4. meeting of the project advisory board

The project advisory board was convened for the first time on 26.11.2018. At this anual meetings measures and implementations of our project were discussed directly with the affected authorities of the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, municipalities, water managers, hunting, farming and nature conservation associations and put up for discussion. The 4th meeting was used for a mid-term review. For this purpose, the objectives and planned measures of the project as well as the achievements were presented. For a detailed presentation of the measures, reference was made to the annual project report.

Many measures could be implemented on a voluntary basis. First successes in breeding bird numbers are visible, but still far behind the goals of the EU LIFE project. The implementation of investment measures in the polders is problematic. These can only be implemented if the interests of meadow breeding protection are secured in the long term (at least 25 years). For the necessary consolidation of the area, exchange areas are needed. However, the improvement of habitat suitability could be started via an aditional program in the environmetal schemes. This started in 2021 and was well accepted by the farmers. The methodical procedure and the first experiences were presented.

Due to the pandemic, the meeting was held on 02/12/2021 via video conference.