This multi - project was started in 1994 and is still in progress. This multi - project includes a few individual short - term projects of 1 - 2 years. Goal: to manage abandoned grasslands on Rusne island in order to make them more suitable for breeding and migratory birds; to manage breeding habitats of the Aquatic warbler on Rusne island and neighbouring areas; to encourage environmentally sound and sustainable agriculture; to promote ecological education among local people; to develop ecological tourism. Results of the project: the management plan of Rusne island was prepared, each year neglected grasslands are mowed, and bushes are cut down there, a museum - information centre was established in an ethnographic farm-stead, a bird observation tower and information signs were built, a plan for protection of the Aquatic warbler was drawn up and is under implementation in few breeding sites, the brochure Rusne Island: Its Nature and People (1999); leaflets Let us Preserve Grasslands - Homeland for Birds (2001), Farming and Nature Protection on Rusne Island (1999) was published.