Plan d'action pour la conservation des espèces d'oiseaux inscrites en Annexe II du protocole ASP et diversité biologique

Abstract

The UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) brings together 21 countries round the Mediterranean, operating within the framework of the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the marine environment and the coastal region of the Mediterranean. They adopted in 1995 a 'Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean' which includes in its Annex II a 'List of Endangered or Threatened Species'. This List includes fifteen species of bird, and at the thirteenth Conference of the Parties in Catania, Sicily in November 2003, an Action Plan for the conservation of these species was adopted, following similar plans on monk seal, marine turtles, cetaceans and marine vegetation. The Action Plan for Birds notes initiatives taken by bodies such as BirdLife International partners in Mediterranean countries, WWF, IUCN, Medmaravis and Tour du Valat, which contributed to the development of the text. The fifteen birds include a variety of species of differing status, some globally endangered, some whose breeding area is concentrated on rocky Mediterranean islands, some found mostly in beaches and coastal lagoons, as follows: Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea), Mediterranean Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus), White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus), Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae), Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris), Audouin's Gull (Larus audouini), Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis), Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) and Little Tern (Sterna albifrons). Le Plan d'Action Méditerranéen du PNUE rassemble 21 pays autour de la Méditerranée, fonctionnant dans le cadre de la convention de Barcelone. Ils ont adopté en 1995 un 'protocole relatif aux aires spécialement protégées et à la diversité biologique en Méditerranée' qui inclut en son annexe II une 'liste d'espèces en danger ou menacées'. Cette liste inclut quinze espèces d'oiseaux.