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Information material and press
Are you looking for press and information material?
In the project's information material collection, you can find valuable material on our initiative focused on conserving grassland breeding birds and their habitats. Explore videos, roll-ups and reports about the bird-friendly measures implemented across our project areas.
Further down, you can find a press kit that you can use to report about our project.
At the bottom of this page, you will find all of our press releases so far.
Download area
Expand the lists below to download our information material. Further material will be available soon.
Video introduction
Press
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Our project in the media
GrassBirdHabitats has been featured in many local and national media outlets.
A selection of press releases can be found at the bottom of this page. The full list of press mentions will be uploaded soon.
Press kit
A press kit is available for download below. Please use the offered material to report about the project. For further requests feel free to contact us.
The press kit includes logos, high-resolution photos and project information.
Logos: Project & project partners
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All project logos
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High-resolution photos
A selection of high-resolution images is available for editorial purposes, with the request to use image credits for ‘GrassBirdHabitats’. Image authors and further information can be found in the metadata.
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Photo selection: Employees in action
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![Five people stand in a pasture and look into the distance. One of the people is pointing...](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/1/csm_Site_manager_Unterelbe_J._Ahrendt-Hitzegrad_d7dee51f02.jpg)
![Two people talking are standing in front of a tractor.](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/b/csm_Cooperation_Farmer_U._Andreas_6fff997276.jpg)
![Two people are standing on a meadow and operating a rack together.](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/f/csm_Bird_trap_Unterelbe_J._Ahrendt-Hitzegrad_f917d0ddeb.jpg)
![One person holding up a Black-tailed Godwit in the background and another person writing...](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/e/csm_GPS_Tagging_H._Lemke_3f566b9d16.jpg)
![Five people stand with their backs to the camera and look into the landscape.](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/0/csm_Monitoring_Meeting_f5a57b1473.jpg)
![Around 10 persons standing on a dirt road surrounded by grassland. Most of them use...](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/d/csm_Site_Manager_Diepholzer_Moorniederung_69dc41c220.jpg)
![About 10 people are standing in grassland. In the background are wet grassland areas.](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Site_manager_meeting_Unterelbe_J._Ahrendt-Hitzegrad_69fa5a4d05.jpg)
![Close-up of the back of a bird. Two cropped people attach a small electronic device to...](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/8/csm_Tagging_GPS__C._Marlow_98bbb005e9.jpg)
![Two men in bright orange jackets stand on a road between fields. One of them is...](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/1/csm_Terrain_model_drone_Rheiderland_S._Haack_226ee824bf.jpg)
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Photo selection: Our meadow birds
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![A bird standing in shallow water. Patches of grass emerge from the water.](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/e/csm_Black-tailed_Godwit_C._Marlow_1f67f3b8bc.jpg)
![A small bird sitting in high vegetation.](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/f/csm_Common_Snipe_Ochsenmoor_C._Marlow_7d2f3c5c5a.jpg)
![A brown bird walking on a green meadow with flowers. On its back a small technical device...](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/9/csm_Eurasian_Curlew_GPS_Transmitter__C._Marlow_9494fbde31.jpg)
![A large group of Black-tailed Godwits stands in shallow water. Some fly above.](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/c/csm_Black-tailed_Godwits__West_Africa__J._Ludwig_ae87e3a740.jpg)
![Close-up of four greenish bird eggs lying in the grass of a meadow.](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/4/csm_Black-tailed_Godwit_clutch_J._Ahrendt-Hitzegrad_cropped_6405b5e777.jpg)
![A bird stands on a post with six coloured rings on its legs.](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/5/csm_Colourd_ringed_Black-tailed_godwit_C._Marlow_eb0d192350.jpg)
![Close-up of a bird on a post.](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/e/csm_Common_Redshank_C._Marlow_e2d14a8c97.jpg)
![A small brown bird standing in green vegetation.](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/a/csm_Corncrake_J._Ludwig_106932437c.jpg)
![A group of birds standing widely spread on a meadow.](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/5/csm_Group_of_Black-tailed_Godwits_C._Marlow_8738fffa32.jpg)
![A young bird standing in grassland. On its back a small technical device is visible.](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/b/csm_Juvenile_Black-tailed_Godwit_tagged_C._Marlow_55130a68f0.jpg)
![A bird standing on grass. In the background there is a body of water out of focus.](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/2/csm_Northern_Lapwing_C._Marlow_fb49517d40.jpg)
![A Black-tailed Godwit standing in grassland. A long antenna emerges from its back.](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/0/csm_Transmitter_bird_Black-tailed_Godwit_C._Marlow_30daabe64a.jpg)
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Photo selection: Project areas and measures
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![Aerial view of an open grassland with bodies of water.](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/0/csm_Aerial_view_Rewetting_Ochsenmoor_O._Lange_44c0d5af8a.jpg)
![Several people look at an information board in a national park. One person points to the...](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/d/csm_Djoudj_National_Park_Senegal_J._Ludwig_4daf36cc14.jpg)
![Excavator working in a ditch next to a field.](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/6/csm_Protective_measures_Excavator_Butjadingen_S._Haack_bc76ce61f6.jpg)
![A flat grassland landscape from a bird's eye view. There are multiple flooded areas...](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/4/csm_Aerial_view_Rewetting_Unterelbe__J._Ludwig_b4c813f4b9.jpg)
![Aerial view of an excavator and a tractor working in a field next to a river.](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/1/csm_Protective_measures_Unterelbe_J._Ludwig_9e654852a3.jpg)
![Aerial view of a tidal pond next to a river.](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/f/csm_Aerial_view_Tidal_pond_Rewetting_Unterlebe_J._Ludwig_1415e473ed.jpg)
![A small wind water pump next to a body of water. The body of water is surrounded by...](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/0/csm_Small_wind_water_pump_Unterelbe_J._Ludwig_e749092fce.jpg)
Background information on the LIFE Integrated Project "GrassBirdHabitats" (LIFE19 IPE/DE/000004)
The protection of meadow birds such as Black-tailed Godwit, Lapwing and Curlew and their habitats is the focus of this project, funded by the European Union as part of the LIFE programme. The aim is to create and connect optimal breeding areas. To this end, land use must be extensified and water levels optimised. A Strategic Conservation Plan for meadow bird habitats in Western Europe is being developed in order to network activities more closely in the future and coordinate measures for successful meadow bird conservation.
The total budget for the ten-year project is around 27 million euros, including 12 million euros from the State of Lower Saxony. The Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, as the project organiser, has commissioned the State Agency for Bird Conservation of the Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal and Nature Protection Agency (NLWKN) to implement the project. Partners in Lower Saxony are the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park Administration and the planning office BIO-CONSULT OS. Project partners in the Netherlands are the Province of Fryslân, the University of Groningen, the agricultural collective Collectief Súdwestkust and the nature conservation organisation Bond Friese VogelWachten.
Press releases
Our project's press releases are usually sent out by our project partner NLWKN. Previous published press releases are linked below. Original press releases are currently only available in German.
2024
2023
Review of the year 2023 GrassBirdHabitats for the protection of meadow birds: International project with 27 locations in Lower Saxony (Hyperlink coming soon)
2022
2021