Title of the project

Voluntary management of wildlife in farmland – organised in local communities.

Description

Landowners (who are often hunters) create some local voluntary communities to restore natural habitats in farmland and collect data on the habitat development as well as population data on grey partridge and hare.

Location

Country	Denmark
Level	Local
Site	There are approximately 60 areas (1000-1500 acres) involved in the project. The areas are spread all over the country.
Region	All regions in DK

Starting date

2013

Habitat Types

Farmland

Protection status of the areas

No protection status

Species

Species Caracteristics	Huntable species
Species Type	Birds, Mammals
Name(s) of main species	Grey partridge (Perdix perdix), Hare (Lepus)

Conservation action(s)

Management of habitats and wildlife (e.g. conservation and restoration activities), Research and data collection (e.g. monitoring, bag data), Policy work (e.g. positioning of hunting organisations, demonstrating conservation actions)

Partners

Leading partners	Danmarks Naturfredningsforening (www.dn.dk),Friluftsrådet (www.friluftsraadet.dk),Dansk Ornitologisk Forening (www.dof.dk),The Danish Nature Agency (www.naturstyrelsen.dk),Danmarks Jægerforbund (www.jaegerforbundet.dk)Danmarks Biblioteksforening (www.db.dk),Landbrug & Fødevarer (www.lf.dk)
Other partners	The bee association

Estimation of the budget (total or annual)

2013: DKR 2.100.0002014-2016: DKR 22.500.0002017: DKR/ year 6.750.000