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  • December 30, 2024 UPDATE

    December 30, 2024 UPDATE

    GOVERNMENT On Monday, during its last meeting this year, the government of Romania passed an emergency order cutting down public sector spending in 2025. The bill agreed on by the leaders of the ruling coalition (comprising the Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania) includes measures such as suspending public sector employment or freezing pensions and salaries of public sector employees at the 2024 level. In addition, overtime will no longer be paid and no bonuses or premiums will be granted. The government claims that these measures are aimed at reducing public spending by almost EUR 4 billion, i.e. 1% of GDP. To this end, the Cabinet has set up a department made up of experts working pro bono to increase the efficiency of the government’s work. The state budget law for next year will be passed by the government in January and sent to Parliament for endorsement in a special session.

     

    PROTESTS Penitentiary police Monday picketed the Government headquarters in Bucharest, protesting the measures to reduce public expenses. They claim they would lose up to 30% of their salaries because of the enforcement of the new provisions. Also on Monday, several trade union and employer organisations in Romania issued statements criticising the measures designed to cut expenditure in the public system. Trade unions in the education sector are against the salary freeze, while the largest trade union federation in public administration and social assistance, Columna, complains that the order had been drafted without social dialogue. The energy sector employers federation also cites the lack of consultations, criticising the introduction of a tax on special constructions. The Romalimenta Employers’ Federation warns that the food industry is receiving another blow with the cancellation of tax facilities benefitting employees in the sector. In turn, representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises say that lowering the tax threshold for SMEs and increasing the tax on dividend will have catastrophic effects for Romanian entrepreneurs. The American Chamber of Commerce in Romania also voiced concerns about the fiscal measures adopted by the Government, which, it believes, put the business environment in a difficult situation and further affect economic predictability and investor confidence.

     

    PRICE HIKES Romanians will be paying more for petrol and diesel as of January 1, due to a 6% rise in the fuel excises, according to a document released recently by the Finance Ministry. A litre of petrol will cost 3 Eurocents more, and diesel will have almost the same price. Excises on alcohol beverages will also grow by 4.4% as of January 1. Local taxes and duties will be adjusted to the inflation rate, but the decision in this respect is going to be made by city halls. The Bucharest General Council has decided to raise these taxes by 10.4%.

     

    UNEMPLOYMENT The unemployment rate in Romania was 3.28% at the end of November 2024, with the total number of unemployed people reaching 261,511, the National Employment Agency announced. At the end of October, the national unemployment rate was 3.20%. Unemployment in rural areas is almost 3 times higher than in cities. The 40-49 age bracket and men have the highest share among the unemployed. Middle school graduates account for 33.56% of the total registered number of unemployed people, while those with university degrees only account for 4.56%.

     

    BORDERS The Romanian Border Police is ready to join the Schengen area with land borders as of January 1, 2025, when border controls will be eliminated at 40 road, rail and port checkpoints. According to a statement issued by the Border Police General Inspectorate, as of next year travelling to and from other Schengen member states will be similar to a trip within the country. However, people who intend to travel to the territory of another Schengen state must have a valid travel document, namely a passport or identity card, because Romanian border police will carry out random checks, the statement also reads.

     

    DIPLOMACY Romania’s foreign ministry Sunday night said that on December 18 the Romanian ambassador to NATO conveyed Romania’s disapproval over the distribution of a geographic atlas comprising maps featuring the so-called, ‘greater Hungary’. “The atlas is of an inflammatory nature with respect to the strategic partnership between Romania and Hungary and their capacity as NATO allies. The foreign ministry in Bucharest reiterates the view it has consistently conveyed to the Hungarian authorities, that any provoking statement and gesture is not likely to help consolidate the partnership relations between Romania and Hungary. The shared history must remain a subject for historians to study,” Bucharest says. Dismantled at the end of World War I, the so-called ‘greater Hungary’ included territories occupied by Budapest, which today belong to Romania, Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia. (AMP)

  • Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan Honteri Coronensis libri

    Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan Honteri Coronensis libri

    The Alba Iulia National
    Union Museum’s old books collection boasts a most precious item, a rather
    recent purchase made by the institution. It is a book titled     Rudimentorum
    cosmographicorum Ioan Honteri Coronensis     libri. The author is Transylvanian
    humanist Johannes Honterus. We recall Honterus was an iconic figure of the
    humanism and of the Lutheran Reformation in Transylvania in the 16th
    century. The first printed edition of the volume was brought out in 1546. The
    book has been reprinted many times ever since.


