Ptaki Polskie - POLISH BIRDS
(co-ordinating beneficiary)
Polish Birds’ mission is best described as : KNOW, LOVE and HELP.
If you know more about Birds, you will surely love them and will be ready to help us save them and protect their habitats and our Nature.
The organization was founded out of the need of the times and in response to specific tasks requiring urgent actions - for the sake of nature and people. It has been registered as a public charity. Currently, Polish Birds are undertaking another large LIFE + project of revitalization and protection of meadow-marsh habitat in cooperation with the National Park Warta Estuary “Wetlands work wonders!”. Their mission of nature conservation is pursued through education, social communication and through direct active protection.
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Komitet Ochrony Orłów - EAGLES' PROTECTION COMMITTEE
(associated beneficiary)
The Eagle Protection Committee is a non- governmental organization basing on volunteers’ work. It was established in 1981 as a specialised group of experts to carry out researches of birds of prey. It was formally registered in 1991 and has since been active in coordinating conservation works aiming at protection of 7 rarest species in Poland. Currently KOO has approximately 500 members.
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Biebrzański Park Narodowy - BIEBRZA NATIONAL PARK
(associated beneficiary)
The Biebrza National Park was founded in 1993 to protect the biggest and best preserved valley peat bog complex in Central and Western Europe. It is the largest of 23 national parks in Poland. With its area of 59,223 hectares it constitutes about 19% of the total area of national parks in Poland. The BNP is a governmental institution. The Park’s Director reports to the Ministry of the Environment. The park was created to further the protection of biodiversity, natural resources, elements of inanimate nature and landscape values.
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