Priority regions and countries Sample Clauses

Priority regions and countries for the development of periodic aerial surveys of inland wetlands Periodic aerial surveys is the recommended monitoring method for 35 populations (Appendix 1). 4 populations are considered already being well-monitored (Appendix 2) and 27 are listed in the Priority 2- 5 categories (Appendix 11). (This method would be not required for any Priority 1 population). As shown in Section 3.3.3, periodic aerial surveys would be necessary to obtain better population size estimates for intra-African and Palearctic migrant Anatidae populations and Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata, as currently the estimates for these populations are mainly dependent only on best guess. IWC counts totals are typically one-tenth or less of the population size estimates, although somewhat better in the Western part of the Sahel where a campaign of aerial surveys was carried out in the late 2000s.

Priority regions and countries for the development of species-specific breeding bird monitoring Species-specific breeding bird monitoring is the recommended monitoring method for 173 populations (Appendix 1). 40 populations are considered as being already well-monitored (Appendix 2) and 24 belong to Globally Threatened or Near Threatened species and listed as Priorities 1 or 2 populations and another 25 are listed as Priority 3 populations (Appendices 15 and 17). No Priorities 4 or 5 population is identified because of the prioritization method. However, there are another 40 more widespread populations whose monitoring should be also improved.