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Biodiversity in Standards and Labels for the Food Industry (LIFEBioStandards)

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

Background The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 underlines the importance of motivating the corporate sector to reduce its negative impacts on biodiversity. Intensive agriculture is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss, through the use of heavy machinery, pesticides and synthetic nitrogen fertilisers, land consolidation, drainage, etc. Therefore, ...
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SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN SPAs OF CASTILLA-LA MANCHA FOR STEPPE BIRDS CONSERVATION (LIFE STEPPE FARMING)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background Founded in 1993, Fundación Global Natura (FGN) is a private national charitable organisation dedicated to the conservation, protection and management of the environment. FGN projects contribute to maintaining and restoring habitat and endangered species, technological innovation and recovery of traditional farming activities through land stewa ...
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Sustainable adaptation of typical EU farming systems to climate change (LIFE AGRI ADAPT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted in its 2014 report that climate change would have negative impacts on agriculture for the rest of this century, even in temperate zones such as in Europe. Integration of adaptation measures into the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Cohesion Policy can increase the resilience of ...
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S přírodou k vzájemnému porozumění

Start date: Dec 31, 2016, End date: Jun 29, 2019,

People are nowadays becoming increasingly aware of the positive influence of Nature on their health. Nature, among others, fulfills their physical needs by providing unique sensory experiences. The constant desire to return to Nature may be associated with "innate feelings that people are part of all living things on Earth" (so-called Biophilia Theory). But also its mystery, depth, beauty, fragili ...
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Partnership for Biodiversity Protection in Viticulture in Europe

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The loss of biodiversity, alongside climate change, is currently one of the largest and most important challenges. It is believed that the current rate of species extinction, due to human influences, is several times higher than the natural extinction rate. Agriculture is the most important land use in Europe, with around 50% of the surface used for agricultural production. The relationship betwee ...
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Recovery and conservation Program for Galemys pyrenaicus and its habitat in Castilla y León and Extremadura (DESMANIA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background The Iberian/Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) is a small semi-aquatic mammal that is endemic to mountain streams in the Iberian Peninsula. The species is an excellent biological indicator with numbers reflecting closely the state of conservation or degradation of the habitats it occupies. However, the desman is increasingly in danger of exti ...
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Restoration of salt flats around 27 endorheic wetland areas in La Mancha (HUMEDALES DE LA MANCHA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background The La Mancha wetlands (Humedales de la Mancha) are situated in the region of Castilla-la Mancha, in Spain. The wetland complex consists of the 27 La Mancha wetlands’ Nature 2000 sites (targeted by this project), as well as 15 less well known wetlands in the Ruidera natural park and one in the Daimiel national park. Some of the water in the ...
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Integrated management of three artificial wetlands in compliance with the Water Framework, Bird and Nitrates Directives (LIFE ALBUFERA)

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

Background Albufera Lake is located some 12 km south of Valencia. It is a shallow freshwater lake with a surface of over 2 400 ha and separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a significant sand bank. The lake and surrounding wetlands are protected as a Site of Community Importance (SCI) under the EU Habitats Directive. The lake is also an important site f ...
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Combating climate change through farming: application of a common evaluation system in the 4 largest agricultural economies of the EU (AgriClimateChange)

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

Background Mitigating the negative impacts of climate change is one of the most important challenges in the EU over the coming decades. In that sense, agriculture will play a key role, as farming emissions represent around 11% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the EU28. Promoting farming systems that combat climate change is a powerful strate ...
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Local Action Plan for Fighting Climate Change in Las Rozas de Madrid: Application and Evaluation of Municipal Management Methods (Las Rozas por el clima)

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

Background Cities occupy 2% of the earth’s surface but use 75% of the world’s natural resources. In Spain, municipalities have become increasingly committed to actions in support of sustainability. They can play an important role in promoting sustainability at a local level, provided the necessary political will and resources are made available. Spain ...
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European Business and Biodiversity Campaign (B+B Campaign)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

Background The loss of biodiversity is a crucial and urgent challenge. It is believed that the current rate of species extinction, due to human influences, is up to 1 000 times higher than the natural extinction rate. To tackle European biodiversity loss, the European Commission’s 2006 Biodiversity Communication identified the engagement of the privat ...
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Wetland restoration and management: Canal de Castilla Special Protection Area (Canal de Castilla)

Start date: Oct 1, 2006, End date: Sep 30, 2010,

Background The Channel of Castilla, Palencia, Spain, is an artificial watercourse 207 km in length; it was built in the 18th century to connect the centre of the Castilian plains with the sea. With the onset of the railway at the beginning of the 20th century, the idea of using the channel for the transportation of people and goods was abandoned. The 207 ...
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Conservation of the aquatic warbler in the ZEPA 'La Nava-Campos' (Carricerín Nava-Campos)

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: May 31, 2006,

Background The aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola), is by far Europe’s rarest warbler. It breeds in temperate eastern Europe (Poland; Hungary, Germany, the Baltic States, the Ukraine and Belarus) and has an estimated population of 15,000 pairs. This small passerine bird is found in wetlands with sedge and similarly structured marshy habitats. Drai ...
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Living Lakes: Sustainable Management of wetlands and shallow lakes (Living Lakes)

Start date: Jul 1, 2001, End date: Oct 31, 2004,

Background Wetlands are among the most important and yet most threatened ecosystems in Europe. They are a precious part of our cultural and natural heritage, providing an extremely important resource for many human interests and activities, as well as habitats that support a rich diversity of animal and plant life. Wetlands are able to absorb precipitatio ...
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