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LIFE Great Bustard brochure

The Great Bustard (Otis tarda) is one of the heaviest birds that is able to fly. It is a globally threatened species occurring in Austria and Hungary. Since more than 10 years the "Technische Büro für Biologie Mag. Dr. Rainer Raab" is responsible for the conservation project Great Bustard. On this website you can find general informations about the Great Bustard, projects for the protection of the Great Bustard and current informations about the LIFE Project Great Bustard.

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Wingspan - Nature-positive energy transition
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Wingspan - Nature-positive energy transition
15-17 October 2024 in Brussels

Results of the synchronous winter count of the Great Bustard in Central Europe in January 2024 within the LIFE project “Great Bustard”: Efforts to protect the great bustard are showing success throughout Central Europe.

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LIFE Great Bustard brochure

In order to build on the great success of the three previous Austrian and Hungarian LIFE and LIFE+ projects to protect the Great Bustard, another Great Bustard conservation project was successfully implemented. In July 2016, the largest LIFE project to date for the protection of the Great Bustard in Central Europe was launched. For the first time, Austria (AT) and Hungary (HU) were working together across borders to ensure the conservation of these extraordinary birds. In particular, measures were being taken to improve the habitat and reduce the risk of line collisions - the most common unnatural cause of death to date - by undergrounding existing power lines. In order to prevent the extinction of local populations and to ensure that the measures were implemented as efficiently as possible, an improved exchange of information with neighbouring countries (Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Serbia) was also part of the project.


The nine project areas (4 in AT and 5 in HU)