The Bulgarian Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MFA) has commissioned the preparation of an index of the state of farmland birds to BirdLife’s Bulgarian partner, Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB).
The three-year project is funded by the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013.
This new funding builds upon a project for Common Bird Monitoring (CBM), started in 2004 and funded by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Within CBM, a national network of volunteers was established and the state of farmland birds in Bulgaria was assessed three times (2008, 2009 and 2010). Data from the last assessment for the five year period 2005-2009 suggested that farmland birds in the country had decreased by 9%.
The new index will allow future assessments of the state of farmland birds, and thus informed measures for farmland habitat improvement.
The project possesses a new feature this time: an assessment of the role of agri-environmental schemes on the state of farmland birds and High Nature Value sites, in addition to other activities which match the formerly funded CBM.
The three-year project is funded by the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013.
This new funding builds upon a project for Common Bird Monitoring (CBM), started in 2004 and funded by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Within CBM, a national network of volunteers was established and the state of farmland birds in Bulgaria was assessed three times (2008, 2009 and 2010). Data from the last assessment for the five year period 2005-2009 suggested that farmland birds in the country had decreased by 9%.
The new index will allow future assessments of the state of farmland birds, and thus informed measures for farmland habitat improvement.
The project possesses a new feature this time: an assessment of the role of agri-environmental schemes on the state of farmland birds and High Nature Value sites, in addition to other activities which match the formerly funded CBM.