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42State Bird Conservation CentreStechowB 188Ra<strong>the</strong>nowBammeFriesackL 982L 991GräningenL 98BahnhofNennhausenMützlitzNennhausenBuckow b.NennhausenMarzahne,<strong>Brandenburg</strong>an der HavelL 991L 982Bus 572/574Ra<strong>the</strong>now - KieckRa<strong>the</strong>now - MützlitzGarlitzMarzahne,<strong>Brandenburg</strong>an der HavelLiepeDammeTurmBuckowTurmGarlitzHand in HandThe political upheaval in 1989 brought new opportunitiesfor <strong>the</strong> conservation of Great Bustards.Privatization and a new orientation of agriculturewere used to improve <strong>the</strong> situation for <strong>the</strong> GreatBustard in <strong>the</strong> territories of <strong>the</strong> HavelländischesLuch, Belziger Landschaftswiesen and <strong>the</strong> FienerBruch in cooperation with farmers. Since 1991this has been carried out <strong>und</strong>er <strong>the</strong> auspices of<strong>the</strong> <strong>Brandenburg</strong> State Office for Environment.LIFE projects forged <strong>the</strong> preconditions for <strong>the</strong>subsequent agricultural-environmental measuresand <strong>the</strong> permanent protection of <strong>the</strong> areas. Thiswas also aided by <strong>the</strong> acquisition of land for GreatBustard conservation, supported by sponsorssuch as <strong>the</strong> Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt(Frankfurt Zoological Society). A fo<strong>und</strong>ation for<strong>the</strong> protection of <strong>the</strong> Great Bustard was established.International cooperation in research andconservation also gained tailwind. From Spain toMongolia <strong>the</strong>re is no country with Great Bustardsthat hasn’t in <strong>the</strong> past or doesn’t now take partin common activities. In 1995 an internationalconference on <strong>the</strong> Great Bustard took place in<strong>Brandenburg</strong> from which comprehensive proceedingswere created.The first twenty years of <strong>the</strong> nature protectionstation are inseparably linked with <strong>the</strong> names DrHeinz Litzbarski and Dr Bärbel Litzbarski, who werehonoured for <strong>the</strong>ir dedication in 2011 with <strong>the</strong>Order of Merit of <strong>the</strong> Federal Republic of Germany.In later decades Heinz Litzbarski was active as <strong>the</strong>head of <strong>the</strong> fo<strong>und</strong>ation for Great Bustard conservationfor which he received <strong>the</strong> Nature ConservationPrize of <strong>the</strong> State of <strong>Brandenburg</strong> in 2008.

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