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Priority axis 3: Biodiversity

Conservation activities aimed at target species from the Bird Directive of the EU - Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus), Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca), in their main habitats in Bulgaria

Category: Priority axis 3: Biodiversity

Amount: 645,955.38lv

Register number: 58301-60-480

Beneficiary type: NGO

Beneficiary name: Non-profit organization “Green Balkans - Stara Zagora”

Project year: 2012

District: Stara Zagora

Region: Stara Zagora

Goal

Supporting and maintaining populations of rare bird species with priority for protection, as per the Birds Directive of the EU (Directive 79/409/EEC) and their habitats; creating of conditions for increasing the number and the restoration of their populations at places where they are missing; reducing the conflict between the target species and the realization of investment plans and projects.

Acts

• Project management;
• Individual feeding and protection of the Imperial eagle couples;
• Feeding of the black vulture;
• Marking and tracing of Royal eagles and Black vultures via satellite and radio transmitters;
• Providing of nesting sites for the target species in short and long term;
• Identifying of potential sites for restoration of the Lesser kestrel populations and locating of new nesting habitats of Imperial eagles;
• Reporting of the mortality under the electric transmission lines in the breeding nesting areas of the Imperial eagle couples;
• Ex situ protection activities for the Lesser Kestrel (providing of material basis and parental group for breeding under artificial conditions);
• Raising the public awareness;
• Audit.