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Reduction of sea turtle mortality in commercial fisheries (TARTALIFE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Background The conservation of the sea turtle (Caretta caretta) – an EU priority species, listed in annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive, and protected under various international conventions – is of strategic importance for the whole Mediterranean basin. Fishing represents the main threat to the species’ survival. Researchers (Casale, 2011) ...
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Hacia una formación sin límites

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The Secondary Education School, IES Politécnico Hermenegildo Lanz, of Granada, wishes to take part in an Erasmus+ project for VET learners in order to increase the quality of training, expand their career opportunities and strengthen a network of collaboration between different countries of the European Union to fulfil the principle of Unity in Diversity. The project plans the mobility of 10 pa ...
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Monitoring biodiversity by a Citizen Science approach for solving environmental problems (CSMON-LIFE)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: Dec 2, 2017,

Background The increasing loss of biodiversity can be attributed to the influence of human beings on the world’s ecosystems. The EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy foresees various actions with the aim of halting the loss of biodiversity, conserving and restoring natural habitats, and maintaining and enhancing ecosystems and their services. This strategy req ...
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Strategy for the Natura 2000 Network of the Umbria Region (SUN LIFE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Background Italy’s central region of Umbria hosts transitional areas located between the Mediterranean and Continental biogeographical regions. These areas are rich in biodiversity and include many endemic species. Such diversity is reflected in the 104 SCI and SPAs located in the region, accounting for more than 15% of its land surface. However, the co ...
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Natura 2000 Action Programme (PAN LIFE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Background The geographical position of Calabria at the extreme south of Italy as well as its long coastline overlooking the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas means that it has some of the richest biodiversity in Italy and Europe. It boasts 69 habitats of (European) community interest, 18 of which are priority habitats, and has 185 marine and terrestrial Natura ...
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SPIN Strategy for the Implementation of Natura 2000 in Sicily (SPIN4LIFE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Background Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean, and its geographic isolation, proximity to Africa, and the geomorphological diversity of its mountains, plains, rivers, dunes, estuaries and islets, mean that its biodiversity is among the most varied in Europe. Sicily has 238 Natura 2000 sites, which are threatened by fire, grazing, erosion, l ...
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SHARKLIFE – Urgent actions for the conservation of cartilaginous fish in Italy (SHARKLIFE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Background The endangered status sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea was highlighted by the IUCN study, ‘Red List 2007 Assessment of the conservation status of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyans) in the Mediterranean’. The study shows that although the Mediterranean is a semi-enclosed sea, it hosts a diverse range of chondrichthyan – an esti ...
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Tartanet, a network for the conservation of sea turtles in Italy (TARTANET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2004, End date: Oct 31, 2008,

...agian islands, south of Sicily, two certain nesting sites are present. However, sea turtle captures in the Italian seas are regularly registered. The average is about 9.8 captures/per day/per boat. Centro Turistico Studentesco e Giovanile (CTS), an Italian NGO, has been a partner in the management of LIFE Nature projects directed at conserving the sea turtle in two proposed Sites of Community Im ...
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European Ecotourism Knowledge Network

Start date: Dec 1, 2010,

The project aims to create an Ecotourism knowledge network to bring together a variety of stakeholders -education & training institutions, ecotourism businesses, associations & NGOs related to ecotourism/sustainable tourism, certification agencies, ICT experts & research institutes- and develop innovative evaluation tools and learning products for sharing knowledge among the network and facilitati ...
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