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IUCN SSC Crane Specialist Group IUCN SSC Crane Specialist Group 2018 Report Kerryn Morrison Chair Mission statement Network Kerryn Morrison The mission of the IUCN SSC Crane Specialist Capacity building: complete four field training Group is to promote the study of cranes and courses. Red List Authority Coordinator their threats, develop and disseminate solutions Synergy: hold regular meetings of species BirdLife International to those threats and enhance conservation of level networks for Red-crowned Crane (Grus cranes and their habitats worldwide. japonensis), White-naped Crane (Antigone Location/Affiliation vipio), Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) and International Crane Foundation/Endangered Targets for the 2017-2020 quadrennium Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis). Wildlife Trust, Johannesburg, Gautang, South Assess Activities and results 2018 Africa Research activities: (1) publish and disseminate the Cranes and Agriculture Handbook; Assess Number of members (2) estimate the impact of poisoning on threat- Research activities 320 ened crane species and identify strategies; i. The IUCN Crane Specialist Group published (3) implement the 1000 Crane Tracking Project; Cranes and Agriculture: A Global Guide for Social networks (4) set up the Research and Monitoring Working Sharing the Landscape. This has been distrib- Website: Group, starting with crane tracking and move- uted widely in electronic and hard copy format https://www.savingcranes.org/crane- ment studies. to crane, waterbird and flyway networks across specialist-group/ Plan the world. It brings together published literature, Planning: (1) publish the Crane Conservation experiences and lessons synthesised by 59 Strategy; (2) implement the Crane Conservation authors from 14 countries around the world into Strategy; (3) develop a user friendly resource of eight chapters and 18 case studies. the Cranes and Agriculture document. (KSR #43) Policy: (1) advocate for reduced poisoning at ii. Several poisoning incidents of Blue Cranes hot spots; (2) secure or upgrade level of legal (Anthropoides paradiseus) and Grey Crowned protection for three or more crane sites. Cranes have been investigated in South Africa by local NGOs and the relevant government Act conservation agency. Almost all the cases Conservation actions: (1) implement the investigated confirmed organophospates as the Single Species Action Plan for Grey Crowned cause of poisoning. Unfortunately, no arrests or Cranes (Balearica regulorum); (2) implement prosecutions were made in connection with any the Conservation Plan for the Eastern of the poisoning incidents. Reports in the media Population of the Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus of deaths of Red-crowned and Siberian Cranes leucogeranus); (3) estimate the impact of power in China from eating poisoned grains indicate lines on threatened crane species and work that poisoning is an important mortality factor with power utilities in high impact areas to requiring closer attention. (KSR #32) reduce/mitigate their impact. Ballet of cranes Drakensberg, Grey Crowned Crane Photo: Chantelle Melzer iii. Aimed at fitting trackers to 1000 cranes Policy to monitor movement patterns of the 15 i. We have established that Grey Crowned species across the world, we are slightly Cranes are being poisoning around the South behind schedule on this project as we work on Luangwa National Park in Zambia due to the improving the technology. However, most of the freely available access to agrochemicals for tracking devices have been produced and a few the cotton industry. As a result, we developed have been fitted on cranes. Assuming that the a project in collaboration with local stake- challenges will be resolved, we should shortly holders to address this threat and are looking be back on track. We have received official for funds now to implement the project. ethics clearance on the project from an inde- (KSR #27) pendent ethics committee linked to the Endan- ii. Documents are completed and under gered Wildlife Trust, which we can now use for review to upgrade the core Siberian Crane all permits required in Africa. (KSR #12) breeding area at Kytalyk from a provincial level iv. The concept of a Research and Moni- wildlife refuge to a Russian Federation level toring Working Group was introduced at the national park. Negotiations are in progress European Crane Working Group Meeting in with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism December 2018. Lively discussion on crane to upgrade the core breeding area for White- tracking and movement studies fed ideas to naped Cranes in the Khurkh and Khuiten River Cranes and Agriculture, Front Page the organisers; these in turn will be refined Photo: Crane SG Archives Valleys in Mongolia to a federal level wildlife and brought forward to the