A1. Environmental education and training
OBJECTIVE
To facilitate awareness and change of attitudes as a tool for environmental education and to offer a space that satisfies the growing demand for social participation in knowledge and intervention on the quality and conservation of the environment. As a broader objective, to contribute to the establishment of a territorial planning and management model where biodiversity conservation is integrated.
ACTIONS:
A.1.1 Awareness raising through signage
A.1.2 Environmental education and citizen participation programs
A.1.3 Internal training programs
EXPECTED RESULTS:
Collaborative strategy for the conservation of the Kentish Plover in the transboundary area.
A2 – Reducing the impact of recreational use of beaches and sea level variations on reproductive success
OBJECTIVE
To reduce the negative effect of two of the main causes of the population decline experienced by the species at the transboundary level and throughout the European distribution area. The control of both factors will contribute, unequivocally, to the improvement of the breeding success of the Kentish Plover while increasing the degree of protection of other species of fauna and flora present in the littoral edge and supratidal wetlands.
ACTIONS:
A.2.1 Reduction of the impact of human use, including pets, on reproductive success
A.2.2 Minimization of the impact of sea level rise
EXPECTED RESULTS:
Encourage coexistence between Kentish Plovers and recreational uses in their nesting habitats and climate change adaptation measures.
A.3 Habitat management
OBJECTIVE
Promote sustainable management practices of the nesting habitat of the species for the maintenance and conservation of their populations and, as a whole, improve and stop the loss of biodiversity. Develop management experiences in supratidal wetlands and their subsequent evaluation to establish, based on the results, a suitable habitat management protocol for the conservation of biodiversity in coexistence with economic activities.
ACTIONS:
A.3.1 Environmental management of supratidal nesting habitats
A.3.2 Improvement of nesting microhabitats
A.3.3 Elimination of invasive fauna
EXPECTED RESULTS:
Improvement of plover nesting habitat and enhancement of alternative habitats in a climate change scenario.
A.4 Species management plan
OBJECTIVE
Determine the size of the breeding and wintering populations of the species in the transboundary area, their trends at different scales, as well as the mobility of individuals, connectivity between populations, breeding areas or feeding areas. Establish the health status of breeding birds in a gradient of anthropogenic disturbance and identify those measures that contribute to reduce environmental stress in the breeding areas of the plover.
ACTIONS:
A.4.1 Assessment and monitoring of populations
A.4.2 Assessment of stress in birds during incubation
A.4.3 Habitat use strategies in a climate change scenario
EXPECTED RESULTS:
Population status, connectivity and health status of the Kentish Plover in the transboundary area.