Protecting Eastern Europe's Natural Heritage

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Project location: WORLDWIDE, Eastern Europe
Project start date: October 2001 - Project end date: June 2003
Project number: 2001-04
Beneficiary: Birdlife International

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[2002-03]

BirdLife International is a global partnership of about 100 national conservation organisations that aim to protect birds & biodiversity and work with people towards the sustainable use of natural resources.

The Important Bird Area Programme of BirdLife International is a worldwide initiative to identify and protect a network of critical sites (IBAs) for the conservation of the world's birds and biodiversity.

Bird Life International with a grant from the Nando Peretti Foundation has created a fund for financing urgent interventions oriented to bird's safeguard in Eastern Europe. A special committee have been established in order to gather information and decide the most urgent interventions in Europe.

Initially, four projects were started:

Developing a Network of local caretakers for the protection of key areas for biodiversity in Romania

Nurturing conservation through environmental education in Turkey

Involving local volunteers in the protection of Senne in Slovakia

Awareness campaign with the locals in protecting Prip'yat River Valley in Ukraine against canalisation.

This project received a grant for a second year in 2002.