Title of the project
Management of Water Bird Shootingby Voluntary Agreements in Denmark
Description
To highlight the importance of Danish hunters in the establishment of hunting-free areas
The writing of a scientific paper on this topic
Hunters demanded and established hunting-free areas
Results
Of 40 questionnaire respondants who answered this question 24 said game shooting had improved as a result, 6 said it had not improved and 10 said they did not know. If the shooting had improved it had done so because of increased bag numbers, increased social relations among hunters, increased local acceptance of game shooting and for other, unspecified reasons.
Location
Country | Denmark |
Level | National |
Starting date
1993
Habitat Types
Forest/Woodland, Wetland, Coastal
Protection status of the areas
National protected area
Species
Species Caracteristics | Huntable species, Abundant species |
Species Type | Birds, Mammals, Generalist predator |
Conservation action(s)
Management of habitats and wildlife (e.g. conservation and restoration activities)
Partners
Leading partners | Paper was authored by Jesper S. Schou and Thomas Bregnballe |
Other partners | Voluntary agreements were drawn up by local branches of the Danish Hunters Association (http://www.jaegerforbundet.dk) and land owners |
Publication(s)
Schou, J. S. and Bregnballe, T. (2007), Management of water bird shooting by voluntary agreements in Denmark. Sust. Dev., 15: 111–120. doi: 10.1002/sd.304 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sd.304/abstract)
Weblinks
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sd.304/abstract