This project aims to provide appropriate technical information on the population situation of the bustard and to propose the best practices for the conservation and management of its habitat.

This project aims to provide appropriate technical information on the population situation of the bustard and to propose the best practices for the conservation and management of its habitat.

The houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulada fuerteventurae) is a subspecies endemic to the eastern Canary Islands, included in the category “Endangered”, both in the Spanish Catalogue of Threatened Species and in the Canary Islands catalogue.

The main objective of this initiative is to contribute to the development of a recovery plan for the Houbara bustard, a plan that must be approved by the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. To this end, detailed technical information on the ecology of the species and on good management practices of its habitat in Fuerteventura will be prepared and disseminated.

A series of specific objectives are contemplated:

• To know the population of males in courtship activity on the island of Fuerteventura and its increasing temporal evolution.
• Contribute to protecting the most sensitive areas for reproduction.
• To reduce the discomfort caused by human activity and to eliminate unnatural mortality factors.
• Reduce conflicts generated by human actions through compatible management of the animal’s habitat.