Meeting of the „Burgenländischen IGs“ in Neusiedl am See (A), presentation of the LIFE+ Project in many dialogues by R. Raab (Action D.8: raising awareness among stakeholders in PPH und WHA)

LEADER event in Retz (A), Presentation „Maßnahmen des LIFE+ Projekts „Grenzüberschreitender Schutz der Großtrappe in Österreich - Fortsetzung“ LIFE09 NAT/AT/000225“ and presentation of the LIFE+ Project in many dialogues by R. Raab (Action D.7: raising awareness among stakeholders in WWV und SPT)

LIFE event in Vienna (A), presentation of the LIFE+ project in many dialogues by R. Raab (Action E.4: Central European bustard coordinator)

May 06-08, 2015

Dr. Jan Sliva of the EU monitoring team is visiting the LIFE+ Project Great Bustard in the project areas “Sandboden und Praterterasse”, “Westliches Weinviertel" and “Parndorfer Platte - Heideboden” (Action E.1: General project implementation)

On May 3rd, 2015 an detailed article about the Great Bustard and the results of the LIFE and LIFE+ Project about the effects of predators on the Great Bustard was published in the Austrian newspaper „Die Presse“ on page 33.

Die Presse am 03. Mai 2015 (pdf, 2,9 MB)

April 29-30, 2015

17. LIFE-Nature platform in Wolfsberg (A). Presentation of the results of the LIFE+ Project by R. Raab (Action E.1: General project implementation)

Excursion in the frame of the Birdexperience 2015 by R. Raab through the Natura 2000 area ”Waasen – Hanság“ (Action D.2: Information sessions for public relations and board meetings of the project)

Excursion for members of the “Naturkundlichen Gesellschaft Mostviertel” and th “ÖCV – Hubertuszirkel in Vienna“ in the project area “ Parndorfer Platte - Heideboden“ by R. Raab (Action D.2: Information sessions for public relations and board meetings of the project)

Excursion in the frame of the Birdexperience 2015 by R. Raab through the Natura 2000 area ”Waasen – Hanság“ (Action D.2: Information sessions for public relations and board meetings of the project)

Project visit by LJM DI Peter Prieler (senior representative of the official hunters’ association of Burgenland) together with journalist Norbert Rief  in the project areas “Waasen – Hanság“ and “Parndorfer Platte – Heideboden“; presentation of the LIFE+ project by R. Raab (Action D.8: raising awareness among stakeholders in PPH and WHA respectively Action E.7: Monitoring of the Great Bustard population in PPH)

LJM DI Josef Pröll (hunting association of Lower Austria) visiting the Bustard project in the project area “Westliches Weinviertel“(Action D.7: raising awareness among stakeholders in WWV and SPT)

In March 2015 an article about the effects of underground cabling and marking of power lines on the West-Pannonian Great Bustard Otis tarda population within the LIFE+ project was published in the scientific journal Szélkiáltó.

Citation: Raab, R., Spakovszky, P. & Julius, E. (2014): Az elektromos légvezetékek hatása a nyugat-pannon túzokvédelmi LIFE+ project akciói (Effects of aerial power lines on the West-Pannonian Great Bustard (Otis tarda) population and the actions of the Austrian Great Bustard LIFE+ project). Szélkiáltó 16: 58-60.

Szélkiáltó 16 (Seiten 58 bis 60 pdf, 684 KB)

Dr. Felix Bergmann of the EU monitoring team is visiting the LIFE+ Project Great Bustard in the project areas “Sandboden und Praterterasse” and “Parndorfer Platte - Heideboden” (Action E.1: General project implementation)

Representatives of BirdLife Austria meet their project partner in Vienna (A); presentation of the LIFE+ Project in many dialogues by R. Raab (Action E.4: Central European bustard coordinator)

On February 23th, 2015 at 7.30 p.m. ARTE broadcasted a one minute report about some conservation measures for the Great Bustard within the documentation “Wilde Slowakei” in the project area “Parndorfer Platte – Heideboden”.