Significant conservation initiatives for waterbirds in the region Sample Clauses

Significant conservation initiatives for waterbirds in the region a) New or major ongoing activities on habitat (site) inventory, conservation, or restoration and rehabilitation of waterbird habitats. Restoration and rehabilitation of Obedska bara (Ramsar and IBA site). New protected areas (in process of designation) important for waterbirds: Protected landscape ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Beograda - newly established protected area in Danube floodplains near Belgrade. Protected habitat Zimovalište malog vranca - roosting place of Pygmy Cormorant in Belgrade. Special nature reserve Brzansko moravište - wetland in the valley of Velika Morava. Ramsar site Djerdap - includes NP Djerdap and IBA Mala Vrbica. Gružansko jezero - IBA in Central Serbia (feasibility study for protection is being developed). Three LIFE projects on wetland restoration in Natura 2000 sites and improvement of breeding conditions of waterbirds are ongoing: LIFE10NATIT000256 “Environmental Management and Conservation in Mediterranean salt works and coastal lagoons” LIFE13 NAT/IT/000115 “LIFE AGREE - coAstal laGoon long teRm managEmEnt” Eleven new Ramsar sites were designated (4 in 2011 and 7 in 2012) and possibly presented at COP12. Conservation project at Skadar Lake. Artificial floating rafts for Dalmatian pelicans were set up to prevent the threat of water fluctuations which often flooded the nests. These rafts seems to be very successful as population size increased from 28 pairs in 2013 to 38 in 2014 and fledging success was the largest ever observed since the last century. Development of the Programme of Wetland Conservation in 2015-2021 and Action Plan for its implementation for 2015-2018; ERDF project of the State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic (SNC) on the establishment of a monitoring system for habitats and species; development of management plans to achieve favourable conservation status of selected species in SPAs; Transborder projects on species inventory, monitoring, database development, public awareness; LIFE projects on wetland restoration in Natura 2000 sites and improvement of breeding conditions of selected waterbirds; Coordination of the Carpathian Wetland Initiative as regional Ramsar initiative; Establishment of the Carpathian Wetland Centre by the State Nature Conservancy.