Baltic Flyway

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Baltic Flyway was a network that was supposed to promote nature conservation on the Baltic Sea coastal areas on both sides of the Fehmarnbelt . The corresponding bird airline is used every year by millions of migratory and breeding birds on their way to their summer quarters. The project lasted from 2010 to 2013.

The EU project Baltic Flyway was implemented as part of the INTERREG IVA program. Baltic Flyway was an interdisciplinary network between communities, organizations and nature centers around the Fehmarnbelt. The aim of the network was to safeguard nature and its ecological diversity along the Vogelfluglinie. The bird stations and reserves worked together across borders along the bird flight route in Germany and Denmark, as did the nature conservation initiatives to promote biological features.

The network

On the Danish side

  • The Danish authority Naturstyrelsen , Storstrøm (NST) was the main partner (lead partner) of the Baltic Flyway and works in the mediation of nature experiences in Denmark, the creation and renaturation of natural areas and the management of Denmark's fauna and flora. NST manages around 200,000 hectares of nature and forest areas in Denmark .
  • The Danish Bird Protection Foundation ( Fugleværnsfonden , FVF) owns a number of nature reserves, a total of 850 hectares of bird reserves, across Denmark.
  • The Danish Vordingborg Development Company ( Vordingborg Udviklingsselskab , VUS) works in the field of trade and tourism on Møn and South Zealand .

On the German side

  • The Environment Council of the City of Fehmarn (UMF) is the interface between tourism, agriculture and environmental protection. The environmental council works island-wide.
  • Wallnau Water Bird Reserve ( NABU ): The 297 hectare Wallnau / Fehmarn nature reserve is located on the west coast of Fehmarn . It is one of the most valuable areas on the Baltic Sea.
  • The Landschaftspflegeverein Dummersdorfer Ufer (LDU) is active across the state (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania / Schleswig-Holstein) in the entire Untertrave bioregion. The special focus is on the preservation and protection of the unique biodiversity and landscape on over 6,500 hectares of contiguous European protected areas in both federal states.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description at stadtfehmarn.de , accessed on December 6, 2016