Welcome to the site of global concepts for conservation

global concepts for conservation was founded in 2010 by Dr Marion Gschweng.

Projects

2010

Satellite tagging of Golden Eagle on behalf of the Landesbund für Vogelschutz, Bayern (LBV)

Raptormonitoring of Red and Black Kite in Southern Germany

Guided excursions for students of the University of Ulm, Germany

Satellite tagging of Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) in Greece on behalf of the Hellenic Ornithological Society, Greece

Satellite tagging of juvenile Sooty Falcons (Falco concolor) in Oman; cooperation between global concepts for conservation and Natural Research Ltd.

2011

Publication" Critical Remarks on the use of woody debris in streams for protecting fish from cormorant predation" on behalf of the German Landesbund für Vogelschutz, Bavaria

Scientific Councellor to the German Delegation of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety, to the 10th conference on Migratory Species in Bergen, Norway

Design and planning of a research project on the habitat needs of the rare Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor) in its wintering area, Madagascar; submission to the Memorandum of Understanding of Birds of Prey, Convention on Migratory Species, Abu Dhabi office, in cooperation with the Environmental Agency Abu Dhabi and Natural Research Ltd.

2012

Final report of the Conference on the Convention of Migratory Species on behalf of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN, Bonn), Germany

Publication: Multi-temporal distribution modelling with satellite tracking data: predicting responses of a long-distance migrant to changing environmental conditions, Journal of Applied Ecology.

Monitoring of Red and Black Kites in Southern Germany

Workshop: Windcraft in the UNESCO biosphere reserve "Schwäbische Alb" on behalf of the Regierungspräsidiums Tübingen, Germany

GPS Satellite Tracking of breeding Red Kites in Southern Germany from 2008-2011

... as well as national projects (see German version of website)