Research + Development Project "Evaluation
of the contribution of national and international nature conservation projects
in Germany for the protection of threatened birds on areas used extensively
for agriculture (eg. corncrake): conflicting aims and solutions".
Period: 1 July 1997 until 31 December 2000
The project was funded by the Federal Ministry
for Environment, Nature
Conservation
and Nuclear Safety [Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz
und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU)] and supervised
by the Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN).
Over the three years special investigations
were carried out in the
following German nature reserves:
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the "Alte Sorge-Schleife" (Schleswig-Holstein),
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the "Borgfelder Wümmeniederungen (Bremen),
-
the "Nationalpark Unteres Odertal" [National
Park Lower Odra] (Brandenburg),
-
the "Schwarzachaue" (Bavaria) and
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the "Murnauer Moos" (Bavaria).
These have been targeted because of variations
of population size, habitat use, ecology and behaviour of the corncrake
and other meadow breeding birds. An essential advantage will be the comparison
between different sites showing varying local conditions. Specific conservation
requirements will also be analysed. The conflict of the aims between the
protection of corncrakes and the protection of other meadow breeding birds
as well as the conflict between corncrake and agriculture are the most
important points. The results will be directly considered in the management
plans of the sites. They will also be transferred to other sites important
for corncrakes. Due to the selection of very different habitat types the
chances of transferring the results from other sites is very possible.
In additional to this a country wide corncrake
survey is being carried out.. |
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