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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 eastern imperial eagle by decreasing human-caused mortality in the Pannonian Region (PannonEagle Life)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2022,

Background Thanks to conservation efforts started in the 1980s, the Hungarian population of the eastern imperial eagle has come back from the brink of extinction, reaching 160 pairs by 2014. The Pannonian biogeographical region (which includes all of Hungary and parts of Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia and Ukraine) now holds some 220 pa ...
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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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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 management and animal health monitoring of NATURA 2000 bird species (CONSN2KBIRDS)

Start date: Jun 30, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

The current proposal’s long-term general aim is to reach and maintain favorable conservation status of two bird species (the Red-footed Falcon and the Roller) The sustainable conservation of both birds relies on cross-border cooperation of conservationists.The initial step in conservation is to assess exactly where and how many specimen are there and how do their numbers change. This can only be a ...
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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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Habitat management on the Pannonian grasslands in Hungary (GRASSHABIT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2006, End date: Jun 30, 2010,

...l public, and to encourage the application of these practices on patches of existing habitats as well as in agricultural areas. Based on the project results, the Land Stewardship Advisory Service of BirdLife Hungary (LSAS) aimed to provide knowledge, information and consultation services to daily managers of the project sites and to the farmers in buffer zones around the Natura 2000 areas. After ...
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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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Establishing the background of saving the Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis) from extinction (HUNVIPURS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

...of this rare yet unpopular snake. Results The four-year project was started on 01 January 2004. MME BirdLife Hungary coordinated the project with two partners: Duna-Ipoly National Park Directorate and Kiskunság National Park. Ministry of Environment and Water Affairs was co-financing the project. The m ...
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Conservation of Aquila heliaca in the Carpathian basin (Aquila heliaca)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

Background The imperial eagle is a rare and declining bird species, cited as a priority species by a number of international conventions. Its last remaining stronghold in Europe outside the former Soviet Union is the Carpathian Basin of Hungary and Slovakia. 55 pairs were known to breed in Hungary in 2001. The imperial eagle nests in both forested moun ...
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