Bio-diversity

Skoszewskie Meadows lying in Odra Delta River Nature Pasrk, a part of Natura 2000 designated protection area in early 1990s was facing problems: exploatation of meadows by mowwing or cattle grazing was given up due to changes of economic conditions, failure of state farms, which led to the overgrowth of of meadows and pastures with high grass,reeds and bushes so they finally turned into wasteland. It affects bird`s habitats in the resting site for migrating avifauna on East-West and North-South routes. Project aims in: water balance control through modernisation of the present system of canals (also using small Dutch designed wind-mills well proved in the Dutch conditions;keeping meadows relatively moist and drowing selected parts of them during the whole year; re-establishment of an extensive agricultural use of meadows and pastures by , eg. grazing cattle or moderate mowing in order to control the structure of flora on a given area:;declining of the number of predatory animals (foxes, boars) plundering ground nets of wetland birds. Partners involved iin project implementation: Local Community in Stepnica and a group of a local farmers; Local Governmrnt in Goleniow; NGOS as ZTO, OTOP, KOO, PZL; Dutch Naturmonumenten, EUCC (Leiden, the Netherlands.

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