September 16-19, 2014

IUCN - Workshop „Stratégie de conservation de la Grande Outarde (Otis tarda) au Maroc“ in Assilah, Marokko (MA), Presentation of success of Great Bustard Conservation in Central Europa and presentation of the LIFE+ Project in many dialogues by R. Raab (Action E.4: Central European bustard coordinator and Action D.6: Publications in professional journals and lectures at conferences of experts)

Project visit by LJM DI Peter Prieler (senior representative of the official hunters’ association of Burgenland) together with hunters from Styria in the project area “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)

Delegates from Czech Republic together with R. Raab visit the project area “Westliches Weinviertel“; introduction to the LIFE+ Project by R. Raab (Action E.4: Central European bustard coordinator respectively Action E.5: Monitoring of the Great Bustard population in WWV)

On August 28th, 2014 Ing. Werner Falb-Meixner was elected as new chairman of the regional association “Interessensgemeinschaft Europaschutzgebiet Parndorfer Platte - Heideboden” in Zurndorf (A). Information session for chosen farmers with bustards protection fields in the project area “Parndorfer Platte - Heideboden” (Action D.2: Information sessions for public relations and board meetings of the project)

On August 28th, 2014 Ing. Werner Falb-Meixner was elected as new chairman of the regional association “Interessensgemeinschaft Europaschutzgebiet Parndorfer Platte - Heideboden”. At he beginning of September a couple of articles were published in newspapers e.g. Kronenzeitung, BVZ and Bezirksblätter Neusiedl am See.

BVZ am 4. September 2014 (pdf, 1,9 MB)

Bezirksblätter Neusiedl am See am 3. September 2014 (pdf, 1,7 MB)

Kronenzeitung am 1. September 2014 (pdf, 2 MB)

Bustard experts of the Austrian LIFE+ Project and from Hungary meet in Deutsch-Wagram (A) to exchange information (Action E.4: Central European bustard coordinator)

Information session in Straning (A) for chosen farmers with bustards protection fields in the project area “Westliches Weinviertel” (Action D.2: Information sessions for public relations and board meetings of the project)

Bustard experts of the Austrian LIFE+ Project and from Hungary and Slovakia meet as usual on the synchronous counting day at the border triangle to consult each other about the results of the bustard counting and to exchange information on the state of the LIFE+ Project in A and the activities after the LIFE+ Projects in H and SK (Action E.4: Central European bustard coordinator)

July 25-27, 2014

Bustard experts of the Austrian LIFE+ Project and experts of the Northern Bold Ibis LIFE+ Project meet in Grödig (A) and Burghausen (D) to exchange information. Presentation Die Großtrappe - Schutzmaßnahmen in einem LIFE+ Projekt” in Burghausen (D) by R. Raab (Action E.4: Central European bustard coordinator and Action E.16: networking with other projects)

Presentation Some results of the measures on power lines within the Austrian LIFE Projects for the Great Bustard” in Budapest (HU) by R. Raab for Hungarian energy supplying companies in the Földművelésügyi Minisztérium (Action E.4: Central European bustard coordinator)

June 16-17, 2014

16. LIFE-Nature platform in St. Martin am Grimming im Ennstal (A). Presentation of the results of the LIFE+ Project by R. Raab (Action E.1: General project implementation)

On June 18th, 2014 an article about the Great Bustard was published by Patricia and Armin Hofmann in the "Pirsch 12/2014", the magazine for hunting. The article deals with the sucesses of the LIFE and the LIFE+ project.

Pirsch 12/2014 am 18. Juni 2014 (pdf, 1,2 MB)

Project visit by LAbg. Amrita Enzinger in the project area “Sandboden und Praterterrasse“ (Action D.7: raising awareness among stakeholders in WWV and SPT)