next North Amer- reserve. In South Africa, over 32,000 ha of ican Crane Working Group Meeting in 2020. key crane habitat for breeding and foraging (KSR #12) of Blue, Grey Crowned and Wattled Cranes Plan (Bugeranus carunculatus) has been legally Planning protected through South Africa’s National Environmental Management: Protected Areas i. The IUCN Crane Specialist Group is nearing Act. This legislation allows for the legal protec- completion of the updated Crane Conservation tion of important conservation sites through Strategy for publication and distribution in 2019. a legally binding agreement between the This comprehensive report assesses 19 direct landowner and government. The land in most and 8 indirect threats to cranes and defines instances can remain a working landscape, objectives and priority actions to address these provided it is managed effectively for biodiver- threats over the next five years. It also provides sity as well. (KSR #27) updated assessments of the status and conser- vation priorities for each of the 15 species of cranes, bringing together expertise of more than 200 specialists. (KSR #15) Grey Crowned Cranes live in close association with people in western Kenya Photo: Kerryn Morrison Act Conservation actions i. The first International Grey Crowned Crane Working Group meeting of the African-Eur- asian Migratory Waterbird Agreement will be held in July 2019 in Uganda. In the interim, significant progress has been made on the action plan. The International Crane Foun- dation/Endangered Wildlife Trust (ICF/EWT) Partnership has now established communi- ty-based crane conservation projects in the Drakensberg and Highveld regions of South Africa, around the Kafue Flats and Liuwa Plain National Park in Zambia, in western Kenya, in south-western Uganda and around Rugezi Marsh, Nyabarongo and Akanyaru Wetlands in Rwanda, with regional offices set up in South Africa (in partnership between the ICF and the EWT), Zambia (in partnership between the ICF/ EWT Partnership and BirdWatch Zambia) and Uganda (in partnership between the ICF/EWT Partnership and Nature Uganda). Together with the ICF/EWT Partnership, Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife conducted the 23rd aerial survey of cranes in KwaZulu Natal, once again showing an increasing trend in Grey Crowned Crane numbers. Wamiti Wamyoika, under the National Museums of Kenya, is in the middle of his PhD aimed at better under- Workshop participants for the workshop to develop a plan to mitigate wildlife poisoning in South Luangwa, Zambia standing Grey Crowned Cranes around Lake Photo: ICF/EWT Partnership Ol’ Bolossat in Kenya, and co-led with Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) a National Crane Census in Kenya in 2018. In addition, NABU and Crane Conservation Volunteers are collaborating in a commu- nity-based project to secure Grey Crowned Cranes around Lake Ol’ Bolossat in Kenya. The Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association (RWCA) has continued its groundbreaking work on addressing the illegal Grey Crowned Crane trade in Rwanda, where it works in close Network Summary of activities 2018 collaboration with the Rwandan Development Capacity building Species Conservation Cycle ratio: 4/5 Board to confiscate cranes being held illegally i. A field training course on the application Assess 4 |||| in captivity and return them to the wild where of hydrology and ground water dependent Plan 3 ||| possible. In addition, the RWCA has led a wetland system assessment and data collection Act 3 ||| national survey of Grey Crowned Cranes, and was organised in Mongolia. This was co-hosted has been actively involved in conservation by the Wildlife Science and Conservation Center Network 2 || efforts across the country, and in particular of Mongolia and ICF, and led by two experts Main KSRs addressed: 12, 15, 17, 27, 29, around Akagera National Park and Rugezi form the US Forest Service. (KSR #17) 32, 37, 43 Marsh. (KSR #37) Synergy KSR: Key Species Result ii. A conservation plan developed using the i. A six-country meeting is being planned for Open Standards for the Practice of Conserva- migratory Red-crowned, White-naped, Sibe- tion is adaptively managed by a core team and rian, and Hooded Cranes to be held in China in 100+ partners. Nine strategies address key 2019. An annual meeting by the Black-necked threats at breeding, stopover, and wintering Crane Network assessed progress on research sites including applied research, development of factors affecting breeding success and of best management practices, improved legal incorporating curricula into schools near key protection and community engagement. sites. (KSR #29) (KSR #37) iii. In South Africa, reactive crane collision Acknowledgements investigations were completed and recom- mendations for mitigation were provided to We thank the host
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