In future, events directly related to bustard conservation projects will be advertised here. Interesting results and photos of these events will also be published here.

Photos will be presented from selected events after their realisation in the chapter "LIFE+ Project Event Photos".

December 6, 2011: Annual meeting of the bustard protection association "Grüne Welt" in Sitzendorf (A) with participation of Bernhard Frank (Land NÖ) and Alois Gansterer (LJV NÖ), presentation of the progress within the LIFE+ Project by R. Raab

December 2, 2011: Annual conference 2011 of the Umweltdachverband in Vienna “Landwirtschaft und Ländliche Entwicklung nach 2013: Chancen für Natur und Umwelt”, Presentation of the LIFE+ Project in many dialogues by R. Raab

November 21, 2011: Further education sessions for chosen farmers with bustards protection fields in the project area "Westliches Weinviertel" within the frame of nature conservation plan or for training of monitoring on behalf of the office of the Lower Austrian government, department of nature conservation in Roseldorf (A) from R. Raab; two presentations and a connected excursion to bustard area for the presentation of the Natura 2000 area under special consideration of Great Bustard in small groups of about 20 to 40 persons

November 9, 2011: Further education sessions for chosen farmers with bustards protection fields in the project area "Westliches Weinviertel" within the frame of nature conservation plan or for training of monitoring on behalf of the office of the Lower Austrian government, department of nature conservation in Sitzendorf (A) from R. Raab; two presentations and a connected excursion to bustard area for the presentation of the Natura 2000 area under special consideration of Great Bustard in small groups of about 20 to 40 persons

November 9, 2011: Press conference with Landesrat Andreas Liegenfeld, Ök-Rat Franz Stefan Hautzinger, Direktor Kurt Kirchberger, Bgm. Reinhold Reif and R. Raab in Illmitz (A) on the successful protection of Great Bustard in the Natura 2000 areas Parndorfer Platte – Heideboden and Waasen - Hanság, the good co-operation between nature conservation  and agriculture and hunting and the successful implemantation of the Great Bustard LIFE-project.

October 21-23, 2011: Presentation of the LIFE+ Project on the “2. Internationalen Jagd & Fischerei Messe der Ulmer Ausstellungs GmbH“ in Dornbirn (A)

October 8, 2011: Ornithological conference of the Czech Society for Ornithology (CSO) in Mikulov: Presentation of the lecture “Recent development of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) populations in the Czech Republic and in Austria“ by R. Raab und V. Škorpíková

June 29-30, 2011: 13. LIFE+Nature platform in Sachsenburg (A) presentation of the results of the LIFE Project and presentation of the LIFE+ Project by R. Raab

June 6, 2011: Delegates from Russia, from the Krasnodar region and Rudolf Radl and Mag. Tamara Kvyatkovskaya, of Radl Agrar as well as R. Raab visited the projet area “Waasen - Hanság“; introduction to the new LIFE+ Project with the presentation “Cross-border protection of the Great Bustard in Central Europe within the new LIFE+ Project“ held by R. Raab

May 10, 2011: Delegates from Serbia together with Mag. Dr. Andreas Ranner of the office of the Burgenland government an R. Raab visit the project area Parndorfer Platte – Heideboden; introduction to the new LIFE+ Project with the presentation “Cross-border protection of the Great Bustard in Central Europe within the new LIFE+ Project“ held by R. Raab

April 16, 2011: Presentation “Great Bustard –The LIFE+ project“ in Illmitz (A) in the frame of the Birdexperience 2011 by R. Raab and following excursion through the Natura 2000 area ”Waasen – Hanság“

April 14, 2011: Further education sessions for chosen farmers with bustards protection fields in the project area “Westliches Weinviertel” within the frame of nature conservation plan or for training of monitoring on behalf of the office of the Lower Austrian government, department of nature conservation in Roseldorf (A) from R. Raab; two presentations and a connected excursion to bustard area for the presentation of the Natura 2000 area under special consideration of Great Bustard in small groups of about 20 to 40 persons

