Opening Conference

Szerző: Nagy Károly - MME // Dátum: Mon, 02/21/2011 - 00:00

MME / BirdLife Hungary in partnership with the Romanian Transylvanian Carpathian Society Satu Mare have started a project entitled „Cooperation to establish a cross-border bird monitoring network and on-line database” in the frame of the „Hungary – Romania Cross-Border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013” coofinanced by the European Regional Development Found.

The general objective of the project is to ensure the favourable conservation status of cross-bordernatural assets important bird areas and to support the management of cross-border Natura 2000 sites. To achieve this monitoring the changes of natural status of these areas indicated by sensitively by the bird populations is needed. During the implementation of the Project strictly coordinated monitoring works conducted to survey cross-border bird populations with the involvement of volunteers. To enter and process collected data a tri-lingual on-line database will be developed. With the data provided by the on-line database the volunteers, the stakeholders, the national nature conservation authorities and other interested NGOs will be able to get recent information on the actual state of the natural assets of the project area.

Opening Conference of the event have been organised on 18-19. February 2011. at Nyíregyháza. Civil or-ganizations and national authorities have been represented on the event. The participants had the opportu-nity to get information on the ongoing monitoring works along the project area and to get information about the result of the surveys and the problems encountered in different areas. The planned monitoring protocols have been discussed and the structure of the on-line database developed in the frame of the Project has been presented.

Soon after the opening event the field works will begin. Volunteers along the eight involved counties will regularly visit the designated sampling sites.

If You are good in bird recognition and wish to take part in the implementation of the Project, please contact us and support our cross-border co-operation project!

The event opening presentation have been held by Zoltán Görögh Project manager

Péter Lovászi have presented the survey of bird populations along Csongrád county

 

More information:

Zoltán Görögh
Project manager
BirdLife Hungary
gorogh.zoltan@mme.hu

Professional issues:
Károly Nagy
BirdLife Hungary
nagy.karoly@mme.hu

On the Romanian side:
H. Beáta Nagy
Transylvanian Carpathian Society Satu Mare
nagy.beata@gmail.com 

Zoltán D. Szabó have presented the monitoring works carried out on the Romanian side

Károly Nagy have presented the applied monitoring methods and the planned structure of the on-line data-base

A lot of information has been given to the participants about the Project

And there was time for relaxation only under the dining time. All of them have been prepared for the tasks which have to be carried out during the implementation of the Project.