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Conservation of Europe's Rarest Continental Passerine: A Transboundary Initiative for Aquatic Warbler Population Recovery

Reference: LIFE23-NAT-LT-LIFE4AquaticWarbler/101148281 | Acronym: LIFE23-NAT-LT-LIFE4AquaticWarbler

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

BACKGROUND

The project „Conservation of Europe's Rarest Continental Passerine: A Transboundary Initiative for Aquatic Warbler Population Recovery“ (acronym: LIFE4AquaticWarbler) aims at halting the ongoing range contraction of Europe´s rarest passerine bird - the Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) - species protected by the EU Birds Directive. The project area encompasses the mayor part of the breeding range of the species, which is at present left with less than 50 breeding populations globally. The aim of the project is to stop the declining trend of the subpopulations in Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary and Ukraine and to restore the Aquatic warbler’s breeding range to an area larger than 1,500 km² by facilitating the re-occupation of at least 6 abandoned breeding sites. To reach this ambitious goal, the project will restore 3,910 ha of breeding habitat and translocate 760 birds from donor populations in Poland and Ukraine to recipient sites in Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Hungary. During the last 30 years, the international Aquatic Warbler Conservation Team (AWCT) has successfully improved and restored many deteriorated breeding habitats of the species in many countries. The translocation strategy of the project is a logical next step for bringing back the species to these habitats across its former breeding range. A particularity of this project is the intensive cooperation of the project partners from four EU member states with an NGO from the accession candidate state Ukraine - The Baltic Environmental Forum (Lithuania), EuroNatur, Förderverein Naturschutz im Peenetal e.V., Landschaftspflegeverband Uckermark-Schorfheide (all from Germany), Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków (Poland), Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Birds (Ukraine) and Hortobágy Természetvédelmi Egyesület (Hungary). The project foresees cooperation in the fields of nature protection, rural economy and EU legislation. It is planned to last for nine years.


ADMINISTRATIVE DATA


Reference: LIFE23-NAT-LT-LIFE4AquaticWarbler/101148281
Acronym: LIFE23-NAT-LT-LIFE4AquaticWarbler
Start Date: 01/10/2024
End Date: 30/09/2033
Total Eligible Budget: 13,860,215 €
EU Contribution: 10,395,161 €

CONTACT DETAILS


Coordinating Beneficiary: BALTIJOS APLINKOS FORUMAS VSI
Legal Status: PRIVATE
Address: Slamuciu str. 2, LT-10238, Vilnius,
Contact Person: Zymantas MORKVENAS
Email: Send Email
Website: Visit Website


ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ADDRESSED

TARGET HABITAT TYPES

Code Name Type Version
1530 Pannonic salt steppes and salt marshes ANNEX1 v.2024
6270 Fennoscandian lowland species-rich dry to mesic grasslands ANNEX1 v.2024
6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) ANNEX1 v.2024
6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels ANNEX1 v.2024
6450 Northern boreal alluvial meadows ANNEX1 v.2024
6510 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) ANNEX1 v.2024
7210 Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae ANNEX1 v.2024
7230 Alkaline fens ANNEX1 v.2024

NATURA 2000 SITES

Code Name Type Version
Unteres Odertal DE2951302 SCI/SAC v.2021
Unteres Odertal DE2951401 SPA v.2021
Peeneunterlauf, Peenestrom, Achterwasser und Kleines Haff DE2049302 SCI/SAC v.2021
Peenetallandschaft DE2147401 SPA v.2021
Uckerniederung DE2649421 SPA v.2021
Dysnos upės slėniai LTIGN0032 SCI/SAC v.2021
Birvėtos šlapžemės LTIGNB001 SPA v.2021
Žuvinto ežeras ir Buktos miškas LTALY0005 SCI/SAC v.2021
Žuvinto, Žaltyčio ir Amalvo pelkės LTALYB003 SPA v.2021
Nemuno delta LTSIU0013 SCI/SAC v.2021
Nemuno delta LTSLUB001 SPA v.2021
Hortobágy HUHN20002 SCI/SAC v.2021
Hortobágy HUHN10002 SPA v.2021
Dolina Biebrzy PLH200008 SCI/SAC v.2021
Ostoja Biebrzańska PLB200006 SPA v.2021
Wolin i Uznam PLH320019 SCI/SAC v.2021
Delta Świny PLB320002 SPA v.2021
Dolna Odra PLH320037 SCI/SAC v.2021
Dolina Dolnej Odry PLB320003 SPA v.2021
Bagna Rozwarowskie PLB320001 SPA v.2021

PARTNERSHIPS

Name Status Type
 FORDERVEREIN NATURSCHUTZ IM PEENETAL EV ACTIVE Participant
 EURONATUR-STIFTUNG EUROPAISCHES NATURERBE ACTIVE Participant
 LANDSCHAFTSPFLEGEVERBAND UCKERMARK SCHORFHEIDE ACTIVE Participant
 HORTOBAGY TERMESZETVEDELMI EGYESULET ACTIVE Participant
 BALTIJOS APLINKOS FORUMAS VSI ACTIVE Coordinator
 OGOLNOPOLSKIE TOWARZYSTWO OCHRONY PTAKOW ACTIVE Participant
 UKRAYINSKE TOVARYSTVA OKHORONY PTAKHIV ACTIVE Participant