Long-time involved in conservation, successful manager in numerous NGO’s, author of publications on conservation of birds of prey,
especially Peregrine and Saker, falconry and history of falconry successful team leader and manager.
Graduate in biology in Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Falconer for more than 30 years, former in the Board of Polish Falconers Club “Gniazdo Sokolników”, representing Poland at International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey (IAF), since 2000, member of the IAF Board since 2000, Conservation Officer of IAF since 2012, IAF Vice- President for Europe, Africa and Oceania since 2016, Vicepresident of Society for Wild Animals Falcon since 2002,
member of Saker Task Force of the Convention for Migratory Species of IUCN, since 2011, member of Steering Committee of EURAPMON – Research and Monitoring for and with Raptors in Europe, an ESF Research Networking Programme, since 2010 member of European Sustainable Use Specialist Group and Sustainable Use (ESUSG), IUCN Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social
Policy (CEESP) and IUCN Sustainable Use and Management of Ecosystems Specialist Group (SUME) of Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM). Chair of the 3rd and 4th International Peregrine Conferences in 2007 and 2017.
Summary of skills
Very wide experience in falconry techniques, conservation of birds of prey, promoting conservation and falconry.
Studied mathematics in Warsaw University and biology in Warsaw University and Lomonosov Moscow State University. Many years active in protection and biology of Peregrine falcons. Fluent in English and Russian.
Main publications
Mizera T., Sielicki J. 1995. The Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus in Poland its status and perspectives for reinstatement. Acta Orn. 30: 47-52.
Sielicki J., Sielicki S. 1998. Prvni uspechy programu repatriace populace sokola stehovaveho v Polsku. Zachranne program zivocichu v Ceske republice, ZO CSOP Novy Jicin: 73-81.
Janusz Sielicki Falconer, biologist, conservationist résumé • page 2/3 GSM +48 502 196 061 • janusz.sielicki@gmail.com
Sielicki J.& Mizera T. (eds.). 2009. Peregrine Falcon Populations – status and perspectives in the 21st Century. Turul – Poznan University of Life Sciences Press, Warsaw-Poznan, 800 pp
Mizera T., Sielicki J. 2009. Breeding status of the Peregrine Falcon in Poland during the pre- and post- DDT era. In: Sielicki J.& Mizera T. (eds.). Peregrine Falcon Populations – status and perspectives in the 21st Century. Turul – Poznan University of Life Sciences Press, Warsaw-Poznan.. 153-168.
Sielicki S., Sielicki J. 2009. Restoration of Peregrine Falcon in Poland 1989-2007. In: Sielicki J.& Mizera T. (eds.). Peregrine Falcon Populations – status and perspectives in the 21st Century. Turul – Poznan University of Life Sciences Press, Warsaw-Poznan.: 699-722.
Sielicki S., Sielicki J. 2009. Populacja nadrzewna sokola wedrownego Falco peregrinus w Europie i restytucja gatunku w Polsce. Studia i Materialy Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczo-Lesnej w Rogowie. Ochrona drapieznych zwierzat, a rozwój cywilizacyjny spoleczenstw ludzkich. Poszukiwanie
kompromisów, 1-2 sierpnia 2009 r.:67-85. Sielicki, Janusz, Tree Nesting Peregrines in Europe – the last victims of DDT era, in: CIC Newsletter
2009/4, 2009
Sielicki, Janusz, Falconry in Poland: an historical outline, in: The International Journal of Falconry, Summer 2009, Warszawa, Turul Publishing, 2009
Sielicki J, Prommer M., Gamauf A., Kata M. 2009.Saker Falcon Falco cherrug in Poland (2008–2009).
Wiacek J., Polak M., Kucharczyk M., Grzywaczewski G., Jerzak L. (eds.) Ptaki – Srodowisko – Zagrozenia – Ochrona, Wybrane aspekty ekologii ptakow, LTO, Lublin:273-285
Sielicki, Janusz, Tree Nesting Peregrines in Poland, in: The International Journal of Falconry, Summer 2012, Warszawa, Turul Publishing, 2012
Sielicki, Janusz, Tree Nesting Peregrines returning to Poland, in: CIC Newsletter 2012/2, 2012
Sielicki, Janusz, Tree Nesting Peregrines in Europe, in: The International Journal of Falconry, Summer 2011, Warszawa, Turul Publishing, 2011
Sielicki, Janusz, Baumbrütende Wanderfalken in Europa – die letzten Opfer der DDT – Ära, in: Der Falkenblick 17/08, Österreichischer Falknerbund, 2010
Sielicki, Janusz, Tree Nesting Peregrines, in: The International Journal of Falconry, Summer 2010, Warszawa, Turul Publishing, 2010
Kenward, R., AlRashidi, M., Shobrak, M., Prommer, M., Sielicki, J. & N. Casey, Elaboration of a modelling framework to integrate population dynamics and sustainable use of the Saker Falcon Falco cherrug. In: Williams, N.P., Galbraith, C. & Kovács, A. (eds.) Compilation Report on Work Plan
Objectives 4 – 8, including a modelling framework for sustainable use of the Saker Falcon Falco cherrug. CMS Raptors MOU Coordinating Unit, Saker Falcon Task Force, Abu Dhabi, 2013.
Stahl, J., Kachelriess, D., Kovács, A., Prommer, M., Kenward, R.E., Sielicki, J. A review and synthesis of current Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) field monitoring and research activities. Saker Falcon Task Force Objective 8 Working Group Report. In: Williams, N.P., Galbraith, C. & Kovács, A. (eds.) Compilation Report on WorkPlan Objectives 4 – 8, including a modelling framework for sustainable use of the Saker Falcon Falco cherrug. CMS Raptors MOU Coordinating Unit, Saker Falcon Task Force, Abu Dhabi, 2013.
Sielicki, Janusz, Falconry As A Biodiversity Conservation Tool, in: Falconry – its influence on biodiversity and cultural heritage, Bialystok, 2016
Janusz Sielicki Falconer, biologist, conservationist résumé • page 3/3 GSM +48 502 196 061 • janusz.sielicki@gmail.com
Sielicki, Janusz, Peregrine in Ireland – population modelling, in: International Conference on the Stewardship of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use, Conference Proceedings, Warszawa, Turul Publishing, 2017
Sielicki, Janusz, XXXV years of Polish Falconry Club „Gniazdo Sokolników”, in: IAF Newsletter, Summer 2008, Warszawa, Turul Publishing, 2008
Sielicki, Janusz, Restitution of the Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus peregrinus in Poland, in: IAF Newsletter, Summer 2006, Warszawa, Turul Publishing, 2006
Sielicki, Janusz, Polowania z sokołami, in: Pasławski, Tadeusz; Sielicki, Janusz, Metody polowań – myśliwskie rady i sposoby, Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Świat, 1993.
Sielicki, Janusz, Sokolnictwo, in: Kalendarz Myśliwski, Warszawa, PWRiL, 1990
Keywords
Peregrine, Saker, conservation, Falconry, heritage