    Johannes Honterus was born in
    1498 in Kronstadt, which is the old German name of Brasov. Honterus died in
    Brasov also, in 1549, at the age of 51. His intellectual and editorial activity were
    intense, and so was his activity as a teacher. In 1522, Honterus earned his Magister
    Artium (Master of the Arts) degree from Vienna University. In 1530 Honterus had
    a teaching stint with the Krakow University, where he published his early
    works, a description of the world and a grammar of Latin. Honterus then relocated
    to Basel, where he learned the crafts of wood engraving and printing. In
    Switzerland, Honterus would print the famous Atlas of Transylvania, Chorographia Transylvaniae
    Sybembürgen in Latin. In 1533 Honterus returned to his native town where he was elected as a
    member of the local council. In Brasov, Honterus is the founder of one of
    Transylvania ‘s first printing presses. Then Honterus would print, among other
    books, The Reformation booklet for Brasov and the Barsa Country, The Apology
    and The Regulations for the use of the churches of all Germans in Transylvania.
    The three volumes stipulated the main tenets of the Evangelical reform for the
    Transylvanian Saxon churches under the influence of Lutheranism. In Brasov, in
    1546, due to Honterus’s endeavour, the region’s first paper factory was
    founded.


    The volume titled Rudimentorum
    cosmographicorum Ioan Honteri Coronensis libri has had quite an adventure,
    from an antiquarian in Wellington, in New Zealand, to Alba Iulia in Romania. Florin
    Bogdan is a museographer specializing in old rare books. Florin Bogdan:


    This book is in fact a pocket atlas. Everyone knows Honterus had a special
    interest in Geography, and not only in that. The first printed edition was
    brought out in Krakow in 1530. This one is a version of the book that was
    sensibly enriched by Honterus along the way, since several maps have been added
    to it. What we have actually is an unnumbered, 30-leaf book, that means 60
    pages, where the text proper of the book is laid out. Honterus describes the
    world as it was known at that time, in verse. The last part of the book is made
    of 14 leaves, unnumbered, they are actually plates with maps. First off, the Earth
    is being presented, just as cartographers and geographers used to know it in
    mid-16th century, then various regions are presented, with emphasis laid on Europe since it was the best-known part of the Globe at that
    time.


    Rudimentorum
    cosmographicorum has seen numerous printed editions. Florin Bogdan explains:


    Given that
    there are many editions that were brought out after the first printed edition,
    the one in Krakow in 1530, we can surmise the editions were somewhat limited, and
    so were the reprints of the book. It was also reprinted in Basel as well as in
    Zurich, in Brasov or in Bratislava, which means it was in fact extremely sought
    after. Nobody would print a book every two years unless that book is extremely
    sought after. In Zurich alone, the city where the copy was printed and which
    was purchased by the National Union Museum in Alba Iulia, from 1546, when the
    first printed edition was brought out, and until 1564, 7 editions of the book
    were printed. Now, speaking about this 1564 edition, according to the
    specialised Hungarian bibliography, there are 15 copies of the book. Similarly,
    the critical edition, if you will, of the work, which was brought out in 2017
    and which was based on the 1542 edition, printed in Brasov, provides a
    repertoire of all editions of Rudimentorum cosmographicorum.


    Through this volume, Honterus
    travelled as far as New Zealand, just as he himself would have liked to do, since he was passionate about Geography. From that remote destination, here we are,
    with the volume travelling all its way back to Romania, to the author’s
    birthplace. Florin Bogdan:


    It was
    purchased from an antiquarian’s in Wellington. We identified the book in an
    antiquarians’ database and we had an intense exchange of messages with that
    antiquarian’s afterwards. In the old days, the circulation of a book was not
    that easy to trace, yet we can hypothesize that in various respects, based on
    some hand-written notes that can still be seen of the leaves of the book.
    Somewhere around the 18th century the book was in the possession of
    someone who was conversant in Greek, he left an ownership signature somewhere.
    Unfortunately, that ownership signature can only be seen partially since the
    last part of the name of that person was close to the book spine. The moment
    the book was bound for the second time around, at least two letters
    disappeared, from that person’s name. We can also hypothesize that, if we take
    into account the fact that there was another note in the book, telling us about
    the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492. It is a note made in English,
    which clearly leads us into thinking that at one point the volume was in an
    English-speaking milieu. We can surmise that the volume was in England, or in even
    in the USA, or, why not, even in Australia.


