Пернатые хищники и их охрана (Oct 2023)
III International Scientific and Practical Conference “Eagles of the Palearctic: Study and Conservation”, September 24–29, 2023, Almaty Resort Sanatorium, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Abstract
All Eurasian species of eagles are more or less rare, so saving them requires the combined efforts of countries where the birds breed, migrate and winter. Planning protective actions requires studying the status of the bird populations, as well as negative factors affecting them. The aim of the Conference is to discuss the current situation, negative factors, and methods of study and protection of eagles, as well as to propose a strategy of protecting the most endangered of them. This Conference was first held in Russia in 2013 (Elabuga, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia), and the second time – in 2018 in the Aya village (Altai Kray, Russia). Special attention at the 1st and 2nd Conferences was given to the most vulnerable species, the Steppe Eagle. Through international cooperation that was initiated at the 1st conference, the conservation status of Steppe Eagle on the IUCN Red List was upgraded to “Endangered”, and a Russian strategy for the conservation of the species was created. A working group was formed at the second conference. It came out with a proposal to establish a Global Action Plan for the Conservation of the Steppe Eagle as part of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Raptors under the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). The focus of the 2023 Conference is the development of practical actions to balance out negative factors affecting predators in steppe and desert regions, including bird mortality at power grid facilities, poisoning, inadequate food supply in both nesting areas and on migration routes. It is planned to discuss the plan for the creation of the National Strategy for the Conservation of the Steppe Eagle in Kazakhstan on the Conference. Species of the Сonference: Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Imperial Eagle (A. heliaca), Spanish Imperial Eagle (A. adalberti), Steppe Eagle (A. nipalensis), Tawny Eagle (A. rapax), Bonelli’s Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus), Greater and Lesser Spotted Eagles (A. clanga, A. pomarina), Booted Eagle (H. pennatus), Mountain Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis), White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Steller’s Sea-Eagle (H. pelagicus), Pallas’s Fish-Eagle (H. leucoryphus), Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). The Key topics of the Conference: - populations of eagles – current status and trends, - threats – human persecution, poisoning, electrocution, and collisions, - conservation – approaches and techniques, international collaboration and cooperation, - methods and techniques for studying eagles, - breeding biology, ecology, - movements – dispersal, habitat use and migration studies, including by means of ringing and transmitters, - genetics, evolution, phylogeny, and phylogeography of eagles, taxonomy, - climate change – potential influences and impacts, - breeding in captivity and sustainable use, - eagles as ecological indicators.
