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OTOP - who has written 7 posts on BirdLife Community.

BirdLife comprises more than 100 conservation organisations working together to promote sustainable living as a means to conserve biodiversity. Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków is the BirdLife Partner in Poland.

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Successfully conserving the Aquatic Warbler

Monday, January 14, 2013

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Successfully conserving the Aquatic Warbler

The numbers of Aquatic Warblers are declining in Europe mainly due to habitat loss and speeded up by changes in water management. The Polish Society for the Birds Protection (OTOP, Birdlife Poland) started a project to protect the Aquatic Warbler already back in the 1990s and conservation measures have focused on two big projects financed by the LIFE Programme.

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A brighter future for Europe’s rarest migratory songbird

Friday, December 2, 2011

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A brighter future for Europe’s rarest migratory songbird

Aquatic Warbler, the rarest passerine bird in mainland Europe, is facing a brighter future thanks to six years of intensive work.

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Carpathian project has started

Monday, May 16, 2011

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Carpathian project has started

Polish Society for the Protection of Birds has started a conservation programme on the birds in the Carpathian Mountains.

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Spring Alive Launched in Poland

Friday, April 15, 2011

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Spring Alive Launched in Poland

OTOP (BirdLife in Poland), the international coordinator of BirdLife’s Spring Alive campaign, has just launched its national campaign through its ambassador Odeta Moro-Figureska, a well-known Polish TV personality.

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‘Road to nowhere’ signposts Polish win for OTOP – Video

Monday, August 9, 2010

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‘Road to nowhere’ signposts Polish win for OTOP – Video

CNN video about OTOP’s (BirdLife in Poland) Malgorzata Gorska work to stop a highway through a wildnerness area of Poland.

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Protecting mainland Europe’s rarest songbird

Monday, May 17, 2010

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Protecting mainland Europe’s rarest songbird

Government officials from states across Europe and Africa, as well as experts and conservationists, came together in Biebrza National Park, Poland, to discuss the survival of mainland Europe’s rarest songbird, the Vulnerable Aquatic Warbler.

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2010 Goldman Prize for Europe: Ma≈Çgorzata Górska – Video

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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2010 Goldman Prize for Europe: Ma≈Çgorzata Górska – Video

OTOP’s (BirdLife in Poland) Ma≈Çgorzata Górska led the fight to protect Polands Rospuda Valley, one of Europes last true wilderness areas, from a controversial highway project that would have destroyed the regions sensitive ecosystems. This video is narrated by actor and environmentalist Robert Redford. The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world’s largest award for grassroots environmentalists.

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