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Titre :	Perhaps the most prominent threat to waders in the East Atlantic Flyway (2020)
Auteurs :	José A. Alves, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Wader Study (127(2) August, 2020)
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	At the end of January 2020, as migratory waders started to prepare for their northward journey to their breeding areas, the Portuguese Authority evaluating Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) issued a favourable statement regarding the construction of a new commercial airport at the heart of the Tagus estuary, the most important wetland in Portugal for waders and other waterbirds. Although imposing conditions (specifically, targeted com- pensation measures), this decision is a major blow to local and international conservation actions across the East Atlantic Flyway. Given the potential magnitude of the impacts and the high level of site-fidelity of species studied locally, this new threat is likely to have important consequences for many of the already declining populations using the Tagus estuary.
En ligne :	https://www.waderstudygroup.org/article/13804/

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