    The book’s conservation condition
    is satisfactory. According to Florin Bogdan, the volume does not need any
    restoration interventions. The exhibit will be put to good use also through
    digitization, and not only because it will be exhibited. Its conservation will
    not be affected, longer term.

  • Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan Honteri Coronensis libri

    Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan Honteri Coronensis libri

    The Alba Iulia National
    Union Museum’s old books collection boasts a most precious item, a rather
    recent purchase made by the institution. It is a book titled     Rudimentorum
    cosmographicorum Ioan Honteri Coronensis     libri. The author is Transylvanian
    humanist Johannes Honterus. We recall Honterus was an iconic figure of the
    humanism and of the Lutheran Reformation in Transylvania in the 16th
    century. The first printed edition of the volume was brought out in 1546. The
    book has been reprinted many times ever since.


    Johannes Honterus was born in
    1498 in Kronstadt, which is the old German name of Brasov. Honterus died in
    Brasov also, in 1549, at the age of 51. His intellectual and editorial activity were
    intense, and so was his activity as a teacher. In 1522, Honterus earned his Magister
    Artium (Master of the Arts) degree from Vienna University. In 1530 Honterus had
    a teaching stint with the Krakow University, where he published his early
    works, a description of the world and a grammar of Latin. Honterus then relocated
    to Basel, where he learned the crafts of wood engraving and printing. In
    Switzerland, Honterus would print the famous Atlas of Transylvania, Chorographia Transylvaniae
    Sybembürgen in Latin. In 1533 Honterus returned to his native town where he was elected as a
    member of the local council. In Brasov, Honterus is the founder of one of
    Transylvania ‘s first printing presses. Then Honterus would print, among other
    books, The Reformation booklet for Brasov and the Barsa Country, The Apology
    and The Regulations for the use of the churches of all Germans in Transylvania.
    The three volumes stipulated the main tenets of the Evangelical reform for the
    Transylvanian Saxon churches under the influence of Lutheranism. In Brasov, in
    1546, due to Honterus’s endeavour, the region’s first paper factory was
    founded.


    The volume titled Rudimentorum
    cosmographicorum Ioan Honteri Coronensis libri has had quite an adventure,
    from an antiquarian in Wellington, in New Zealand, to Alba Iulia in Romania. Florin
    Bogdan is a museographer specializing in old rare books. Florin Bogdan:


    This book is in fact a pocket atlas. Everyone knows Honterus had a special
    interest in Geography, and not only in that. The first printed edition was
    brought out in Krakow in 1530. This one is a version of the book that was
    sensibly enriched by Honterus along the way, since several maps have been added
    to it. What we have actually is an unnumbered, 30-leaf book, that means 60
    pages, where the text proper of the book is laid out. Honterus describes the
    world as it was known at that time, in verse. The last part of the book is made
    of 14 leaves, unnumbered, they are actually plates with maps. First off, the Earth
    is being presented, just as cartographers and geographers used to know it in
    mid-16th century, then various regions are presented, with emphasis laid on Europe since it was the best-known part of the Globe at that
    time.


    Rudimentorum
    cosmographicorum has seen numerous printed editions. Florin Bogdan explains:


    Given that
    there are many editions that were brought out after the first printed edition,
    the one in Krakow in 1530, we can surmise the editions were somewhat limited, and
    so were the reprints of the book. It was also reprinted in Basel as well as in
    Zurich, in Brasov or in Bratislava, which means it was in fact extremely sought
    after. Nobody would print a book every two years unless that book is extremely
    sought after. In Zurich alone, the city where the copy was printed and which
    was purchased by the National Union Museum in Alba Iulia, from 1546, when the
    first printed edition was brought out, and until 1564, 7 editions of the book
    were printed. Now, speaking about this 1564 edition, according to the
    specialised Hungarian bibliography, there are 15 copies of the book. Similarly,
    the critical edition, if you will, of the work, which was brought out in 2017
    and which was based on the 1542 edition, printed in Brasov, provides a
    repertoire of all editions of Rudimentorum cosmographicorum.


