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Burgos - Preservation of the Bonelli's eagle (Hieraetus fasciatus) in ZEPAs at the province of Burgos, Spain (Aguila perdicera)

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: May 31, 2006,

Background The population and distribution of Bonelli's eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) had declined steeply in Europe in recent years, owing principally to direct attacks on the bird, electrocution, disturbances during the breeding season, habitat deterioration and reduction in food resources. The decline of the population in Spain, where three quarters of ...
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Conservation of the aquatic warbler in the ZEPA 'La Nava-Campos' (Carricerín Nava-Campos)

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: May 31, 2006,

Background The aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola), is by far Europe’s rarest warbler. It breeds in temperate eastern Europe (Poland; Hungary, Germany, the Baltic States, the Ukraine and Belarus) and has an estimated population of 15,000 pairs. This small passerine bird is found in wetlands with sedge and similarly structured marshy habitats. Drai ...
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Conservation of european mink (Mustela lutreola) in Castilla y Léon (Visón Castilla y León)

Start date: Jan 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2004,

Background The European mink (Mustela lutreola) used to inhabit the courses and banks of rivers and wetlands in central and northern Europe, but now its distribution is reduced to two small sub-populations. The eastern one, in north-eastern Russia, is rapidly disappearing due to the introduction of a competitor, the American mink (M. vison). The western s ...
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