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Nature Integrated Management to 2020 (LIFE IP GESTIRE 2020)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2023,

Background In order to ensure the conservation objectives and ecological coherence of the Natura 2000 network, the Lombardy region recognised the need to develop a regional strategy for the period 2015-2020, supported by an integrated, unified, coordinated and participatory management strategy. To this end, in the period 2012-2015 the project GESTIRE (LIF ...
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Conservation of amphibians and butterflies of open wet areas and their habitats at the Foreste Casentinesi National Park (LIFE WetFlyAmphibia)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Background Analysis of the population dynamics of species related to wetlands in the target area, and particularly amphibians and butterflies, reveals a range of problems. In particular, the populations of amphibians, the yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegate) (in sharp decline at national level), spectacled salamander (Salamandrina terdigitata) and Ital ...
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Strategies to minimize the impact of free ranging dogs on wolf conservation in Italy (LIFE MIRCO-lupo)

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

Background The widespread presence of stray dogs represents a threat to the grey wolf (Canis lupus) because of the increased possibility of genetic loss for the target species, predation of domestic animals (often attributed to wolves) and transmission of diseases that could weaken wolf populations. Moreover, the negative attitude towards wolves, consider ...
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Italian emergency strategy for fighting illegal poisoning and minimize its impact on bear, wolf and other species (LIFE PLUTO)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2019,

Background The illegal use of poison is one of the main threats to two priority large carnivore species of the Habitats Directive – the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and the wolf (Canis lupus) – as well as to several scavenger raptor species. Each year in Italy several cases of poisoning are reported, although it is thought these represent only the tip o ...
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coAstal laGoon long teRm managEmEnt (LIFE AGREE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

Background The project location is the vast coastal lagoon area of the ‘Sacca di Goro’ (situated in the province of Ferrara). The Natura 2000 site’s important coastal habitats and waterbird species are under threat from eutrophication of the lagoon waters, due to accumulation of underwater vegetation. Also, there is a lack of nesting sites for a sev ...
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Island conservation in Tuscany, restoring habitat not only for birds (RESTO CON LIFE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Several habitat and species found on the islands of the national park are seriously threatened by alien animal species (e.g. rodents, feral cats, hedgehogs, game birds) and by alien plant species (e.g. Carpobrotus spp., Eucalyptus camaludulensis). Control measures to eradicate these alien species are necessary in order to restore the natural is ...
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WOLF IN THE ALPS: IMPLEMENTATION OF COORDINATED WOLF CONSERVATION ACTIONS IN CORE AREAS AND BEYOND (LIFE WOLFALPS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

Background After their eradication in the Alps in the first half of the 20th Century, wolves have started returning again, following the protection measures and the improvement of ecological conditions in Western Europe that have occurred in recent decades. Currently, the natural expansion of wolves in the Alps presents wildlife managers with the challeng ...
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Sustainable Monitoring And Reporting To Inform Forest- and Environmental Awareness and Protection (LIFE SMART4Action)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Background Updated data and information on forests is needed for different reasons (e.g. to monitor forest health, carbon sequestration, impacts of climate change, provision of environmental services). This data also serves different purposes (e.g. management, conservation, reporting under different obligations) and is required by different target audienc ...
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Control and eradication of the invasive exotic plant species Ailanthus altissima in the Alta Murgia National Park (LIFE Alta Murgia)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background The invasive alien plant species (IAS), Ailanthus altissima (commonly known as tree of heaven, or ailanthus), is one of the most harmful and widespread invasive tree species in Europe. First brought to Europe from China in the 1740s, in recent years the rapidly growing deciduous tree has spread quickly in Italy, especially in the Alta Murgia Na ...
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Monitoring of insects with public participation (MIPP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Background Several European countries have published national guidelines for the monitoring of insect species contained in annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive. Italy, however, lacks monitoring standards to estimate changes in population sizes, threat levels and conservation status. The 2nd Italian National Report on the implementation of the Habit ...
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FOREST4LIFE 2014

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The FOREST4LIFE project is promoted by the Vocational Secondary School ‘Services sector for agriculture, rural development and forestry’, of Ormea (Cuneo), on behalf of the other three partner Schools that form the Italian Schools of Forestry Board, situated in as many Alps and Appennine Mountains areas. These four Secondary Schools train technicians with a professional competence in the forest se ...
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Brown Bear Conservation: coordinated actions for the Alpine and the Apennines range (ARCTOS) (ARCTOS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Background The beneficiary has already taken part in LIFE Nature projects aiming at protecting the population of brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Italy. These bears, which almost disappeared from the country in the last decades of the 20th Century, still appear to be under threat as a result of a lack of robust scientific knowledge, habitat degradation, and ...
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Montecristo 2010: eradication of invasive plant and animal aliens and conservation of species/habitats in the Tuscan Archipelago,Italy. (Montecristo 2010)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Background Habitats on the small island of Montecristo, one of seven islands in the Tuscan Archipelago of Italy’s Tyrrhenian Sea, are seriously threatened by the invasive alien tree of heaven species Ailanthus altissima. Meanwhile, the nests and eggs of the shearwater Puffinus yelkouan and other sea birds are vulnerable to black rats (Rattus rattus). Co ...
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Environmental quality and pressures assessment across Europe: the LTER network as an integrated and shared system for ecosystem monitoring (EnvEurope)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Background A vast amount environmental data is currently collected across Europe, both at national and international level, generating valuable information for policy makers and citizens. However, much of this information is not readily comparable, posing a major obstacle to the development of well-informed environmental policies and strategies at Europea ...
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Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System (FutMon)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

Background Forests cover about 30% of Europe, providing high value concerning: biodiversity; carbon sequestration; soil and water protection; and the economic contribution of goods and services. However, climate change, air pollution and changes in land use are threatening the health, stability and sustainability of forests and their values. On top of th ...
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Conservation actions in NATURA 2000 sites managed by the State Forest Service (Corpo Forestale)

Start date: Oct 1, 2004, End date: Jun 30, 2009,

Background The Italian Forestry Corps is responsible for the management of an important network of State Natural Reserves, which in many cases are included, or include, Natura 2000 sites. These protected areas are scattered over the Italian peninsula from the Alps to Calabria and host many habitats of EU importance such as mountain forests, lowland wo ...
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Conservation of habitats and species of the SIC Bosco della Mesola (Mesola)

Start date: Sep 1, 2001, End date: Aug 31, 2005,

Background The Mesola Forest is a coastal plain forest that has grown on fossil dunes since the 15th century. It comprises of mainly a holm oak wood (Quercus ilex) (the largest in northern Italy) on the dune chains while in the hollows between the dunes, there is a mesophilic forest of common oak, ash, hornbeam and oriental hornbeam. The site is of except ...
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PAWS FOR MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS

In a context of increased urbanization of society, of climate and environmental change and in a context of globalisation and a growing relevance of forests there is a ever but greater need for a sound comprehension of the multiple dimensions of forest and forestry. Forest pedagogics or “Waldpädagogik” is a priority area for developing a shared comprehension of forests and their role in helping to ...
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