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Reintroducing the great bustard Otis tarda to southern England (Reintroducing Otis tarda)
Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2015,
Background
The great bustard (Otis tarda) is a globally threatened species listed in Annex I of the Birds Directive and a priority for LIFE+ funding. It was once found in large parts of lowland Europe, but started to decline in the 18th Century and is now absent from much of its original range. It became extinct in the UK in 1832 and in numerous other Eur ...
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Evaluation of bustard conservation best practice in Western Europe
Start date: Mar 1, 2004, End date: Feb 28, 2006,
Background
The great bustard (Otis tarda), the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) and the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) are considered priority species under Annex I of EU Birds Directive. These species depend on open farmland and grasslands. In Europe, the bustard populations have been facing severe decline (including local extinctions) since the mi ...
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Project Tetrax - the conservation of Little Bustard in Alentejo (Tetrax)
Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2006,
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The Mourão/Moura/Barrancos IBA is of extraordinary importance for steppic (expansive grass plains) birds. Here can be found important populations of the little bustard (828 displaying males), the great bustard (40-160 birds), the European crane (3000 birds), the black-bellied sand grouse (40-280 birds) and the stone curlew (160-310 birds). This was found to be the case largely as a result of the ...
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