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(10) Urges the Council of ministers of the European Communities to issue a

directive to all governments within the communities to enact legislation which will afford complete protection to all diurnal birds of prey and owls;

(11) Recommends that all governments ratify the ashington Convention on

Endangered Species as a matter of urgency;

(12) Stresses the need for comparative ecological studies of raptor

populations in areas showing different population trends, and urges governments and responsible authorities

to stimulate and support such studies

to make greater use of censusing birds of prey in all parts of the world as indicators of the value of potential conservation areas;

(13) Urges national conservation bodies and governments to set aside

sufficient representative nature reserves where birds of prey live in large variety and abundance and to conserve these birds while they are still plentiful;

(14) Urges governments and authorities to establish conservation guidelines

for forestry to ensure the survival of species depending on woodland habitats and to create forest sanctuaries to protect birds of prey;

(15) Recommends to national bodies and other appropriate authorities to set aside areas of natural beauty and recreational potential near urban or recreational centres, where birds of prey are relatively numerous, to maintain these as conservation areas and to regulate human use of these areas;

(16) Recommends that the ICBP and cooperating international organizations

actively seek to stimulate the organization of working groups in countries of Latin America, Africa, Asia and Australasia which will study the raptor and related environmental conditions in their respective countries and participate in the exchange of information and cooperative conservation measures;

(17) Urges the authorities responsible for the maintenance, planning and

construction of power lines to devise or modify them in such a way as to make them safe for birds of prey;

(18) Urges all governments and authorities concerned to ensure adequate

consideration is given to the wellbeing of the natural flora and fauna int the control they exercise over pollution and the use of pesticides in agriculture forestry and public health and to undertake monitoring by the chemical analysis of selected species amongst which birds of prey have been shown to be important. Governments should also publish appropriate records of the quantities of pesticies marketed;

(19) Recommends a strict and total ban of poisoned baits that may harm birds

of prey;

(20) Recommends that possession of live birds of prey, and their eggs, be

prohibited save under licence, to be issued by the appropriate governmental authority, for research, education, falconry and domestic breeding,

- that censuses should be made of all birds of prey in captivity,

- that wilful disturbance of rare nesting birds of prey, including nature photography and bird-watching, be prohibited save nder licence, to be issued by the appropriate governmental authority, for research, e'ucation, falconry, domestic breeding and bird-ringing;