Great Bustard Memorandum of Understanding for governments, scientists, conservation bodies and others to monitor and coordinate conservation efforts. These efforts need to focus on active habitat management and on maintaining large areas of non-intensive farming systems. The MoU only covers the middle-European populations of the great bustard ("Otis tarda"). Several remnant great bustard populations that can be found in, inter alia, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia are not included. All signatories shall endeavour to work closely together and with appropriate international organizations to improve the conservation status of the great bustard throughout its breeding, migratory and wintering range. Therefore, they shall:
Edwardsiella tarda the world where "E. tarda" is found and they were hoping to discover how similar levels may be in the United States. This could offer scientists a "baseline for the development of more reliable molecular diagnostic tools." The study found that two distinct genotypes do exist within "E. tarda" but does state that it's completely possible that there are more. This study will be used to improve the accuracy of "molecular diagnostics to better understand the role these genetically distinct "E. tarda" groups play in fish health." Abayneh T. Colquhoun DJ., Sorum H.2013. Edwardsiella piscicida sp. nov., a novel species