Great Bustard – Otis tarda

APG Bird Protection Conference in "Frauenkirchen" on 20th and 21st of April 2016, Presentation "Wirksamkeitsprüfung der Leitungsmarkierung - Zwischenergebnisse des Stromleitungsmonitorings in den Trappengebieten Österreichs aus dem Zeitraum 2002 bis 2015 im Rahmen des LIFE bzw. LIFE+ Projektes Großtrappe" and "Vogel-Video-Monitoring an der Enns - Erste Zwischenergebnisse des videounterstützen Stromleitungsmonitorings an der Enns bei Ernsthofen" and Presentation of the LIFE+ Project in many dialogues by R. Raab. (Action D.6: Publications in scientific Journals and Presentations at scientific Conferences)

The illustrated book “Die Großtrappe in Mitteleuropa. Erfolgreicher Schutz der westpannonischen Population“ from Raab, R., Kovacs, F. J., Julius, E., Raab, S., Schütz, C., Spakovszky, P und Timar, J., which was produced in 2010 within the LIFE project (1,500 copies) with the financial support of the project partner Austrian Power Grid AG (covering printing cost), was handed out to 425 stakeholders by R. Raab. Additional 19 project-municipals and 6 project-partner got an information board till March 25^th. The rest of the illustrated books were given directly from the APG to Stakeholder.(Action D.7: raising awareness among stakeholders in WWV and SPT respectively Action D.8: raising awareness among stakeholders in PPH and WHA)

In March 2016 an article about the genetic structure of the threatened West-Pannonian Great Bustard Otis tarda population was published in the scientific journal PeerJ.

Citation: Horreo, J. L., Raab, R., Spakovszky, P. & Alonso, J. C. (2016): Genetic structure of the threatened West-Pannonian population of Great Bustard (Otis tarda). PeerJ 4: e1759.

PeerJ im März 2016 (pdf, 4,8 MB)

Annual meeting of the bustard protection association “Grüne Welt” in Roseldorf (A) with participation of Gerald Patschka (LK NÖ) and Bernhard Frank (Land NÖ), presentation of the progress within the LIFE+ Project by R. Raab (Action D.7: raising awarreness among stakeholders in WWV and SPT)

Nature conservation event in Eisenstad (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.2: Information sessions for public relations and board meetings of the project)

Project visit by Burgenland-environmental advocate Mag. Werner Zechmeister 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)