Hunting and Fauna: Hunters for the protection of the Marsican Bear, agreement of the Hunting Association with the Ministry of the Environment to reduce the hunting impact; stop hunting the wild boar, yes to "turn" and selection hunting.
The Ministry of the Environment, Ispra, the Italian Federation of Hunting, the National Free Hunting Association, Enalcaccia, Anuu Migratoristi and Arci Caccia have signed a memorandum of understanding for the protection of the brown bear marsicano through a shared program of implementation of good hunting management practices. According to the Ministry of the Environment, "the agreement is fully in line with the provisions of the Patom Action Plan (Action Plan for the protection of the Marsican brown bear, ed) and the Memorandum of Understanding signed on March 27 by Ministry, Regions of Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise and the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise ". The agreement between the ministry, Ispra and hunters provides for unilateral commitments by the associations "To reduce the impact of hunting and related activities, promoting information and training for hunters on the correct management methods for species of hunting interest and the conservation criticalities of the Marsican brown bear ". The protocol states that "The associations share the need to proceed with the rapid replacement of the" hunted ", characterized by a high level of disturbance and risk, for the purposes of protecting the Marsican brown bear and on the basis of appropriate maps showing the presence of the updated species. impact on "non-target" species, with less impact forms such as the "turn" and "selection hunting", through the training and updating of hunters ".
It is also envisaged "The promotion of a more correct organization of hunting management, starting from the drafting of the Hunting Wildlife Plans and the specific regulations for the management of the different species, supporting the competent administrations in defining the prescriptions, the involvement of" territorial hunting areas "(ATC) to support administrations for the revision of hunting planning, training-updating for a 'correct culture of the management of the species of interest, according to the scientific criteria defined by the technical documents of Ispra".
Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti said that “with this protocol we are all taking another step forward in the path started for the protection of the Marsican Bear. Every institution and every interest group has the duty to contribute to the defense of this extraordinary symbol of Italian biodiversity. Today it seems to me that a significant signal has been given in this sense ”.
29 May 2014
Source: GreenReport