Slovakia - SOS/BirdLife

Founded in: 1926
Members: 1000
Staff: 11
Address: Mlynské Nivy 41, Bratislava 2, SK, SK-821 09
Tel/Fax: Tel. +421 2 5542 2185; Fax +421 2 5542 2186
Email: vtaky@vtaky.sk
Web: www.birdlife.sk

Mission of the organisation

Research and conservation  of nature, mainly birds and their habitats.

Key Activities

• Monitoring of birds and data gathering.
• Protection of SPAs/IBA.
• Practical activities for endangered bird species and the management of biotopes.
• Development of membership.
• Environmental education and public awareness-building for bird conservation: lectures, World Birdwatch, Spring Arrivals, Bird of the Year.
• Environmental policy: agriculture, national campaigns on hot issues, comments on new legislation.

Recent Achievements

• Well developed monitoring programme : winterwaterfowl census,  White Stork census with internet atlas of  the White Stork nests.
• Management of bird islands with positive effect on nesting colonies of Common Terns, and gulls.
• Restoration of wetlands and management of wet meadows in east and southern Slovakia (IBA Senne, IBA Zitavsky luh).
• Nearly 100 ha of  land purchased for birds and nature.
• Nature trail with birdwatching towers and Avescentrum  in IBA Senne.
• All proposed IBAs are declared as Speciel protected areas under European legislation .