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17/11/2012 :
More than 200 European experts discussed about the illegal use of poisoned baits in the environment during the International Conference “Poison, Wildlife and Society” |
Sergio Moreno, from the Environmental Department of the Regional Government of Andalusia, introduced the International conference organized by the Fundación Gypaetus, which took place in Córdoba (Spain) from 15 to 17 November.
Countries from all Europe and all Spanish Regions were represented in the conference, organized in the frame of the Life+ project “Innovative actions against illegal use of poison baits in EU Mediterranean pilot areas”. En Español.
The “International scientific and technical congress on the illegal use of poisoned baits in the natural environment: Effects on biodiversity and society” took place in Córdoba (Spain) the 15th and 16th of November. It was organized by the Fundación Gypaetus, as the coordinator partner of the Life project “Innovative actions against illegal use of poison baits in EU Mediterranean pilot areas”.
The international event ended on November the 17th with the field trip to Los Pedroches pilot area, and the public demonstration of the European Canine Team against illegal use of poisoned baits.
Around 200 experts attended to the international conference, from the Spanish Regions to other European countries as United Kingdom, Austria, Hungary, Portugal, France, Italy, Bulgaria and Greece. The event raised a high interest among environmental officers and technicians, members of Civil Guards and organizations as the “Sociedad Española de Ornitología” (SEO Birdlife), WWF Spain, the Andalusian Hunting Federation and the British Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, among others entities.
Sergio Moreno, the secretary for Environment and Water of the Regional Government of Andalusia, started opening the conference. His intervention was followed by the participation of representatives of stakeholders involved in the fight against illegal poisoning as Jesús Charco, general manager of the Fundación Gypaetus, Jorge Gabernet, vice-president of the Andalusian Hunting Federation, and Cipriano Díaz, from the seminar on ecological farming of the University of Cordoba.
This international forum means an important spreading of scientific and technical knowledge in the fight against poison as well as an opportunity to debate for the consecution of solutions in an international level. The contribution of national and international experts clearly presented the actual problems of the illegal use of poison baits for the stakeholders involved. Contributions meant a substantial growth of knowledge at the European level, so the conference can be considered as the most important event in the fight against illegal poisoning in recent years.
The presentation along the conference of innovative actions intended to solve the problem of illegal poisoning benefits the connection among organizations and entities involved. It means an important boost for facing the problem at the European level. Several organizations participated along the lectures and round tables of the conference. The high participation counted with the contribution / involvement of entities as the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment of the Government of Andalucía, the Doñana Biological Station-CSIC, the Royal Spanish Hunting Federation (RFEC), the Nature Protection Service of Civil Guards (SEPRONA) or the University of Córdoba (Spain).
The international project against the illegal poisoning was represented by all partners from Spain, Portugal and Greece, namely Quercus-A.N.C.N., Centro de Estudos da Avifauna Ibérica – CEAI, Arcturos, and the University of Crete-Natural History Museum of Crete. The representatives of other Life projects involved in the fight against illegal use of poison baits in Europe also attended the international meeting. These projects are being carried out by SEO-Birdlife in Spain and the Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga in Italy, Aragón and Andalucía (Spain). Both projects are being co-financed by the Government of Andalucía.
The project, that will be developed until 2015 in eight European regions (in Spain, Portugal and Greece), continues and reinforces the work developed against the illegal use of poisoned baits by the Environment and Water Department of the Regional Government of Andalusia since 2004. In the frame of the project LIFE09 NAT/ES/000533, the "Poison, Wildlife and Society" congress is one of the main actions of its communication programme. The Córdoba conference is the first one of a series of international meetings that will be organized by each partner of this Life project in their own countries.
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