    Through this volume, Honterus
    travelled as far as New Zealand, just as he himself would have liked to do, since he was passionate about Geography. From that remote destination, here we are,
    with the volume travelling all its way back to Romania, to the author’s
    birthplace. Florin Bogdan:


    It was
    purchased from an antiquarian’s in Wellington. We identified the book in an
    antiquarians’ database and we had an intense exchange of messages with that
    antiquarian’s afterwards. In the old days, the circulation of a book was not
    that easy to trace, yet we can hypothesize that in various respects, based on
    some hand-written notes that can still be seen of the leaves of the book.
    Somewhere around the 18th century the book was in the possession of
    someone who was conversant in Greek, he left an ownership signature somewhere.
    Unfortunately, that ownership signature can only be seen partially since the
    last part of the name of that person was close to the book spine. The moment
    the book was bound for the second time around, at least two letters
    disappeared, from that person’s name. We can also hypothesize that, if we take
    into account the fact that there was another note in the book, telling us about
    the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492. It is a note made in English,
    which clearly leads us into thinking that at one point the volume was in an
    English-speaking milieu. We can surmise that the volume was in England, or in even
    in the USA, or, why not, even in Australia.


    The book’s conservation condition
    is satisfactory. According to Florin Bogdan, the volume does not need any
    restoration interventions. The exhibit will be put to good use also through
    digitization, and not only because it will be exhibited. Its conservation will
    not be affected, longer term.

  • Le premier guide d’identification des oiseaux

    Le premier guide d’identification des oiseaux

    Le guide est une véritable référence pour tous les passionnés de l’avifaune, soient-ils biologistes, photographes ou simplement passionnés de la nature.

    Ovidiu Bufnila chargé de communication de la Société roumaine d’Ornithologie : « A en croire la publication britannique The Times, la Roumanie est enfin en possession du guide d’identification des oiseaux le plus complet d’Europe. Il s’agit plutôt d’un déterminateur, le meilleur d’Europe, produit et commercialisé dans un premier temps, par les Maisons d’Edition Bonnier de Suède. Jusqu’à présent, la Roumanie n’avait que l’édition en anglais du guide susmentionné. Pas mal d’années, les biologistes se sont servis de ce qu’ils aimaient appeler le guide Collins, d’après le nom des Maisons d’Edition britanniques qui ont réalisé ladite édition. Hé bien, cette fois-ci, il s’agit de la première version en roumain de ce guide que tout ornithologue ou passionné de la nature devrait emporter dans sa valise dès qu’il s’apprête à partir en voyage. Le livre se penche non seulement sur les espèces européennes, mais aussi sur celles du Moyen Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord. Il est, effectivement, le meilleur guide d’identification de l’avifaune, le plus riche, le plus détaillé, bien évidemment le plus utile et le mieux illustré d’Europe. Pour une identification aisée, le guide donne de nombreuses informations sur le plumage, le chant, les principaux critères de détermination des oiseaux et s’accompagne de plusieurs cartes de répartition indiquant les habitats de différentes espèces. »

    La version roumaine du guide porte la signature du docteur en biologie Emanuel Stefan Baltag, chercheur à l’Université Alexandru Ioan Cuza de Iasi et membre de la Société roumaine d’Ornithologie. Il a mené un véritable travail de fourmi pour obtenir un texte en roumain de mêmes dimensions que celui original, suédois. Ses efforts de traduction ont été d’autant plus importants qu’il n’existe pas de police d’écriture acceptant les diacritiques en roumain et que le vocabulaire de base s’est avéré insuffisant pour traduire en roumain toutes les nuances de couleurs figurant dans le guide original. Du coup, l’auteur s’est vu obliger de fouiller dans des traités de peinture pour y chercher les correspondants.

    Une deuxième première éditoriale vient d’avoir lieu à Cluj où l’Association roumaine d’Ornithologie a lancé le premier atlas d’ornithologie urbaine de Roumanie. L’ouvrage décrit le statut complet d’une centaine d’espèces dont 70 nichent à Cluj, tandis que les autres sont de passage. Parmi les espèces prises en compte, certaines sont protégées. C’est le cas, par exemple, du Bihoreau gris. Pourtant, il convient de préciser que la majorité des oiseaux repertoriés à Cluj appartiennent à des espèces communes. L’atlas offre aux lecteurs des conseils pour protéger tous ces oiseaux et met en évidence l’impacte du développement urbain sur l’avifaune locale.

