Produce sensitivity map to inform High By 2021 Range States marine spatial planning, to minimise effects of offshore marine industries and potentially damaging activities on important Long-tailed Duck concentrations Ensure that appropriate Strategic High Ongoing Range States Environmental Assessments and/or Cumulative Impact Assessments are undertaken for major developments that may together have a potential impact on Ducks and which may not be obvious when undertaking single project assessments 9. Result 2.1.: The understanding of population status is improved. Action Priority Timescale Organisations Assess coverage and methodologies High By 2016 Wetlands International, of existing national monitoring National monitoring schemes, and design suitable scheme coordinators synchronised survey to determine population trend Implement synchronised annual High Established by Range States, Wetlands survey of representative sample of 2018; ongoing International, National sites in winter to determine and repeated at monitoring scheme population trend least twice in coordinators every 6 year period Undertake periodic coordinated full High Every 6 years, Range States, Wetlands surveys in winter to determine combined with International, National population size, linked to Marine national monitoring scheme Strategy Framework and Birds monitoring coordinators Directives reporting requirements programs Undertake sample surveys on the Low By 2025 Range States, Wetlands breeding grounds to assess International, National population trend monitoring scheme coordinators, universities Undertake photographic surveys at High Established by Range States, Wetlands representative sites and times in the 2018, then International, National wintering range to assess age and ongoing monitoring scheme sex ratios annually coordinators
Produce sensitivity map to inform marine spatial planning, to minimise effects of offshore marine industries and potentially damaging activities on important Long-tailed Duck concentrations High By 2021 Range States Ensure that appropriate Strategic Environmental Assessments and/or Cumulative Impact Assessments are undertaken for major developments that may together have a potential impact on Ducks and which may not be obvious when undertaking single project assessments High Ongoing Range States 9. Result 2.1.: The understanding of population status is improved. Action Priority Timescale Organisations Assess coverage and methodologies of existing national monitoring schemes, and design suitable synchronised survey to determine population trend High By 2016 Wetlands International, National monitoring scheme coordinators Implement synchronised annual survey of representative sample of sites in winter to determine population trend High Established by 2018; ongoing and repeated at least twice in every 6 year period Range States, Wetlands International, National monitoring scheme coordinators Undertake periodic coordinated full surveys in winter to determine population size, linked to Marine Strategy Framework and Birds Directives reporting requirements High Every 6 years, combined with national monitoring programs Range States, Wetlands International, National monitoring scheme coordinators Undertake sample surveys on the breeding grounds to assess population trend Low By 2025 Range States, Wetlands International, National monitoring scheme coordinators, universities Undertake photographic surveys at representative sites and times in the wintering range to assess age and sex ratios High Established by 2018, then ongoing annually Range States, Wetlands International, National monitoring scheme coordinators
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