Falcon study and conservation initiative by contacting the FMC via www.falcoperegrinus.net to register their wish to join the EPFWG and to contribute to its future activities.

 

 

(i) To compile a pan-European register of existing colour and code ringing schemes involving Peregrine Falcons, and to develop a mechanism to co-ordinate these and similar future schemes to ensure that all falcons are uniquely colour-ringed and therefore potentially identifiable in the field;

(ii) To promote the development of standardised protocols for the collection and storage of biological samples obtained from Peregrine Falcons; to encourage the regular and extensive chemical analyses of these biological samples; and, to support the establishment of a long-term pan-European library of these biological samples for appropriate chemical analyses now and in the future;

(iii) To explore the feasibility of establishing a multi-national project to fit satellite transmitters to wild Peregrine Falcons originating from key areas within North, West, Central and Southern Europe.

 

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