Basic information:

Project title:Cross-border protection of the Great Bustard in Central Europe (LIFE15/NAT/AT/000834)
Project period: 25th July 2016 – 31st December 2023
Budget: 8 399 265 €  (EU contribution: 75%)
Main project website (available in English, German and Hungarian): www.grosstrappe.at
English summary

Main aims and actions:

The overall aim of the project is to prevent the most important threats to great bustard populations within the Carpathian Basin:

• preventing collisions with power lines by replacing hazardous aerial sections with ground cable
• population management of nest predators by specific control measures of predatory species within great bustard habitats
• screening the impact of adverse agricultural technologies, mitigation, awareness raising and education
• bilateral cooperation to harmonize protective measures in Austria and Hungary
• demonstrative elements on the species and its conservation targeting the laymen society

Partners:

Lead partner:
Österreichische Gesellschaft Großtrappenschutz (Austrian Foundation for the Conservation of the Great Bustard)

Hungarian partners:

• Kiskunság National Park Directorate
• Bükk National Park Directorate
• ELMŰ Electric Network Co.
• Kőrös-Maros National Park Directorate
• BirdLife Hungary

Austrian partners:

• Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung, Abteilung 5 - Anlagenrecht, Umweltschutz und Verkehr
• Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung, Abteilung Naturschutz
• Netz Burgenland Strom GmbH
• Netz Niederösterreich Gmb