Founded in: 1991
Members: 2,000
Staff: 12
Address: The Polish Society fot the Protection of Birds (OTOP)
ul. Odrowaza 24
05-270 Marki k. Warszawy
Poland
Email: office@otop.org.pl
Web: http://www.otop.org.pl/

Mission of the organisation

Help to:

to protect birds and their habitats
to estabilish and manage new bird reserves
to lobby local authorities for the promotion and protection of Important Bird Areas
to promote knowledge of birds and their life
to prevent human activities which harm nature
to support nature-friendly land-use
to support research for bird protection
to support the birdwatching movement

Key Activities

Conservation

Important Bird Area (IBA) conservation programme
Karsiborska Kepa: a long-term program to maintain the habitat of water birds, and Aquatic Warbler Beka protection programme
Campaign for the protection of the Vistula Valley
Campaign for the protection of the Bialowieza Primeval Forest
Promotion
World Bird Watch: an event for all OTOP's members. 20 new members joined OTOP
Local meeting of local OTOP groups

Education

OTOP Bird School: 20 participants from all over Poland

Ptakolub:150 minutes during the year of the magazine program on Polish Television, Channel One

Recent Achievements

Campaigned for the protection of Bialowieza National Park, a relic of Europe's natural lowland forest
Implemented the official management plan for Beka Reserve, an important saltmarsh site for waders, particularly Dunlins of the race schinzii
Continued to monitor and manage the OTOP reserve, Karsiborska Kepa, a breeding ground for the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler
Collected data along three adjacent rivers located in the coastal zone for the Baltic Sea Project
Campaigned for increased protection of the Vistula River, which is threatened by a development scheme
Undertook a programme, in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainable Development, on field monitoring of nature protection as part of the preparation for accession of Poland to the EU
Continued to expand membership: currently there are just over 2,000 members, half of whom are below the age of 24

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