From May 21st to May 25th, 2012 a series of interviews with R. Raab concerning the Great Bustard and the Great Bustard LIFE+ project was broadcasted daily between 8:55 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on the radio station Ö1 in the programme “Vom Leben der Natur”.

Ö1 Sendung vom „Leben der Natur“ vom 21.05.2012 (ca. 5 MB)
Ö1 Sendung vom „Leben der Natur“ vom 22.05.2012 (ca. 5 MB)
Ö1 Sendung vom „Leben der Natur“ vom 23.05.2012 (ca. 5 MB)
Ö1 Sendung vom „Leben der Natur“ vom 24.05.2012 (ca. 5 MB)
Ö1 Sendung vom „Leben der Natur“ vom 25.05.2012 (ca. 5 MB)

On 21.05.2012 an article about the successful protection of great bustards is published on the homepage of "Netz Burgenland". The focus lays on already implemented conservation measures like transfering power lines below the soil and marking them with bird warning flags.

www.netzburgenland.at (pdf, 78,1 KB)

Completion of the bird observation tower “LIFE+ Great Bustard Andau”. The bird observation tower is available to the numerous visitors of the SPA “Waasen – Hanság” seeking to observe the Great Bustards (Action “LIFE 20th anniversary”)

Meeting for information exchange with selected stakeholders in the project area “Westliches Weinviertel” in Sitzendorf (A) (Action D.7: raising awareness among stakeholders in WWV and SPT)

Representatives of the European Commission and the EU monitoring team visited the project areas “Parndorfer Platte – Heideboden“ and “Sandboden und Praterterrasse“(Action E.1: General project implementation)

May 9-10, 2012: 14th LIFE platform in the National Park Neusiedler See – Seewinkel, information centre Hauswiese in Illmitz (A) for the Great Bustard LIFE+ project under participation of 54 representatives of LIFE projects all over Austria (Action “LIFE 20th anniversary”)

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On May 9th, 2012 7:00 p.m. ORF 2 broadcasted a report about the opening of the observation tower “LIFE+ Great Bustard Andau“ within the framework of the “LIFE 20th anniversary” in the programme “Burgenland Heute”

burgenland.orf.at/news/stories252336/ vom 09.05.2012 (pdf, 75 KB)

Opening of the bird observation tower “LIFE+ Great Bustard Andau“ within the framework of the “LIFE 20th anniversary” by BM Niki Berlakovich (Lebensministerium - Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management), member of the government of Burgenland Andreas Liegenfeld, Kurt Kirchberger (head of the National Park Neusiedler See – Seewinkel), Bgm. Reinhold Reif (Austrian Society for Great Bustard Conservation) and Mag. Rainer Raab (Central European bustard coordinator and bustard supervisor) in the SPA “Waasen – Hanság“ under participation of over 50 regional stakeholders (Action “LIFE 20th anniversary”)

Construction of the bird observation tower “LIFE+ Great Bustard Andau“ for the “LIFE 20th anniversary” (Action “LIFE 20th anniversary”)

Members of the committee meeting of the BBK Hollabrunn visiting the Bustard project in the project area “Westliches Weinviertel” (Action D.7: raising awareness among stakeholders in WWV and SPT)

LJM DI Josef Pröll (hunting association of Lower Austria) and LJM ÖkR Dr. Christian Konrad (hunting association of Lower Austria) as well as the actors Helmuth Lohner and Otto Schenk visiting the Bustard project in the project area “Westliches Weinviertel“(Action D.7: raising awareness among stakeholders in WWV and SPT)

Project day for pupils of primary school in Nickelsdorf on the topic Great Bustard with excursion in the project area “Parndorfer Platte – Heideboden“ (Action D.2: Information sessions for public relations and board meetings of the project)

Project visit by Tina Plasil of the radio station Ö1 in the project area “Parndorfer Platte – Heideboden“ for an interview with R. Raab (Action D.3: Public relation

Excursion for members of the “Naturkundlichen Gesellschaft Mostviertel” in the project areat „Waasen – Hanság“ by R. Raab (Action D.2: Information sessions for public relations and board meetings of the project)

Excursion ”Displaying Great Bustard in the National Park area „Waasen - Hanság“ in Andau (A) in the frame of the Pannonian Bird Experience 2012 by R. Raab with following presentation “Great Bustard –protection measures in the LIFE+ project“ in Illmitz (A) by R. Raab (Action D.2: Information sessions for public relations and board meetings of the project)