EuroNatur’s project foci in 2022

Priority “Protecting migratory birds in Europe”

Funding spent on this priority: 1,275,000 Euro

Projects:

Safeguarding the bird migration route along the Adriatic Flyway (Partners: BirdLife, VCF, IUCN Med, Tour du Valat, HDZPP, Biom, DOPPS, BPSSS, CZIP, MSJA, Naše ptice, MES, AOS, PPNEA, WWF Spain, WWF Greece, ATN; Funding: MAVA Foundation, FOS, Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Natum Foundation, EuroNatur’s donors), Protecting the Ulcinj salt flats (Partners: CZIP, MSJA, BirdLife, Tour du Valat; Funding: MAVA Foundation, EuroNatur’s donors), Bright Future for Black Vulture in Bulgaria (Partner: Green Balkans; Funding: EU LIFE, EuroNatur’s donors), Protecting European wet meadows and pastures, in particular in the European Stork Villages (Partners: European Stork Villages and their national conservation partners; Funding: EuroNatur’s donors)

Priority “Protecting large carnivores in Europe”

Funding spent on this priority: 858,000 Euro

Projects:

Protecting brown bears in the Cantabrian Mountains (Partner: FAPAS; Funding: EuroNatur’s donors), Protecting brown bears in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro (Partner: CZIP, CZZS; Funding: Bernd Thies Foundation, EuroNatur’s donors), Crossborder protection of brown bears in the tri-border area of Albania, North Macedonia and Greece (Partners: PPNEA, MES, Callisto; Funding: Fondazione Capellino), Protecting brown bears, lynx and grey wolves in the northern Dinarides (Partner: University of Zagreb, Carnivora Magna; Funding: EuroNatur’s donors), Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme (Partners: MES, PPNEA, ERA, Stiftung Kora; Funding: MAVA Foundation, Foundation Hans Wilsdorf, EuroNatur’s donors), Preventing the extinction of the Dinaric-South-Eastern Alpine lynx population through reinforcement and long-term conservation (Partners: University of Zagreb, Slovenia Forest Service, Hunters Association of Slovenia,

Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation, Technical University in Zvolen, University of Ljubljana, Association Progetto Lince Italia, Karlovac University, Biom, ACDB, Italian Carabinieri special command unit for the protection of forests, the environment, and the agri-food sector; Funding: EU LIFE, EuroNatur’s donors), Protection of large carnivores in BadenWuerttemberg, Guidelines for dealing with wolves (Partners: EuroNatur is a member of the ‘Arbeitskreis Wolf’ working group as part of the ‘AG Lynx Baden Wuerttemberg’ working group; Funding: EuroNatur’s donors), Protecting the Mediterranean monk seal colony at Cap Blanc (Partner: CBD Habitat; Funding: EuroNatur’s donors), Protecting Mediterranean monk seals in the Eastern Adriatic (Partners: MOm, PPNEA, CZIP, Biom; Funding: MSA, EuroNatur’s donors)