1 WS/NE = West Siberia/North Europe population; I/G = Iceland/Greenland population. 5 POLICIES AND LEGISLATION – 5.1 Global status The Long-tailed Duck is a globally threatened species, classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2012. A large decline of 65% in the Baltic Sea, where most of the global population occurs in winter, since the beginning of the 1990s implies that the global population will undergo a 59% decline over three generations, even when factoring-in uncertainty regarding the sizes and trends of other populations. 5.2 International conservation and legal status of the species The Long-tailed Duck is listed in several Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The species’ status under most other relevant Conventions, Directives and Agreements does not, however, yet reflect its current global status (Table 2). Table 2. Summary of the international conservation and legal status of the European populations of Long-tailed Duck. Year in parentheses indicates when the classification was last reviewed. Global European EU Birds Bern CMS AEWA HELCOM status status Directive EN Vulnerable W. Siberia/ B2c Endangered Annex II, Appendix N. Europe (1999) Not Not Not (2013) Part B III (A4bce) listed listed listed 4abcde) (1979) (1979) Iceland & C1 n/a (2012) (2015) Greenland (1999) It is important to note that there are several international instruments and MEAs that either do not apply throughout the range of Long-tailed Duck, or to which Principal Range States are not a Party. Most notably these are EU Directives, the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and its subsidiary the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) (Table 3). 3. Applicability of major international conservation instruments to Principal Range States for the Long-tailed Duck. Principal EU Directives Bern CMS AEWA CBD Ramsar State & Policies Convention Convention Denmark Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Estonia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Faroe Islands n/a No Yes Yes No Yes (to Denmark) Finland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Germany Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Greenland (to n/a No No No Yes Yes Denmark) Iceland No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Ireland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Latvia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Lithuania Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Norway No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Poland Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
1 WS/NE = West Siberia/North Europe population; I/G = Iceland/Greenland population. 5 – POLICIES AND LEGISLATION 5.1 Global status The Long-tailed Duck is a globally threatened species, classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2012. A large decline of 65% in the Baltic Sea, where most of the global population occurs in winter, since the beginning of the 1990s implies that the global population will undergo a 59% decline over three generations, even when factoring-in uncertainty regarding the sizes and trends of other populations. 5.2 International conservation and legal status of the species The Long-tailed Duck is listed in several Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The species’ status under most other relevant Conventions, Directives and Agreements does not, however, yet reflect its current global status (Table 2). Table 2. Summary of the international conservation and legal status of the European populations of Long-tailed Duck. Year in parentheses indicates when the classification was last reviewed. Global status European status EU Birds Directive Bern CMS AEWA HELCOM W. Siberia/ N. Europe (A4bce) (2012) Vulnerable 4abcde) (2015) Annex II, Part B (1979) Appendix III (1979) Not listed B2c (1999) Not listed EN Endangered (2013) Not listed Iceland & Greenland C1 (1999) n/a It is important to note that there are several international instruments and MEAs that either do not apply throughout the range of Long-tailed Duck, or to which Principal Range States are not a Party. Most notably these are EU Directives, the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and its subsidiary the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) (Table 3). 3. Applicability of major international conservation instruments to Principal Range States for the Long-tailed Duck. Principal State EU Directives & Policies Bern Convention CMS AEWA CBD Ramsar Convention Denmark Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Estonia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Faroe Islands (to Denmark) n/a No Yes Yes No Yes Finland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Germany Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Greenland (to Denmark) n/a No No No Yes Yes Iceland No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Ireland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Latvia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Lithuania Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Norway No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Poland Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
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