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Position advert: International Strategic Planner | Life project “Conservation of wet grassland breeding bird habitats in the Atlantic Region”
10 May 2021
The Hannover-Hildesheim office of the Lower Saxony for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation Agency (NLWKN) currently seeking for an "International Strategic Planner (m/f/d) - Nature Conservation" at the Hannover-Hildesheim office of the NLWKN. This fulltime employment, as temporary contract for 5 years, will focus on the processing and coordination of the Integrated LIFE-Project "Conservation of wet grassland breeding bird habitats in the Atlantic Region" (IP LIFE
Spotlight: Citizen Science and Rusty Collars in Ruffs
22 April 2021
by Deborah Buehler originally published in Wader Study 128(1) Some birds love their fashion. Even waders – known for more practical, muted colours and ‘outfits’ that camouflage – have species amongst them that love to show off their plumage. Ruffs Calidris pugnax have famously extravagant plumage. They’re even named for the typical male’s feathery neck ruffle resembling the exaggerated ruffs fashionable from the mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth centuries. In this issue of Wader
Europe’s largest wetland wilderness under threat from E40 inland waterway | Save Polesia
12 April 2021
An environmental catastrophe looms over Europe’s largest wetland wilderness Polesia is Europe’s Amazon. This stunning floodplain region straddles the borders of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia, and spans 186,000 km2 –  roughly twice the size of Portugal. It is one of Europe’s most biodiverse and culturally rich areas. The survival of many globally endangered species depends on it – including European bison, grey wolves and Eurasian lynx as well as thousands of migratory birds. It

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