    Ovidiu Bufnilă: « Quoique de dimensions plutôt réduites, Cluj recense pas mal d’espèces d’oiseaux. Il a fallu quatre ans pour que des biologistes, des ornithologues, épaulés par des bénévoles arrivent à identifier toutes les zones vertes de la ville susceptibles de servir d’habitat aux différentes espèces. A part des fiches descriptives et des photographies, l’atlas est pourvu de plusieurs cartes de répartition et de QR codes censés aider les lecteurs à se familiariser au chant spécifique de chacun des oiseaux pris en compte. Il convient de préciser que l’ouvrage n’est pas en vente libre. On a décidé d’en faire don aux institutions scolaires de Cluj, aux ONG militant pour la protection de l’environnement, aux élèves ou encore aux passionnés de la nature. C’est le fruit d’un effort immense qui se donne pour tâche d’encourager les Roumains à mieux connaître la nature. Car, à force de la connaître, on finira par l’aimer et la protéger davantage ».

    Aux dires de Ovidiu Bufnila, l’Association roumaine d’Ornithologie se prépare à élaborer un atlas d’ornithologie urbaine de la ville de Bucarest. (trad. Ioana Stancescu)

  • Ökogruppe Milvus: Seit 25 Jahren für Umwelt- und Artenschutz

    Ökogruppe Milvus: Seit 25 Jahren für Umwelt- und Artenschutz

    Der Verband für Vogel- und Naturschutz Grupul Milvus“ (Milvus-Gruppe) in Klausenburg setzt sich seit 25 Jahren für die Bewahrung der Artenvielfalt und der Umwelt ein. All diese Jahre haben die Umweltaktivisten der Milvus-Gruppe zahlreiche Aktivitäten zur Erforschung der Vögel unternommen: Beringung mehrerer Vogelarten, Beobachtung der Migration der Raubvögel im Măcin-Gebirge oder am Bosporus, einer der wichtigsten Stationen der Zugvögel.



    Zu Gast haben wir den Leiter der Milvus-Gruppe, den Biologen Tamaş Papp. Während seiner 25-jährigen Tätigkeit hat der von ihm geführte Umweltverband auch zur Erklärung von schutzbedürftigen Arealen zu Naturschutzgebieten beigetragen:



    Denn die Fläche der Naturschutzgebiete Rumäniens ist im Vergleich zum Naturreichtum Rumäniens sehr klein gewesen. Diese betrug 7% und ist nach dem EU-Beitritt Rumäniens auf 23% gestiegen. Ich denke wirklich, dass auch unser Verband einen großen Beitrag geleistet hat. Das ist unser größter Erfolg in den letzten 10 Jahren. Wir haben sehr viele Naturschutzgebiete, anhand der Studien, die wir über Vögel, Säugetiere und Habitate durchgeführt haben. Insgesamt gelangten über 200 Schutzbereiche, von kleinen bis zu größeren, auf die Karte der Naturschutzgebiete mithilfe unseres Beitrags. Wir sind aber weiter gegangen und verwalten derzeit 12 Schutzgebiete. Außerdem haben wir recht viel zu den Managementplänen der Schutzgebiete beigetragen.“




    Der Gründer des Klausenburger Umweltverbandes. Tamaş Papp. glaubt, dass Umweltschutz in Rumänien noch keine Priorität ist. Mehr noch: Rumänien sei das einzige EU-Land, das keine Gelder für die Naturschutzgebiete außer dem Donaudelta-Reservat zuweist. Außerdem gibt es noch keine Nationalagentur der Naturschutzgebiete, um die natürlichen Ökosysteme und Habitate zu verwalten. Papp zählt die wichtigsten Projekte der Milvus-Gruppe in puncto Natur- und Vogelschutz auf:



