A. Species
Scientific name: Streptopelia turtur
Common name(s): European Turtle-dove
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Europe
Country/Region: Europe
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Regional/Continental/Multi-country level
Name/Details of location: France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, northern Italy
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2013
End Year: 2014
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed, Ceremony and ritual expression and Recreation
Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community), Recreational and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: not recorded
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: A particular sustainability index based on previous literature (see paper)
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: "The observed level of legal hunting across the European western flyway exceeded the theoretical maximal harvestable fraction (P) that the population can sustain in 67% of scenarios" (p.513; see referenced paper). "the current level of legal hunting along the western flyway far exceeds the potential levels of excess growth predicted for this population under the large majority of scenarios, suggesting that the current hunting take is likely to be unsustainable." (p.513-514; see referenced paper)
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
"a substantial reduction in the size of the current legal western flyway hunt is urgently required." (p.518; see referenced paper) "Along with the search for a sustainable hunting pressure on turtle doves in Western Europe, one should also consider the urgent need to implement effective agri-environmental and agri-forest habitat restoration measures, in particular to maintain or restore the carrying capacity of breeding and foraging habitats" (p.518; see referenced paper)
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2020-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2023-04-17