AEWA International Working Group | for the Pink-footed Goose

Is it worthwhile scaring geese?

Pink-footed geese feeding on fjord-side grasslands, Norway. Photo by: Ingunn Tombre

Scaring geese away from vulnerable crops has been widely used to alleviate agricultural damage. However, the effectiveness of active scaring by humans has to date been undocumented. [Read more]

3rd meeting of IWG held in Ghent, Belgium

3rd International Working Group meeting, Ghent, Belgium. Photo: Eckhart Kuijken

The third meeting of the AEWA Svalbard Pink-footed Goose International Working Group (SPfG IWG) took place on the 10th and 11th December 2015 in Ghent, Belgium. [Read more]

Status of pink-footed goose population revised

The AEWA International Working Group for the Svalbard Pink-footed Goose has released an update on the latest population estimate. This estimate is based on a new census of the population conducted at the start of November 2015 and was organized across range states including Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium as well as Sweden and Germany. [Read more]

Changes in migratory behaviour and pink-feet hunting bags

Pink-footed Geese in maize stubble field. Photo by: Kevin Clausen

A study has been published in PLOSOne describing the development in the harvest of the Svalbard Pink-footed Geese in relation to observed changes in population size and migratory behaviour of the population [Read more]

Press releases on the ‘Pink-feet’ population decrease

Pink-footed geese at Klemskerke, Belgium. Photo Roland François

Since the publication of the 2014-15 annual review of the Svalbard pink-footed goose population a number of press-releases have been issued by several organizations. [Read more]

‘Pink-feet’ population status for 2014-15

The 2014-15 annual review of the Svalbard pink-footed goose population has now been published. The report provides an overview and commentary on the population status of the Svalbard pink-footed goose in 2015. [Read more]

Grubbing on Svalbard tundra

’Grubbing site’ on Svalbard Photo: Jesper Madsen

A news article has been published in FRAM Forum 2015 about the ‘grubbing’ of pink-footed geese on Svalbard tundra. [Read more]

Breakthrough for European nature management

A news article has been published on the Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER) website about the AEWA International Species Management Plan for the Svalbard pink-footed goose. The article outlines the development of the ISMP as an adaptive management process and how it could be the model for future effective wildlife management in Europe. [Read more]

2nd meeting of IWG held in Sneek, Netherlands

2nd International Working Group meeting, Sneek, Netherlands

The second meeting of the AEWA Svalbard Pink-footed Goose International Working Group (SPfG IWG) took place on the 14th and 15th October 2014 in Sneek, The Netherlands. [Read more]

Goose hunting in Norway: studying its organization and landowner attitudes

Landowner interview, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. © Ingunn M. Tombre

A survey has recently been distributed to more than thousand landowners in the County of Nord-Trøndelag, mid-Norway. The aim of the survey is to gather information on landowner attitudes towards goose hunting, as well as to understand and map the various approaches for organizing goose hunting in the region. [Read more]

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