Reducing the impact of mammalian predators
Action: C4 (Task S5.O4.T6)
Title: OSPAR-wide co-ordinated measures to protect breeding colonies from invasive predatory mammals and to restore, where practicable, safe nesting habitat.
Lead: Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Briefing note:
Rationale
The aim of this action is to reduce negative impacts from mammals on the survival and breeding success of seabirds.
Description
This action will conduct an analysis throughout the coast adjacent to the OSPAR Area of existing national measures targeted at predatory mammals. It will identify areas where [biosecurity] measures are sufficient to protect breeding areas from mammal predation and other areas (e.g. islands) where mammal predators could be feasibly eradicated to restore safe nesting habitat. By doing so it will develop advice on which breeding areas would benefit from new or improved biosecurity measures and on best practice. The outputs from the action will be used to develop an OSPAR Recommendation to reduce the impact of predatory mammals on marine birds.
