In our days, cranes are endangered all over the world due to the destruction of their habitats. As migrating species, they can only be protected in the long run by cross-border concepts e.g. international treaties like the “Convention of Bonn“ (agreement over the preservation of wild migrating animals), laws and cooperations.
In Eastern and Southern Europe as well as in Africa, the overwintering sites have to be protected. The conservation is supposed to begin in Lothringen already where small groups of cranes often spent the winter. Traditional forms of land use e.g. in Eastern Europe and in Spain (“Dehesas“) are at risk due to the proceeding development of intensive agriculture. Their preservation is a collective, European task.