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Conservation arrangements for Lesser Spotted Eagle in Latvia (LIFE AQPOM)
Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,
Background
The total population of lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina) in Latvia at the end of the previous century was estimated at 2 800 to 5 200 breeding pairs. This represented roughly 45% of the total EU population and 24% of the population for the whole European continent.
Unfortunately, the number of breeding pairs has decreased since 2000. Dur ...
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Reduction of CO2 emissions by restoring degraded peatlands in Northern European Lowland (LIFE Peat Restore)
Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2021,
Background
Some 25-30% of carbon stored in ecosystems is found in peatlands, twice as much carbon as is stored in forests. Peatland degradation, however, leads to the decomposition and mineralisation of peat and consequently to the release of the stored carbon in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2). According to Wetlands International, there are at least 500 ...
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Restoring the hydrological regime of the Kemeri National Park (HYDROPLAN)
Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2018,
Background
Ķemeri National Park was founded in 1997 on an area of 36 000 ha, which makes it the third largest national park in Latvia. It lies on the coast of the Gulf of Riga and includes forests, swamps and mires, shrubs, lakes or lagoons, natural mineral-springs and muds.
The present-day landscape has been formed by the joint effects of natural proce ...
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