Birdlife in Greenland under Serious Threat

The hunting particularly in the late winter and the spring time has has certainly been the main reason for the dramatic decline among many valuable species in Greenland and the surrounding countries

Onsdag d. 30. januar 2002
Guus van Duin
Emnekreds: Internationale spørgsmål, Jagt, Miljø og natur, Politik.

/////Emails med tilsvarende indhold er modtaget fra: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Spain Jordi Ballesta, Barcelona, Spain Ingrid Balzer, Hamburg, Germany David Camilleri Marco Panella - Italy Prof. Dr. Peter Finke, Bielefeld university , Germany Dr. Alessandro Iacopi, Spain Luis Lobo Urrutia, Spain Phil Palmer, United Kingdom Dr. Miguel A. Maestro, A Coruna, Spain Arnau Bonan Barfull, Catalonia, Spain Dr Paul Bright-Thomas, United Kingdom Matt Prince, United Kingdom, Alberto Marcone, Udine, Italy Kees Bakker, The Netherlands Peter Smith. United Kingdom Gareth Barker, United Kingdom Jo Seegers, The Netherlands Andy J Farr, United Kingdom Ruud Kampf, The Netherlands Pedro Cardia, Portugal Ingar Jostein Øien, Norge Morten Ree, Norge Alfons Willemsen, Antwerpen, België Rudy Offereins, the Netherlands Judith Smith, Manchester, England Rob Gordijn, The Netherlands Kris De Rouck, Belgium Dave Godin, Sheffield, England J. Simonis, Warnsveld, Holland Chris Dunlop, Norwich, England Bert Saveyn, Belgium Kenneth Rude Nielsen, Denmark Jacob T. Wijpkema, Holland Mr. Corey Paul Mondello, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Laura Challis, United Kingdom Danny Montag Betty Jean Herner, USA Barbara Biel Bristol, CT, USA Dr. Nicolas Wienders Tallahassee, Florida Tiemen De Smedt, Lier, Belgium     Amsterdam, 29 januaari 2002, //////Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to congratulate you with the new improved hunting regulations in Greenland. But I am very much concerned about the rumour that these regulations are already being undermined almost before they came into force. I understand that you are planning to open up again for more hunting on Guillemots and Eiders. The wildlife in Greenland are already heavily reduced because of hunting during the last century, and by opening up for more hunting on these species, you will undermine the whole attempt to reduce hunting pressure on these highly overhunted populations. Several hundreds of thousands of Brünnich's Guillemots, Common and King Eider from Canada, Iceland and Svalbard winter in Southwestern Greenland and suffer from overhunting as well. The loosening of the new regulations will also counteract the need for reduced hunting on these populations. I deeply appeal to you and ask you to ensure that the hunting in Greenland will be better regulated and controlled from now on. The hunting particularly in the late winter and the spring time has has certainly been the main reason for the dramatic decline among many valuable species in Greenland and the surrounding countries.