Title of the project

Skylark management plan in Italy

Description

Increase the Italian population of skylarks

Bag limits to 10/day/hunter and 50/year/hunter. This has been doubled in some regions. Suggested and accepted by ISPRA.
Farmers paid to maintain winter stubble.
Monitoring of populations via post-nuptial ringing.

Hunters voluntarily accepted the bag size limits and pay farmers to maintain winter stubble.

Location

Country	Italy
Level	National

Habitat Types

Farmland, Scrub/Grassland

Protection status of the areas

Natura 2000, Emerald Network, Ramsar, Regional protected area, National protected area, Areas with voluntary or mandatory hunting ban, Hunting reserve, No protection status

Species

Species Caracteristics	Huntable species, Threatened species
Species Type	Birds
Name(s) of main species	Eurasian skylark - Alauda arvensis

Conservation action(s)

Management of habitats and wildlife (e.g. conservation and restoration activities), Research and data collection (e.g. monitoring, bag data), Enforcement (e.g. of hunting legislation, codes of conduct)

Partners

Leading partners	ACMA (http://www.acma.it/)
Other partners	ISPRA (http://www.isprambiente.gov.it/en)Ambiti territoriali di Caccia (http://www.atcbologna.org/)

Weblinks

http://www.federcaccia.org/avifauna_migratoria.php