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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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Cross-border Protection of the Great Bustard in Austria - continuation (LIFE+ GroÃtrappe)
Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2015,
Background
The great bustard is one of Europeâs largest breeding bird species. Its population in central Europe, however, is under threat from intensive farming and collision with power lines. A 2005 LIFE project aimed to address these problems and successfully created undivided open spaces in the Westliches Weinviertel SPA. These habitat improvements h ...
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Cross-border Protection of the Great Bustard in Austria (Grosstrappe)
Start date: Aug 1, 2005, End date: Jul 31, 2010,
Background
Great bustards (Otis tarda) are protected by the Birds Directive and the Austrian breeding population of this bird forms part of the West Pannonian great bustard population. A significant proportion of the West Pannonian great bustards spends the winter in Austria, where power lines have caused high mortality levels. Collision with power lines ...
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