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Hungary
Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (MME)
Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (MME) is the BirdLife Partner
Founded in: 1974Members: 10,048
Staff: 26
Address: MME, Kolto u. 21, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: +36 1 275 62 47
Fax: +36 1 275 62 67
Email: mme@mme.hu
Web: http://www.mme.hu
Mission of the organisation
MME aims to protect wild birds, and help to preserve biological diversity.
Key Activities
Sites:
- IBA Programme
- Phare project to implement EU Natura 2000
Species:
- Monitoring Programme
- Bird ringing Programme
- Great Bustard Protection Programme
- Raptor Protection (including Black Stork) Programme
- White Stork Protection Programme
- Meadow Viper Protection Programme
Habitats:
- Land Stewardship Advisory Service
- BirdLife EU Accession Project
People:
- Education and Public Awareness Programme
Recent Achievements
- Secured funding through the EU Phare Partnership Programme for a land stewardship advisory service in collaboration with the RSPB, for protection of IBAs
- Published a new national IBA inventory with financial support from the British Know-How Fund and the Hungarian Central Environmental Fund
- Secured funding and began field implementation of national species action plans for 13 regionally or globally threatened species
- Established a new common bird monitoring scheme: 207 participants covered 265 randomly selected squares
- Continued the Phare Partnership Programme for land stewardship advisory service and began an EU enlargement project in collaboration with the RSPB
- Celebrated MME's 25th anniversary and nominated the White Stork as bird of the year
- Increased membership of the society to more than 6,000