A. Species
Scientific name: Falco cherrug
Common name(s): Saker falcon
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Endangered
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- United Arab Emirates
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: United Arab Emirates
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2007
End Year: 2007
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: Non-Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Keeping/companionship/display and Recreation
Motivation of use: Recreational
Is this use legal or illegal?: Some use is legal and some is illegal
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: National / local private sector
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?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: This NDF Case Study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Due to legislation implemented in 1999 and 2005, the exploitation of sakar falcons from within the UAE is now considered sustainable / stable, but the report is vague on the sustainability of those populations exploited to provide falcons imported into the UAE.
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
NDF are only useful if they are known and available to the importing countries. Export permits are issued by the country of origin, not by the importing country. In most cases the importing country does not know if NDF has been done, and even if done, the importing country does not know it validity.
Record source
Information about the record source: grey_lit
Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
By Frederic J. Launay
IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group
NDF WORKSHOP CASE STUDIES
WG 6 – Birds
CASE STUDY 5
Falco cherrug
Country – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Date of record entry: 2023-09-28