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Cross-border protection of the Great Bustard in Central Europe (LIFE Great Bustard)

Start date: Jul 11, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2023,

Background Austria and Hungary have undertaken efforts to protect and enlarge the habitat of great bustards, a bird species listed in Annex I of the Birds Directive. They have focused on active habitat management and on the maintenance of large areas dedicated to non-intensive farming. But the problem of overhead power lines remains great, causing fatal c ...
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Conservation of the European Roller (Coracias garrulus) in the Carpathian Basin (ROLLER LIFE+)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Background Birds of farmland and grassland habitats have the worst conservation status in Europe. The European roller (Coracias garrulous) is one such species whose population has declined due to agricultural intensification. Abandonment and reduced management of meadows and pastures, and the conversion of grassland to other land use, has resulted in lowe ...
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Securing prey sources for endangered Falco cherrug and Aquila heliaca population in the Carpathian basin (RAPTORSPREYLIFE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Lake Fertő and the swamps of Hanság have a rich fauna, including threatened species listed in Annex I of the Birds Directive. Bird species in the National Park and Natura 2000 network site include great bustard (Otis tarda) and several birds of prey; there are about 10 pairs of Saker falcon (Falco cherrug) and 6-7 pairs of Eastern imperial ea ...
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Improved communication, cooperation and capacity building for preserving biodiversity in Natura 2000 forests (LIFEinFORESTS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Background Around 833 000 ha of forests (41% of all forested areas) can be found on Natura 2000 sites in Hungary. This includes 412 000 ha forests under national protection as well. Most of the state-owned forests are managed by state forest companies; only a minor part is in the trusteeship of national park directorates. Because of the unique biogeograph ...
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CONSERVATION OF FALCO VESPERTINUS IN THE CARPATHIAN BASIN (REDFOOT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Background The red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus), which is listed in Annex I of the Birds Directive, has a recorded population of 2 372 to 2 861 pairs in the EU. Some 1 000-1 100 pairs are in Hungary (as recorded in 2009) and a further two are in Slovakia (2010). In Slovakia, unsuitable management practices, including the improper application of che ...
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Conservation of imperial eagles by managing human-eagle conflicts in Hungary (HELICON)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background The eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) is a globally threatened Eurasian bird species, with a world population of only a few thousand breeding pairs. Hungary is home to the largest population in the EU – in 2010, 62% of the species were found in the country including 117 nesting pairs. Since the 1980’s, the population is slowly increas ...
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Conservation of Falco cherrug in Northeast Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia (Falco cherrug B-H-R-S)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Background The Saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is a globally threatened species that is listed in Annex I of the Birds Directive. Hungary and Slovakia are home to some 47% of the European population (c. 450 pairs). Thanks to EU financial support, this population has stabilised and is increasing; while the European and global population is still decreasing. R ...
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Conservation of Falco cherrug in the Carpathian basin (Falco cherrug-Hu/SK)

Start date: Oct 1, 2006, End date: Sep 30, 2010,

Background The Saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is a very rare and threatened species in Europe. The total European breeding population was, until recently, estimated at 450 pairs. Hungary and Slovakia hold about 40% of this population. Therefore, the conservation of the population in the Carpathian basin in these two countries was crucial to the survival of ...
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Conservation of Falco vespertinus in the Pannonian Region (F.VESPERTINUS-HU/RO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2006, End date: Dec 31, 2009,

Background The red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus), a threatened species in Annex I of the Birds Directive, is also identified as a priority species in Hungary and Romania. Together these two countries account for 90% of the total red-footed falcon European population, notwithstanding a separate sub-population in the former Soviet Union. The conservatio ...
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Conservation of Otis tarda in Hungary (OTISHU)

Start date: Oct 1, 2004, End date: Sep 30, 2008,

Background Hungary’s population of the globally threatened great bustard (Otis tarda) decreased dramatically in the latter part of the Twentieth Century (from 8 557 in 1941 to no more than 1 300 individuals by 1988). The population of this priority European species was stagnating and the bird’s long term conservation status in Hungary remained threate ...
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Integrated (Multi-level inundation) water management system solving flood-protection, nature conservation and rural employment challenges (FOK WATMAN)

Start date: Aug 1, 2003, End date: Mar 31, 2006,

Background During the socialist regime, almost all the land of the Great Hungarian Plain was exploited by large scale intensive agriculture. This resulted in less fertile floodplains, the draining of inland waters and the large scale use of chemicals in agriculture. Consequently, the problems were as follows: - The diffuse nitrate contamination of ground ...
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duction of programmes, publications and information 7 media and issue of periodicals describing natural values and nature protection activities (Production of programmes, publications and information 7 media and issue of periodicals describing natural values and nature protection activities)

The purpose of the project was to promote nature protection in the border region,in the spirit of which every potential forum were used. The experts discussedthe joint responsibilities and tasks in workshops held in Hungary and Slovakia, aseries of nature protection publications and a monography were prepared, dedicatedto Karancs-Medves Nature Protection District and Cérova Vrchovina and ZemplénNa ...
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