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Improvement of habitats and population connectivity for endangered amphibians in the cityregion of Aachen (LIFE-Amphibienverbund)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2025,

Background The amphibian species, the yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) listed in Annex II of the Habitats Directive, along with the Annex IV-listed midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) and natterjack toad (Bufo calamita), are all endangered in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and in Germany as a whole. The former two species have a bad conservation statu ...
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Development of a habitat network for the Violet Copper to promote a sustainable metapopulation (LIFE-Patches & Corridors)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2022,

Background The rare butterfly species, violet copper (Lycaena helle), lives in flower-rich meadows with bistort (Polygonum bistorta). The occurrence of this valuable species, listed in Annex II of the Habitats Directive, indicates pristine and functioning alluvial ecosystems in intact upland landscapes. It can be found in areas where clean streams flow th ...
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Rur and Kall – fluvial habitats (Rur und Kall)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Background The project area comprises the Natura 2000 sites, Kalltal und Nebentäler (DE-5303-302) and Ruraue from Heimbach to Obermaubach (DE-5304-301). This area makes up a significant part of the largest river basin of the Northern Eifel and is located between the large Rureifel reservoirs, above Heimbach, and the water impoundments in Kreuzau-Obermau ...
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Wasser - Wildnis - Optimisation of NATURA-2000-habitats in the National Park Eifel (Wald)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Background The Eifel National Park encompasses the counties of Aachen, Düren and Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia and covers some 11 000 ha (110 km²). The park includes parts of six Natura 2000 network SCIs (sites of Community importance). The SCIs of the project area are characterised by deciduous forests, meadows rich in species, rocks with pionee ...
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Habitat Euregio

Start date: Jun 30, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Treize organisations environnementales des Pays-Bas, de Belgique et d’Allemagne vont unir leurs efforts en vue de renforcer la continuité paysagère entre les principaux parcs nationaux et réserves naturelles de la région frontalière. Dans le cadre de ce projet, appelé Habitat Euregio, le réseau écologique sera amélioré et une collaboration durable entre gestionnaires de la nature et du paysage ser ...
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Restoration of the habitat type "oligotropic low mountain stream" (Mittelgebirgsbach Euskirchen)

Start date: Oct 1, 2003, End date: Aug 31, 2009,

Background The freshwater streams on both sides of the German-Belgian border of the Eifel Hills region, contain few nutrients and even less calcium. This makes them ideal habitat types for endangered species such as the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) – as well as other rare or threatened fish species (Cottus gobio and Lampetra pla ...
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Near-natural river dynamics on the River Ems in Lower Saxony (Ems Niedersachsen)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Jun 30, 2008,

Background The Ems is the most westerly of Germany’s major rivers and has a total length of 371 km. Since the middle ages, the natural river course and its floodplain have been changed to a largely man-made landscape. Floodplain forest was gradually cleared to create meadows, pastures and, in modern times, intensively-used arable land. Large sections of ...
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Heaths & bogs - Phase 2 (Landes et tourbières II)

Start date: May 31, 2004, End date: Jul 30, 2006,

Im deutsch-belgischen Grenzgebiet liegen sowohl im Hohen Venn als auch in denbenachbarten Gebieten der Eifel noch Restflächen wertvoller Biotope. Insbesonderedie Heide-, Moor- und Feuchtwiesenflächen gehen immer weiter zurück. Umdiese langfristig erhalten zu können, müssen große Pufferzonen eingerichtet undmüssen die Gebiete miteinander verbunden werden. Diese dringend notwendigenMaßnahmen sollten ...
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Heaths & bogs - Phase 1 (Landes et tourbières I)

Start date: May 31, 2002, End date: Dec 14, 2004,

In der Eifel gibt es noch eine Reihe aus biologischer Sicht sehr wertvollerBrachflächen. Bei diesem sog. Ödland handelt es sich u.a. um Heiden, Moore,Feuchtwiesen und Borstgrasrasen. Diese Grasflächen bedeckten früher denGroßteil der Eifel. Mit der Einführung der Rinderhaltung und der Mechanisierungder Landwirtschaft hat sich dieses Landschaftsbild stark verändert. ErstesZiel dieses Projekts war d ...
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