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Swiss recovery programme shows increase in bird species

Over the past ten years the population of Little Owl in Switzerland has increased after a sharp decline. The Hoopoe more than doubled and the Corncrake came back at the level of breeding species after almost reaching the level of extinction in the 1990’s. These are some of the results of the Swiss Species Recovery Program for Birds.

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Barbora Neversil – SVS/BirdLife Switzerland

My name is Barbora Neversil: I started just one year ago to work for SVS/BirdLife Switzerland as Communication and Information Manager. My work is so varied that it feels like only a few days ago: communication of the Bird of the year and for the biodiversity strategy, raising awareness for the protection of snails (!) and for migratory birds….. just to name a few of the tasks.

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