AN INTERNATIONAL GIS ONLINE DATABASE ESTABLISHED FOR THE DANUBE REGION
The database was designed under action A1 (Elaborate monitoring scheme, develop database and training of participants) and contains all data gathered under actions C1 (Preventing collisions of birds with electric power lines) and C2 (Protecting birds against electrocution on distribution and railway power lines) during the recognition survey.
The data are collected from partners and verified by project staff, especially the records of cadavers found and technical parameters of power lines. The database covers data from the recognition surveys: more than 13 500 poles/pylons of various voltage levels, almost 1500 found cadavers and includes more than 20 000 pictures taken during the field surveys.
The following data were collected during the field surveys, revised by experts, and recorded in the project database:
- Detection of dead/injured bird/other animals
- Characteristics of the power lines
- Information about habitat structure and land use
- Data of project target priority species.
The database will be regularly updated by the data from the baseline survey and data collected during action D1 (Monitoring of the impact of the project actions) and used for the preparation of the special outputs (such as data exports, maps, layers, analytics, mitigation plans,..) among partners and stakeholders (decision-makers, authorities, public, media) and to evaluate the efficiency of adopted measures under the project.