The project
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.
Roll-ups and posters
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Roll-up set: Presentation of the project (English)
(5 MB)
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Roll-up set: Presentation of the project (German)
(4 MB)
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Poster: Godwit habitat use in Senegal
(1 MB)
Project reports
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Report: Public relations and dissemination of project results 2021
(2 MB)
Video introduction
Press
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
(2 MB)
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
(38 MB)
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Photo selection: Our meadow birds
(45 MB)
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Photo selection: Project areas and measures
(42 MB)
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