Slovakia - SOS/BirdLife
BirdLife Partner
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 .
