Ochrana orla krikľavého na Slovensku

On June 30, 2015, after 54 months of implementation, the project LIFE09NAT / SK / 000396 Protection of the Lesser Spotted Eagle in Slovakia ended.

The project has brought many interesting results that are summarized below.

1 / Ensuring the protection of breeding habitats of the Lesser Spotted Eagle and its undisturbed nesting

Protective zone

• 172 nests and 4,593 ha of the forest habitat is protected for 122 pairs of Lesser Spotted Eagle by protective zones
• 277 chicks successfully fledged during project implementation

Ensuring the protection of breeding habitats and undisturbed nesting of the specie species is one of the basic prerequisites for the stabilization of the Lesser Spotted Eagle population in Slovakia.The most effective measure for this purpose is to establish the kind of "zone" around the nest of the Lesser Spotted Eagles, in which, during the nesting season no human activity will take place. That will allow eagles to raise chicks without disturbance. Outside the breeding season, management measures or some other activities are allowed, but only in a manner that guarantees the preservation of nest trees and the long-term existence of breeding habitats. Protection zone establishes declares district office following consultation with affected parties.

We have a pleasure to announce that Slovak Raptor Journal, Volume 9, Issue 1 (Jan 2015)

Special Issue : International Conference on the Conservation of the Lesser Spotted Eagle, Košická Belá, Slovakia, 2014

has been published electronically at de Gruyter web page on 30.06.2015 You can access it via this link:

http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/srj.2015.9.issue-1/issue-files/srj.2015.9.issue-1.xml

On 26.5.2015 premiere of the movie was held in Košice at Východoslovenská energetika Holding a.s.. Slovak and English versions of the movie are now available online on the project homepage www.apomarina.dravce.sk.