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Titre :	Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper: an update on the conservation programme
Auteurs :	Nigel Clark, Auteur ; Debbie Pain, Auteur ; Rhys Green, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (107(8) AUG 2014)
Article en page(s) :	467-475
Résumé :	The world population of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmeus was in freefall during the first decade of the present century. In recent years there has been a prodigious effort to turn around the species' fortunes and there are now some glimmers of hope for the future. Conserving a species that migrates a quarter of the way round the world requires actions of many different kinds, undertaken in many countries by a wide range of people and organisations working in partnership. Here we summarise some of the ongoing work and describe the first tentative results of one of the most challenging conservation projects ever undertaken.

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