April 6, 2011: Further education sessions for chosen farmers with bustards protection fields in the project area "Westliches Weinviertel" within the frame of nature conservation plan or for training of monitoring on behalf of the office of the Lower Austrian government, department of nature conservation in Sitzendorf (A) from R. Raab; two presentations and a connected excursion to bustard area for the presentation of the Natura 2000 area under special consideration of Great Bustard in small groups of about 20 to 40 persons

March 14,  2011: LIFE+ event in Vienna (A), introduction to the new LIFE+ Project with the presentation “The Great Bustard – LIFE+ project LIFE09 NAT/AT/000225 – own experience of submitting a successful LIFE+ application” by R. Raab

February 27, 2011: Public presentation of the new LIFE+ project in Sitzendorf an der Schmida (A). Introduction to the new LIFE+ project witch the presentation „ Cross-border protection of the West-Pannonian Great Bustard (Otis tarda) population in Weinviertel – LIFE projects” by R. Raab

February 9-10, 2011: LIFE "Kick-Off" meeting in Bonn (D), presentation of the new LIFE+ project by R. Raab

January 19, 2011: At a meeting in Praha (CZ) Václav Zámečník presented with basics from R. Raab results of the Austrian LIFE Project and informations of the LIFE+ Project Great Bustard in Austria.

December 2, 2010: Annual meeting of the bustard protection association "Grüne Welt" in Sitzendorf (A) with participation of Dir. Franz Raab (LK NÖ), presentation of the progress within the LIFE project by R. Raab

December 1, 2010: 1. board meeting of the Austrian Society for Great Bustard Conservation (ÖGG) on the LIFE+ project in Eisenstadt (A) with participation of LR Ing. Werner Falb-Meixner, Presentation of the new LIFE+ project in the lecture “Ziele und Maßnahmen des LIFE+ Projektes „Großtrappe“ und aktuelles zur Großtrappe in Österreich bzw. im gesamten westpannonischen Raum“ by R. Raab

November 23-24, 2010: International Conference, Bird Conservation in the European Union: Planning for recovery action and sustainable use in Brussels (B), Presentation of the lecture “The catalysing role of Species Conservation Teams – key drivers of plan implementation: Cross-border protection of the Great Bustard in Central Europe within LIFE projects as an example” and presentation of the LIFE project in many dialogues by R. Raab

November 23, 2010: Presentation “Natura 2000-Vogelschutzgebiete und LIFE als Instrumente zur Umsetzung von Maßnahmen am Beispiel des grenzüberschreitenden Artenschutzprojektes Großtrappe“ held in the frame of the lecture “Schutzgebietsmanagement und Wildtiere in Mitteleuropa“ at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) by E. Julius

November 15, 2010: Further education sessions for chosen farmers with bustards protection fields in the project area "Westliches Weinviertel" within the frame of nature conservation plan or for training of monitoring on behalf of the office of the Lower Austrian government, department of nature conservation in Roseldorf (A) from R. Raab; two presentations and a connected excursion to bustard area for the presentation of the Natura 2000 area under special consideration of Great Bustard in small groups of about 20 to 40 persons

November 12, 2010: „10 Jahre Netzwerk Natur in Wien“ in Vienna (A), Presentation of the lecture “Grenzenloser Artenschutz für die westpannonische Population der Großtrappe (Otis tarda) – LIFE-Projekte” and presentation of the LIFE project in many dialogues by R. Raab

November 10, 2010: Further education sessions for chosen farmers with bustards protection fields in the project area "Westliches Weinviertel" within the frame of nature conservation plan or for training of monitoring on behalf of the office of the Lower Austrian government, department of nature conservation in Sitzendorf (A) from R. Raab; two presentations and a connected excursion to bustard area for the presentation of the Natura 2000 area under special consideration of Great Bustard in small groups of about 20 to 40 persons