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Background The habitats of important EU Birds Directive species found in three Natura 2000 network wetland sites (Parížske močiare, Žitavský luh and Dolné Pohronie) are under threat as a result of negative water management actions and changes in landscape and land use. Unsuitable water management in wetland areas causes eutrophication and sedimentat ...

Background Slovakia’s Medzibodrožie SPA contains the country’s largest wetland biotype territory comprising channels, marshes, alluvial lowland landscapes and floodplains. The area is favoured by protected species such as bittern (Botaurus stellaris) which use the SPA as a breeding ground. Up to 30 pairs are estimated to reside in Medzibodrožie but ...