    Zum Beispiel haben wir sehr viel im Bereich der Raubvögel gearbeitet und sehr viele Ergebnisse erzielt. Wir haben etliche Projekte für den Donaufalken, den Rotfußfalken, den Schelladler abgeschlossen. Einige davon wurden von der Europäischen Kommission finanziert. Das vielleicht spektakulärste Projekt bezog sich auf den Donaufalken, denn dieser war vor 10 Jahren aus der Landesfauna beinahe verschwunden. Nachdem wir das Projekt und die Konservierungsmaßnahmen umgesetzt haben, können wir sagen, dass wir diese Vogelart vor dem Aussterben gerettet haben. Genauso hat sich der Rotfußfalke in der rumänischen Westebene, der auch bedroht war, nach unseren Eingriffen und einem internationalen EU-finanzierten Projekt erholt. Die Zahl dieser Vögel steigt wieder. Wenn wir uns auf den Schelladler beziehen, eine emblematische Vogelart für Siebenbürgen, hoffen wir, dass wir auch den Rückgang dieser Art stoppen werden. Wir haben auch sehr viel für Störche getan. Für diese haben wir die Einrichtung von Haltern für ihre Neste auf den Stromleitungen initiiert. Im Jahr 2000 haben wir dieses Vorhaben ins Leben gerufen. 2014 gab es bereits 2000 solcher Halter in Rumänien. Es gibt aber immer noch viel zu tun. Nicht nur für den Storch, sondern auch für andere Vogelarten, die auf den Spannungsleitungen Stromschläge erleiden. Jährlich sterben tausende Vögel auf diese Weise.“




    Die Umweltschutzgruppe Milvus ist die einzige rumänische Organisation, die sich mit der Pflege und Wiederauswilderung der verletzten Vögel in die Natur beschäftigt. Sie haben auch eine Nulltarif-Telefonlinie eingerichtet, um die Kommunikation mit denen zu erleichtern, die verletzte Tiere finden. Tamaş Papp:



    Vor 15-20 Jahren hatten wir das nicht geplant. Wir mussten es aber tun, denn die Menschen kannten unsere Vogelschutztätigkeit. Wenn sie einen verletzten Vogel fanden, brachten sie diesen zu uns. Und weil sich niemand um diese verletzten Tiere kümmerte, haben wir dieses Zentrum eingerichtet, das heute eine erfolgreiche Tätigkeit hat. Wir arbeiten mit Vets4Wild zusammen, einem Verband der Tierärzte. Wir verfügen bereits über zwei Standorte und haben ein nationales Rettungsnetzwerk der Wildtiere auf die Beine gestellt. Wir haben versucht, in jedem Landkreis einen Tierarzt einzusetzen, denn es ist wichtig, dass man schnell handelt. Wenn man einen verletzten Vogel findet, muss man ihm die erste Hilfe in dem Landkreis gewähren, wo er gefunden wird. Jetzt haben wir ein sehr gut ausgestattetes Zentrum in einem Dorf, in Sânsimion. Hier haben wir große Volieren, um die verletzten Vögel zu rehabilitieren.“




    Wir fragten den Leiter des Klausenburger Umweltverbandes Milvus, Tamaş Papp, welche Ziele sich der Verband für das Jahr 2017 vorgenommen hat.



    Für 2017 haben wir einige laufende Programme. Eine große Errungenschaft wird für uns die Herausgabe eines Atlasses der Nestvögel in Rumänien, gemeinsam mit der Rumänischen Ornithologie-Gesellschaft sein. Wir bereiten uns bereits seit einem Jahr darauf vor. Es ist ein alter Traum von uns, so etwas zu verwirklichen. Denn in Rumänien gibt es keinen solchen Atlas mit den neuesten Informationen. Wir wollen, dass man genau die Verteilung der Arten in Rumänien kennt. Wir haben auch zwei weitere Projekte am Laufen. Eines befasst sich mit der Blauracke, der ein sehr schöner blauer Vogel ist und in Rumänien nestet. In der Westebene ist diese Bevölkerung stark zurückgegangen. Deshalb haben wir ein Projekt zur Rettung dieser Vogelart ins Leben gerufen. 2017 werden wir unsere Tätigkeiten zur Konservierung der Raubvögel, aber auch der Säugetiere fortsetzen. Wir hatten auch viele Projekte, die sich mit Säugetieren befassen, einschließlich mit großen Fleischfressern, aber auch mit weniger bekannten Arten. Ein Projekt befasst sich z.B. mit der Ziesel, und es gibt noch viele andere.“




    Die Milvus-Gruppe befasst sich auch mit der Erziehung der Kinder in den Schulen. Ihre Mitglieder werden oft eingeladen, um den Kindern über Tiere, Habitate und deren Schutz zu erzählen. Die Milvus-Gruppe hat auch das Milvus-Stipendium ins Leben gerufen. Dieses ist eine Unterstützung für Jugendliche und Studenten, die sich für den Umweltschutz einsetzen. Ziel des Stipendiums ist, den jungen Forscher bei der Durchführung individueller Bewertungs- und Forschungsprojekte zu helfen.