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Restoring the Pontine Archipelago ecosystem through management of rats and other invasive alien species (LIFE PonDerat)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Background The breeding success of bird species with unfavourable conservation status, such as Scopoli’s shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) and Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), is seriously threatened by the black rat (Rattus rattus), as demonstrated by international scientific literature. This negative trend is occurring in several Mediterranean ...
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Management of grey squirrel in Umbria: conservation of red squirrel and preventing loss of biodiversity in Apennines (LIFE U-SAVEREDS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Oct 1, 2018,

Background The Umbria region is located in the heart of the Italian peninsula. It is threatened by the presence of the non-native Eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) that has spread since it was accidentally released in the city of Perugia in the early 2000s. The introduction of the grey squirrel in Europe is one of the most well-known and studie ...
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Urgent long term nature conservation actions for the SPA and the pSCIs of the Monti della Tolfa area. (MONTI DELLA TOLFA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Background The degradation of the different forest and pasture habitats in the Tolfa area is threatening several bird species, because of the reduced area suitable for mating, nesting and feeding. Such degradation has been caused mainly by the abandonment of the once-cultivated woods and pastures, and by uncontrolled human activity in natural areas, inclu ...
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