In the Eagle’s Nest – Serbia

In the Eagle’s Nest

Serbia – 2015
Duration: 29 min

Author: Jelena Božović
Cinematoprapher:Duško Perić
Editor: Goran Damljanović
Production:  RTS – Radio Television  Serbia

The programme is about the life of peasant farmers and white-headed eagles in the canyon of Uvac, in West Serbia: it is about the way how, in the past twenty years, while the villagers kept moving to towns and cities in the pursuit of better life, this rare kind of eagles, that was on the verge of extinction, managed to survive and multiply thanks to both extraordinary care and action of the Special Conservation Area.
Nowadays, there are just a few villages, but everobody is fully aware of the importance and significance of white-headed eagles, of these „cleaners” in the Nature, whose role is irreplaceable…
There is an increasing number of nests these„kings of sky“are building today, and owing to them and to stunning beauty of the whole region, the number of tourists and Nature-lovers has been growing– a completelly new story is beginning in villages –i.e. villlage tourism– in which white-headed eagles as well as their Conservation Area have the most significant role in sustainable development .