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Slovenia
BirdLife Slovenia (DOPPS)
DOPPS – BirdLife Slovenia is the BirdLife Partner
Founded in: 1979Members: 1,000
Staff: 14
Address: Trzaska 2
PO Box 2990
SI-1000
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Email: dopps@dopps.si
Web: http://www.ptice.si/
Mission of the organisation
The mission of DOPPS – BirdLife Slovenia is to protect birds and their habitats through conservation work, research, education, popularisation and cooperation
Key Activities
- Preparation of a new breeding birds atlas for Slovenia
- Implementation of Natura 2000 – identification of SPAs in Slovenia, precise definition of boundaries, communication activities
- Nature conservation activities (Skocjan Bay, Corncrake protection, protection of Drava and Mura river floodplains)
- Species monitoring programme
- PR and education work (Acrocephalus, Svet ptic magazine, Leaflets)
- Popularisation of ornithology (photographic competition organised in conjunction with Mobitel, our main sponsor)
Recent Achievements
- Second IBA inventory finished and published as prepositions for SPAs (Natura 2000 sites) in Slovenia
- Became the official managers of Skocjan Bar Nature Reserve, the first time ever that a NGO in Slovenia has been awarded a management licence over a protected area
- Implementing two LIFE projects (Restoration of Skocjan Bay and long term protection of the Corncrake in Slovenia)