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A recovery plan for Roseate Terns in the East Atlantic: an international programme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

M. I. Avery
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, U.K.
N. D. Coulthard
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, U.K.
A. J. Del Nevo
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, U.K.
A. Leroux
Affiliation:
Société pour l'Etude et la Protection de la Nature en Bretagne, 186 rue Anatole-France, B.P. 32-29276 BREST Cedex, France
F. Medeiros
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
O. Merne
Affiliation:
National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of Public Works, 51 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
L. Monteiro
Affiliation:
Departamenta de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores, P-9900 Horta, Azores, Portugal
A. Moralee
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, U.K.
Y. Ntiamoa-Baidu
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, University of Ghana, Legon. Accra, Ghana
M. O'Briain
Affiliation:
Irish Wildbird Conservancy, Ruttledge House, 8 Longford Place, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland
E. Wallace
Affiliation:
Irish Wildlife Service, Wexford, Ireland
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In 1987 an action plan for the recovery of the European populations of Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii was launched. Intervention on the breeding grounds has included the wardening of sites to prevent human disturbance, the provision of nest-boxes to discourage predation, patrolling and controlling to reduce predator presence, planting of Lavatera arborea to shelter nesting birds, and use of the media to establish local interest and commitment. Intervention in the wintering area has focused on Ghana and the reduction there of trapping pressure, through the “Save the Seashore Birds Project-Ghana”, which has involved site protection, legal reform, training, surveys and education programmes.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Birdlife International 1995

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