In recent months, the OMPO, the European Institute for the Management of Migratory Birds of the Western Palearctic, has produced and disseminated a text containing updated data on huntable species of anatidae: the Atlas of European Anatidae Populations.
This volume assumes a relevant importance in providing further information necessary for hunting these bird species and ensuring their conservation in the best possible way; in fact, the text contains the most up-to-date data on the species of ducks that can be hunted within the territories of the European Union.
The new Atlas wanted to fill some information gaps on the subject concerning a region extending from Northern Europe, from the Barents Sea, the White Sea and the Baltic Sea to the South to the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea.
Prior to the publication of this volume, data on significant changes in the distribution and number of duck species in Eastern Europe they had been fairly lean.
The new Atlas, on the other hand, provides a detailed view of the annual life cycle of anatidae species in relation to the most important breeding areas, highlighting the changes in progress.
The Atlas of Populations of European Anatidae is currently only available in English; in the introduction of the volume, the Director General of the French Ministry of the Environment, Jean-Marc Michel, states: "Migratory birds are a connection between wetlands, which are several thousand kilometers apart, but they are also a connection between people; the conservation of wetlands is an additional path for a better understanding of our societies ”.