On 31.01.2017 a meeting with hungarian partners in Kecskemét was held. The former results and future steps of the LIFE Project werde exchanged and discussed. (Action E.2: Project Board Meetings and Information Events)

At the last Bustard Monitoring, Rainer Raab was accompanied by an ORF TV Team to film an interesting short report about the Great Bustards in ihr tri-boarder region. The report can be viewed under the following link.  

ORF-Report 24.01.2017

 

 

In December 2012 an extensive chapter about the global situation, as well as many other interesting topics of the Great Bustard is published in the Report "Entwicklung der biologischen Vielfalt in Österreich".

Biologische Vielfalt in Österreich (pdf, 13,6 MB)

On December 21st 2016 an Article is published about the annual general assembly of the "Goggendorfer" Eco-Association "Grüne Welt". Rainer Raab also gives a statement about the current situation of Great Bustards, as well as  future plans in the LIFE Project.

NÖN on 21.12.2016 (jpg, 1.967 KB)

On December 12th 2016 an interesting Article about the possible threat of the Golden jackal for the Great Bustard is released on the homepage of APA (Austria Presse Agentur). Next to many other experts, Rainer Raab also gives a statement on this new predator.

APA on 12.12.2016 (pdf, 88 KB)

Presentation "Cross-border protection of the Great Bustard and telemetry study of raptors in Central Europe" held in the frame of the lecture "Angewandtes Naturschutzmanagement" at the University of Natural Ressources and Applied LIFE Science by R. Raab. (Action E.2: Project Board Meetings and Information Events)

From 23rd to 25th of November 2016 several Projectmeetings with hungarian as well as serbian partners and some field trips to Nature Conservation sites (Hevesi Füves Puszták Tájvédelmi Körzet, Sarud, Severni-Banat, Köros-Maros) take place in Hungary and Serbia. Presentation of the LIFE Project in many dialogues by R. Raab. (Action E.2: Project Board Meetings and Information Events).

7th MAVIR Bird Conservation Conference, Presentation "Telemetry study in the tri-border region Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia - high impact of illegal poisoning on the Red Kite population" and presentation of the LIFE Project in many dialogues by R. Raab. (Action E.6: Publications in scientific Journals and Presentations at scientific Conferences)

LIFE-Project Meeting with hungarian Partners in Kescemét, Hungary. Presentation "Information about Reporting for the LIFE Project "Great Bustard" and presentation of the LIFE Project in many dialogues by R. Raab. (Action E.2: Project Board Meetings and Information Events)

Event for the Great Bustard in Bozice (CZ), Presentation "Conservation measures for the west-pannonian Great Bustard (Otis tarda) population in Austria" and Presentation of the LIFE Project in many dialogues by R. Raab. (Action E.6: Publications in scientific Journals and Presentations at scientific Conferences)

BirdLife Meeting Autumn 2016, Presentation of the LIFE Project in many dialogues by R. Raab. (Action E.2: Project Board Meetings and Information Events)

"BirdLife Herbstagung" Program (pdf, 480 KB)

Event at "Nationalpark Donauauen", Presentation of the LIFE Project in many dialogues by R. Raab. (Action E.2: Project Board Meetings and Information Events)

On October 19th 2016 a detailed article about the Great Bustard and an newly introduced predator, the golden jackal is published in the "BVZ".

BVZ on 19.10.2016 (pdf, 976 KB)

Field trip with the "Ministry of Life" to the Observation tower in Pama, Presentation of the LIFE Project in many dialogues by R. Raab. (Action E.8: Raising awareness among stakeholder ins AT3 PPH and AT4 WHA)

The BBC Documentary about the Green Belt in Europe with a five minute part about the cross-border project for the Great Bustard, which was filmed in the successful completed LIFE Project 2004-2010, is shown on several dates on the german TV network "phoenix".

Air dates:
Mo. 10.10.2016, 21 Uhr
Di. 11.10.2016, 1:30 Uhr
Di. 11.10.2016, 8:15 Uhr
Di. 11.10.2016, 19:15 Uhr

phönix - Das Grüne Band (pdf, 37.4 KB)