The floodplain complex in Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve is the second largest in Estonia and one of the largest still open floodplain complexes surviving in the whole of Europe. The cease in traditional management activities that have been practiced for centuries on the floodplain meadows - haymaking and grazing - threatens the reserves unique natural values.
This is critical habitat protection work - preserving the meadow, an important feeding area for migratory birds and other wildlife; and establishing and improving conditions for management and restoration of semi-natural habitats. A significant aspect of the work is the linkage between human activities and nature: traditional beneficial landscape management, abandoned during Soviet times, is started again.
The project complements our wider development work with Estonia's most dynamic and growing environmental organisation to improve their ability to improve rare wildlife habitats in this deprived corner of Europe. The project has been initiated and planned in consultation with locals and your presence will not only mean real physical improvements but contribute to a new sense of inclusion.
As the UK's biggest environmental volunteering charity, our aim is to make the maximum contribution to the communities and places we work in and we always work with a local partner organisation. This is a unique vacations in a unique place. Working directly with the the local organisation, volunteers and local people you'll have the chance to experience Estonia in a way no other vacation can offer. Living, laughing and working as a group, you're not only changing the world, you'll change your life.
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