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"Let the raised bogs grow" Natura 2000 Deurnsche Peel/Mariapeel (Peelvenen)

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

Background The “Deurnsche Peel” and “Mariapeel” are Natura 2000 sites in the south-east of the Netherlands. Both areas are of great importance, because they contribute to the ecological variation within the EU priority habitat type, active raised bogs. Additionally, they are part of lens bogs, a landscape type that is an exceptional feature in the ...
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"More water, more raised bogs in the Groote Peel" (Life+GP)

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

Background The National Park Groote Peel and Natura 2000 site (1 345 ha) in the south-east of the Netherlands has two habitat types requiring protection under the Habitats Directive: ‘Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration’ (658 ha) and ‘European dry heaths’ (115 ha). It is a core area for remnant raised bogs in Europe. However ...
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REstoring rivers FOR effective catchment Management (REFORM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

REFORM is targeted towards development of guidance and tools to make river restoration and mitigation measures more cost-effective and to support the 2nd and future River Basin Management Plans (RMBPs) for the WFD. Aims of REFORM are (1) to provide a framework for improving the success of hydromorphological restoration measures and (2) to assess more effectively the state of rivers, floodplains an ...
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SAFEGUARDING HERITAGE AND RURAL ECONOMIES (SHARE)

Start date: Oct 6, 2010, End date: Jul 30, 2015,

SHARE aims to safeguard rural culture & heritage to preserve cultural diversity: a key economic driver & generator of social cohesion. Rural heritage is an asset & resource of EU territories; its quality plays a vital part in making rural areas sustainable & attractive. particularly in the town-country balance. SHARE will show crisis-hit European economies how to stretch public & private financ ...
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Sustainable MANAGEment and operation of major regenerated sites developed into attractive destinations (MANAGE+)

Start date: Apr 17, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The MANAGE+ project deals with the (post investment) management of regenerated cultural & industrial heritage areas developed into attractive destinations. The aim is to achieve sustainable management and operation of these areas which take advantage of their potential benefits. All project partners (from regions Ruhr and Rhine-Neckar [DE]. Manchester-Liverpool [UK]. West Flanders [BE] and Utrech ...
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Collaboration for identity-based economic development (COLLABOR8)

Start date: May 9, 2007, End date: Nov 29, 2013,

AIM To contribute to the economic prosperity. sustainability & cultural identity of NWE in increasingly competitive global markets. This will be done by forming & supporting new clusters in the Cultural. Creative. Countryside. Recreation. & Hospitality(CCCRH) sectors using uniqueness of place as a binding force & overcoming barriers to regional & transnational collaboration. THE PROBLEM Globa ...
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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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BodemBreed

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

BodemBreed richt zich op het verduurzamen van het landbouwkundig bodemgebruik door het versterken van de kennis en inzichten over de bodem als samenhangend geheel. Daarbij willen de partners maatregelen uittesten en invoeren die bijdragen tot een duurzaam bodemgebruik.In hoofdzaak richt het project zich op het lössgebied, maar ook het zandgebied komt aan bod. Via bekendmaking en praktijkvoorbeelde ...
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Restoration of Brackish Marsh for Root Vole, Waders and Terns (Brackish Marsh)

Start date: Jul 31, 2006, End date: May 31, 2011,

Background The estuarine habitats and species of the Eastern Scheldt in Zeeland are under serious pressure. The estuaries were once famous for their shallow tidal creeks, sand flats, salt marshes and inland brackish marshes and harboured important populations of terns, waders, geese, seals and root vole (Microtus oeconomus subsp. arenicola). However, the ...
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ISLA

Start date: Jun 30, 2003, End date: Jun 30, 2008,

The objective of the ISLA project is to prevent the economic and social decline of NW Europes peripheral islands via the protection and enhancement of their natural and cultural heritage. The project, which is being led by the Dutch Government Service for Sustainable Land and Water Management, aims to exploit these islands unique cultural and natural landscape by fostering sustainable island touri ...
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SDF (Sustainable Development of Flood Plains) (SDF)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

The bursting of river banks, flooding of towns and evacuation of communities, have, in recent times, brought about the need for drastic short-term measures including the construction of emergency dams and dykes. With flooding predicted to become ever more acute and ever more frequent, German and Dutch governments have been forced to take more drastic long-term action to cope with rising water leve ...
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SAND

Start date: Jan 6, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

River basins cross nation state boundaries, therefore action to tackle flooding must be undertaken on a transnational basis. The key objective of SAND is to alleviate flooding by making better use of the gravel pits that line many river basins. The five year project, which is being led by the Dutch Rijkswaterstaats East Netherlands Directorate, draws together five riverine authorities from three N ...
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Tiengemeten, restoration of freshwater tidal area in the Haringvliet estuary, the Netherlands (10GEMETEN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2003, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

Background Tiengemeten is an island estuary of the rivers Rhine and Meuse, just south of Rotterdam. Since the last embankment in 1860, Tiengemeten consists of 700 ha arable land and 300 ha reedbeds. As a result of the construction of a dam in 1970, the tidal ebb and flow in the estuary practically ceased. The effect has had serious consequences for the ve ...
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Flood Risk Management in Estuaries: Sustainable New Land Use in Flood Control Areas (FRaME)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

The aim of the FR@ME project was to reduce flood risk in North Sea Estuaries by advancing and promoting innovative solutions involving sustainable new land uses whilst safeguarding the Natura 2000 series and to provide new opportunities for social, economic and environmental benefits. FR@ME assisted in the practical development of sustainable flood risk management strategies in the North Sea estua ...
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Floodscape (Creating New Landscapes for Flood Risk Management) (Floodscape)

Start date: Dec 31, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

CFM (Creating new landscapes for flood risk management) is an action project that seeks to change perceptions of flooding and develop common principles for relevant decision-making. The objective is to promote new sustainable landscapes in planning that combine water issues with nature conservation, agriculture, building and recreation. The investment component, involving the construction of a ret ...
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Agricultural Measures for Water Management and their Integration into Spatial Planning (AMEWAM)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

As a joint project between regions in France, Germany and the UK, AMEWAM (Agricultural measures for water management and their integration into spatial planning) addresses land use and water systems. In the partner regions, recent freak rainfall has given rise to rapid water run-off from arable fields into residential areas and rivers. The project tackles the problem of surface water runoff, soil ...
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