Press Releases

ORF 2 broadcasted in whole Austria a report about the Great Bustard

On August 25th, 2012 at 3:45 p.m. ORF 2 broadcasted in whole Austria a 4,5 minutes report about the Great Bustard and the measures within the LIFE+ project in the programme “Land und Leute”.

Land und Leute am 25. August 2012 (wmv, 76 MB)

Reports about opening of the observation tower “LIFE+ Great Bustard Andau“

In May 2012 several reports about the opening of the observation tower “LIFE+ Great Bustard Andau“ within the framework of the “LIFE 20th anniversary” were broadcasted. Besides the report on ORF 2 (see May 9th, 2012) a report was broadcasted on the “Burgenländische Volksgruppensendung” of the ORF. Also the radio station Radio Burgenland covered the event. In addition a couple of articles were published in regional newspapers e.g. Bezirksblatt Neusiedl.

Interviews with R. Raab broadcasted on the radio

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)

Article on the Homepage "Netz Burgenland"

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)

ORF 2 broadcasted a report about opening of a observation tower in Andau

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)

Article about the Great Bustard

On March 30th, 2012 an article about the Great Bustard was published on the homepage of the St. Martins Lodge.

News der St. Martins Lodge vom 30. März 2012 (187 KB)

“Nationalpark” published an article about the Great Bustard

In January 2012 the german journal “Nationalpark” published an article about the Great Bustard in Eastern Austria.
Citation: Raab, R. & Lang, A. (2012). Sensible Schwergewichte. Großtrappen zwischen Donau und Neusiedlersee. Nationalpark 1/2012: 18-20.

Article in the german journal “Nationalpark” (6,52 MB)

Article about the Great Bustard published in the "Geschnatter"

In December 2011 an article about the Great Bustard and the LIFE+ Project was published in the Austrian national park newspaper "Geschnatter".

Geschnatter im Dezember 2011 (pdf, 576 KB)

Article about the Great Bustard published in the "Der See"

In November 2011 an article about the Great Bustard and the LIFE Project was published in the magazine “Der See“.

Der See im November 2011 (pdf, 477 KB)

Article about the Great Bustard published in the "BVZ"

In November 2011 an article about the Great Bustard and the LIFE Project was published in the BVZ.

BVZ im November 2011 (pdf, 613 KB)