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Reintroduction of burning in Boreal western taiga woodlands (LifeTaiga)
Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2019,
Background
Controlled burning can support the conservation of many sites of priority habitat type 9010 (*Western Taïga) and, to some extent, habitat 9060 (Coniferous forests on, or connected to, glaciofluvial eskers) Up until 150 years ago, 1% of the wooded area burned annually. Today less than 0.016% burns annually. The reduction in the frequency of fir ...
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Restoration of ancient agricultural landscape, natural forests and wetlands at the Baltic coast (LIFE Coast Benefit)
Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2019,
Background
The majority of the project areas are protected as nature reserves, or bird sanctuaries, as well as being Natura 2000 network sites. In recent years, the habitats have begun to deteriorate because of a lack of management. The grassland habitats and grazed forests have become overgrown with bushes and trees, following the ending of grazing and h ...
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The thick shelled river mussel (Unio crassus) brings Life+ back to rivers (UC4LIFE)
Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2016,
Background
Numerous thick shelled river mussel (Unio crassus) populations have become extinct in Sweden. The remaining populations of this endangered species have a fragmented (some 140 sites) and narrow south-eastern distribution in Scandinavia.
The decline of the species can be linked to adverse physical changes to its habitats (including fragmentation ...
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Lake Mälaren Inner Archipelago - Restoration and Management (MIA)
Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2014,
Background
The archipelago of Mälaren is one of Sweden's most valuable regions for broadleaved woodlands, with oaks and the other old trees growing in a semi-open habitat. The region has a climate that is two-to-three vegetation zones more favourable than the surrounding area. This, together with less intensive forestry and agriculture, has resulted in ...
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Rock Art in Northern Europe (RANE )
Start date: Jun 25, 2002, End date: Sep 24, 2005,
Rock art (paintings and carvings on rock formations) is the oldest form of human art. The remaining examples of this historical art form are threatened both by a natural development and our modern way of living. The central objectives of RANE were to initiate measures and promote research that would improve the management and sustainable use of prehistoric rock art in the Baltic Sea Region. The pr ...
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