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”.

Presentation series of the ÖCV – Hubertuszirkel in Vienna (A), Presentation „Artenschutz und Niederwildjagd am Fallbeispiel von Großtrappe, Seeadler und Kaiseradler“ and presentation of the LIFE+ Project in many dialogues by R. Raab (Action D.7: raising awareness among stakeholders in WWV und SPT)

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)

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Representatives of the Hungarian energy supplying company and M. Lóránt visit together with S. Aberle (APG) and R. Raab the project area “Parndorfer Platte – Heideboden“; presentation of the different marking methods of power lines within the LIFE project by S. Aberle (APG) and R. Raab (Action E.4: Central European bustard coordinator)

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)

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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)