Paddling, bonfire, quizzes and games - the last days of the camp
By Thursday we had reached our last full day of camp. As before, we had a wide range of experiences and knowledge, with hunting and game species, native bird species, and floodplain life and farming being the main topics of our programmes. Today we paddled the Danube again, and in the morning we canoed along the Outer Béda to learn about the characteristics of wetlands, for example, what percentage of the [...]
Barkóscinege adventure - another camp experience
On the first day of our conservation summer camp, we met our enthusiastic and curious campers, with whom we set off the next day to explore the surrounding habitat and local wildlife, as we wrote in detail about our initial camp experience in a previous post. The next day of the camp was christened "bird of the year adventure" after the bird of the year, as we dedicated the whole day to native bird species. After an early wake-up call, we [...]
Welcome to Békáspuszta - our first conservation camp has started
Sunday marked the start of our first summer camp on nature conservation, organised jointly with the Csányi Foundation. A total of 12 children stayed at our campsite in Békáspuszta. We spent the first day playing, mainly getting to know each other and our environment. As part of the latter, we experienced the diversity of nature around us through the use of our different senses and learned about biodiversity, and then we also tested [...]
IUGB 2023 - get involved!
From 28-31 August 2023, the 36th Congress of the International Union of Wildlife Biologists, IUGB 2023, will take place in Warsaw.The main theme of the conference will be "Quo vadis Wildlife Management? The future of wildlife management in changing social and environmental realities". Our foundation offers a general open call for applications for university students to participate in scientific and professional conferences [...]
Our first spring exercise in Transylvania is over
Experience
More adventures in Transylvania
Experience
Our first spring exercise in Transylvania has started
Experience
Extended deadline for applications - summer internship
The deadline for applications for compulsory or voluntary internships for the spring semester 2022/2023 and the autumn semester 2023/24 is extended until 15 May 2023. The detailed call for applications and the application form can be found here. New applications will only be accepted for summer/early autumn internships. Cover photo by Márk Gschwindt
On the occasion of World Wildlife Day
On 3 March, we celebrate the Earth's wildlife, its diversity and its contribution to our lives and the health of our planet on a day dedicated to wildlife, World Wildlife Day. The motto of this year's World Wildlife Day is "Working together to conserve wildlife", because effective wildlife conservation requires the combined efforts of many different actors, where individual efforts are as important as community, national and [...]
Experiences from the X International Conference on Deer Biology
Áron Sárközy's report on the 10th International Conference on Deer Biology