Program

Program (pdf)

Ray Alisauskas

Research Scientist, Canada
Presentation “Status of the North American Arctic Goose Populations”

Anthony D. Fox

Professor, Denmark
Presentation “Status and abundance of Eurasian goose populations: winners and losers”

Maarten Loonen

Station leader of the Netherlands Arctic Station on Spitsbergen
Presentation “A Barnacle Goose colony on Spitsbergen has low reproductive output but slowly adapts to climate change”

Field trip to the Nemunas River floodplain. The Nemunas River delta is one of the most important staging area for geese on migration route from Western Europe towards the Russian Arctic. Annually the site is visited by 1-1.5 million geese (Greater White-fronted, Bean, Greylag, Barnacle and Lesser White-fronted Geese). During peak migration, 50,000-75,000 geese concentrate in the area, predominantly Greater White-fronted Geese.