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Kiel (dpa / lno) - To protect meadow birds, farmers on the islands of Pellworm and Föhr should voluntarily refrain from scare-off geese on certain contiguous areas during the breeding season.
In return, they will receive a compensation payment, as the Environment Ministry announced on Thursday.
The pilot projects start on April 1st.
Pellworm and Föhr are said to be of great importance as a habitat for the sometimes highly endangered meadow birds.
In the past year, however, in the course of the intense dismay of Nordic geese, which were looking for food in large numbers on the islands and in some cases caused considerable damage, the meadow bird broods were disturbed.
In order to protect the often existentially threatened meadow bird species, ways would have to be found to combine the agricultural use with the breeding season of the animals, said Minister Jan Philipp Albrecht.
"In the pilot project, geese deterrence is to be suspended on contiguous areas, so we expect more peace and quiet for the meadow birds."
For this purpose, two meadow bird hotspots were selected on Föhr and one meadow bird hotspot on Pellworm.
The prerequisite for the implementation of the pilot projects is that a contiguous total area of 50 hectares per hotspot is created.
So far, farmers have been able to voluntarily restrict the use of individual areas within the framework of the common meadow bird protection if meadow birds such as black godwit, curlew or lapwing breed there.
You will also receive compensation payments for this.
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Information on the pilot projects