Avutarda – Otis tarda

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”. 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)

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)

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)

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)

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