Lake Kerkini, Greece,
12 November 2012 - The 2^nd Meeting of the
AEWA Lesser White-fronted Goose International Working Group
took place at Lake Kerkini from 9 to 11 November as representatives
from 15 range states as well as international conservation
organizations came together in Greece to assess progress
made in the implementation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose
Single Species Action Plan.

To ease the assessment of
progress made in the conservation of the species during
the inter-sessional period 2011-2012, range states were
asked to submit national reports using the CMS Family Online
Reporting System. All countries attending the meeting submitted
reports.

Meeting participants discussed
the establishment of a network of critical sites and a common
monitoring scheme for the Lesser White-fronted Goose as
well as kicked-off the revision of the AEWA Single Species
Action Plan due to be completed in 2013.

In addition, the meeting marked
the official launch of a new
website and internal workspace for the Lesser White-fronted
Goose, developed by the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat
to help facilitate the inter-sessional communication between
Working Group members.

The meeting concluded on Sunday
with an excursion to Lake Kerkini, which is a designated
Ramsar site as well as an Important Bird Area (IBA) and
is host to more than 300 bird species - including Lesser
White-fronted Geese.