Don’t tell anyone that greens and blues have nothing in common, not even in Upper Austria: They meet when they worry about our birds, albeit not as vividly as in the caricature with bird dealer Manfred Haimbuchner (FPÖ) and sparrow maker Stefan Kaineder (greens) . Blue tit chirps with greenfinch, so to speak …
“Europe is losing its birds” was the alarming message in the media recently, based on a new study: Today, 600 million fewer birds live on the territory of the EU (geographically including Great Britain) than in 1980, has found an international team of scientists – arithmetically a loss of 40,000 birds per day. “Common birds” are very much affected: With a loss of almost 250 million birds, the sparrow tops the list. A turnaround in agriculture necessaryGrün politician Stefan Kaineder has taken up this bad news as the “Environment and Climate Council”: “The proverbial sparrow in the We lose our hands, our meadows and fields often no longer offer a suitable habitat, even for species that were previously common, ”he says. He calls for a trend reversal in agriculture “to maintain small farms and towards climate-friendly and environmentally friendly agriculture.” “Unfortunately, there is nothing to gloss over here.” But what does the nature conservation councilor Manfred Haimbuchner, who is responsible for species protection, say about this? “The negative development of bird species in fields and meadows is a long-known process that is also related to the development of modern agriculture and the intensive cultivation of land. Unfortunately, there is nothing to gloss over here, and we are still a long way from reaching our goal. ”It should be noted, however, that investments have been made in the preservation of habitats for our feathered problem children since the 1980s. The following applies: “Without the successful integration of agriculture, nature and species protection would be in a bad way!” The biggest problem children for Haimbuchner are not the sparrows, but the inhabitants of fields and meadows: skylark, partridge, lapwing.
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