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Wildlife Estates
Darius Movaghar (ELO)
WE Plenary Session - 2 September 2009
Delphine Dupeux (ELO)
Cécile BONINO-Pilot Wildlife Estates Spa 30-31 August 2007
Wildlife Estates
Wildlife Estates
PART 1
Eligibility criteria
The WE Charter
The WE Charter
entails
10 principles of wildlife estate management
(see Charter page 9 WE Booklet)
 has been endorsed during the Copenhagen
Conference (DK) in September 2006.
 All participants agreed to respect the principles of the
Charter.
 =First step
WE label
The WE Label initiative creates a system which enables to
ensure and show that the management and use of natural
resources carried out at estates territories comply with
biodiversity and nature conservation principles.
WE label
Sustainable hunting and/or angling involve habitat and wildlife
management actions
Actions assessed and scored accordingly with their outcome
in terms of promotion of nature conservation as an all.
To receive the WE label, an estate or territory should fulfil all
eligibility and generic criteria and obtain a minimum total
score, considering specific indicators assessed thanks to
an evaluation grid per biogeographical region.
WE label
 no rigid certification system
 But a voluntary commitment to the Charter and
questionnaire’s requirements
To receive the label, applicants shall send their
application form taking the form of a questionnaire to the
WE liaison office based in Brussels or their national
correspondent organisation.
Procedure
 The questionnaire has been drafted to facilitate the
evaluation of the criteria and indicators which allow
a territory to receive the WE Label.
 It is made up of 4 elements:
-eligibility criteria
-generic indicators
-the compulsory elements of the management plan
(MAIMP)
-specific indicators
Eligibility criteria
Each estate or territory
must fulfil compulsory
eligibility criteria and
generic indicators,
assessed through a preselection procedure,
before being assessed at
the specific indicators
level.
Eligibility criteria
 BIO-GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION
 IDENTITY
Biogeographical Situation
1. Being located in a member state of the EU
2. Belongs to one of the following biogeographical regions:
 Atlantic
 Mediterranean
 Boreal
 Continental
 Macaronesian
 Alpine
 Pannonian
3. Belongs at least to one of the following categories:
 Mountains
All of the categories
include habitats
 Wetlands
mentioned in the
 Forestlands
Habitats Directive
 Farmlands
(92/43 CEE, 21 May
 Coastlands
1992)
IDENTITY
Each estate or territory should have:
Site head manager
Multi annual integrated management plan (MAIMP)
Wildlife management practices
Sustainable shooting and/or angling
IDENTITY
Each estate or territory should present the following:
 Present a proposal for an annual management plan
including objectives, actions, monitoring and annual
report.
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 Plan and implement Public Relation activities
PR activities are one of the EC priorities and may include visits,
open annual day, exchange programs, etc
Point 3: Management Plan
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3.3. Integrated Nature Conservation Plan
Objectives and solutions
 Mitigation of negative impacts and measures to achieve tranquillity levels at
the ecosystem level
 Conservation, restoration and improvements at the landscape level
 Improvement of the general ecosystem carrying capacity
 Increase of prey species populations
 Special management plan for species with high conservation status
 Wise/sustainable use
 Bird watching
 Ecotourism
 Research, etc.
3.4. Annual plans for shooting and conservation
Annual objectives
Annual results
Wildlife Estates
2nd PART
Generic
indicators
Management plan
Generic Indicators
 Generic indicators should be compulsory and
common for every estate or territory.
 The proposed list details where they should be
included within the Multi Annual Integrated
Management Plan (MAIMP)
Generic Indicators
Geographical information
Legal and ecological constraints i.e. Natura 2000
Historic and cultural values (list and location)
Emblematic and protected species
Game and fish species
Game and fish population census
List of conservation and/or management actions for
endangered and emblematic species.
List of conservation and/or management actions for game
and fish species
Annual shooting and/or angling plan
Reference model for the Management Plan
Content:
Introduction
Inventory
Management plan
Budget and planning
Monitoring and et
reporting (for a 5 years
time span)
6. Cartography
7. Annexes
8. References
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Point 2: Inventory
2.1. Legal and administrative constrains
 type of protection (e.g. private hunting grounds, etc.)
 National legislation (e.g. Nature reserve, Site of Special Interest, etc.)
 EC and international legislation (e.g. Natura 2000, Bona Convention, etc.)
2.2. Location and general description
 Geography
 Region
 Borders
2.3. Natural environment
 Physical environment: Geomorphology, land types, hydrology and climatology,
etc.
 Biological environment:
 Landscape, flora and fauna
 Emblematic and/or protected flora and fauna species
Point 2: Inventory
2.4. Socio-economics
 Population
 Employment
 Infrastructures
 Relations between shooting activities and other activities (farming, tourism,
etc.)
2.5. Game management and shooting
 Census and game populations dynamics analyses
 Game and wildlife management activities
 Current management
 Wildlife friendly crops
 Specific wildlife management activities
 Shooting plan
 Types of shooting
 Infrastructures and specific personnel (e.g. gamekeepers, beaters, etc.)
Point 3:Management Plan
 3.1. General Plan
 Inventory analyses and conclusions
 Objectives
Game species
 Habitat
 Emblematic and/or protected species
 3.2. Game management – improvements to be implemented at the
game management level
 List of management directives to achieve the listed objectives
 Habitat management
 Game and other species populations management
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Point 4: Budget and planning
 Annual budget
 Logistics
 Scheduling and annual chronogram
Point 5: Monitoring and reporting
 For a 5 years time span
 Monitoring methods
 Results and data analyses
 Reports
 Conclusions
Wildlife Estates
Thank you for your attention