International Conference: Network for Bittern Conference December 2005 - Presentations and Workshops
To see the presentations given at the International Conference: Network for Bittern Conference December 2005, click on the links below:
The Story of the Bittern in the UK - Sarah Alsbury, EU LIFE Bittern Project Manager, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), England.
Species Action Plans and the EU LIFE Nature Programme - Martin Davies, International Funding Unit, RSPB, England.
Ecological Requirements of the Bittern in a Eurpoean Context - Gillian Gilbert, Research Biologist, RSPB Scotland.
Threats and Limiting Factors and Habitat Management for Bitterns - Graham White, Wetlands Adviser, RSPB England
Public Awareness Raising and Educational Modules - Estelle Kerbiriou, Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO), France.
The Status of Bittern in Europe - Jochen Purps, Brandenburg State Office for Environment (BSOE), Germany.
Research, Conservation Policy and Habitat Management for the Bittern in The Netherlands - Ruud Foppen, SOVON Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, The Netherlands.
The Bittern in Finland and Scandinavia - Veli-Matti Vaananen, Department of Applied Biology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Challenges for the Bittern Botaurus stellaris Management in Poland - Marcin Polak and Jaroslaw Krogulec, Department of Nature Conservation, Institute of Biology, University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin, Poland.
Great Bittern in Lithuania - Vitas Stanevicius, Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University, Lithuania.
To look at the notes of the 6 workshops click on the following links:
Intensive, or conversely, lack of commercial management
Seral succesion and inapproriate management
Lack of large reedbeds, low population size, restricted range and predation
Water level management and drainage and excessive water abstraction
Sea level rise, global change and pollution
Food availability
