Authenticated (14/03/08) by Lavinia Raducescu, Red-breasted Goose International Working Group Coordinator, SOR/BirdLife Romania.
AEWA: The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds.
Life: The Eurpoean Unions's financial instrument supporting environmental and nature conservation projects throughout the European Union.
Steppe: A biome (or subdivision of the Earth's surface) that is composed of a swathe of temperate grassland stretching from Romania to China.
Tundra: Treeless, grassy plains characteristic of arctic and sub-arctic regions. They are very cold and have little rainfall.