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Conservation of Black and Griffon vultures in the cross-border Rhodopes mountains (LIFE RE-Vultures)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2021,

Background European black vultures (Aegypius monachus)and griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) are considered as umbrella species whose conservation will also substantially benefit other raptor species sharing the main diet of carrion as well as breeding and foraging habitats. These species are also an indicator of healthy, intact, natural habitats. The conserv ...
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Improving professionals training in Ornithological tourism, in islands of Southern Europe

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The project, Improving professionals training in Ornithological tourism, in islands of Southern Europe (BIRDTOURISE) proposes the development of training materials, based on previous training products that enhance the capabilities of adults (tourism professionals) in Archipelagos and Islands of Southern Europe (Mediterranean and Macaronesian) to provide guidance for their products to a nature tour ...
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Coordinated Efforts for International Species Recovery (EuroSAP)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Background Species action plans (SAPs) for non-huntable bird species and management plans (MPs) for huntable bird species have expired, while new conservation strategies need to be developed for some species that are showing sharp population declines. Furthermore, a new conservation approach that identifies and addresses groups of bird species sharing sim ...
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Conservation measures to assist the adaptation of Falco eleonorae* to climate change (LIFE ElClimA)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Background Eleonora’s falcon (Falco eleonorae) is a migratory falcon breeding in the Mediterranean (Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey) and Atlantic islands off the northwest coast of Africa (Canary Islands, Morocco). The global population size is estimated at around 15 000 breeding pairs, with the vast majority – 12 36 ...
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"The ecological services, social benefits and economic value of the Ecosystem Services in Natura 2000 sites in Crete" (LIFE Natura2000ValueCrete)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Background The main threats to the Natura 2000 network sites in Crete are the destruction of coastal habitats by the development of tourism, the degradation of mountain landscape and the loss of biodiversity due to intense agriculture, abandonment of traditional farming practices and the human-related mortality of certain species. Most of these problems a ...
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Training for sustainable fisheries in the Mediterranean

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Fishing has a strong social presence in the Mediterranean, with a largely fleet of predominantly artisanal character. The activity has remained in equilibrium with the marine environment for centuries, but soaring effort and technological advances in recent decades, plus multiple other human impacts on the marine environment, has led to a severe social, economic and environmental crisis. Finding s ...
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Safeguarding the lesser white-fronted goose fennoscandian population in key wintering and staging sites within the European flyway (Safeguard LWfG)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

Background The lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) is an Annex I species of the Birds Directive, classified as ‘vulnerable’ by the IUCN Red List. The global population trend for the species has shown rapid decline (30-49%) during the period 1998-2008, accompanied by breeding range fragmentation. The wild population of the goose in the Fennos ...
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Urgent measures to secure survival of the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in Bulgaria and Greece (Return of the Neophron)

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

Background In 2002, an action plan for the ‘recovery and conservation of vultures on the Balkan Peninsula and adjacent regions’ was drafted, as a joint effort of national and international NGOs. The plan is promoted by the Vulture Conservation Foundation and the Frankfurt Zoological Society; and is supported by, among others, by BirdLife International ...
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Conservation and Management of the Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni*) at three Greek SPA sites (Lesser Kestrel Thessaly)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Background Three SPA sites in Greece account for more than 75% of the country’s total population of the lesser kestrel and 6% of the estimated EU population. In Thessaly, however, the species is threatened, mainly due to the degradation of foraging areas, which in turn reduces the amount of food and, therefore, breeding success. Its prey is also declini ...
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Demonstration of the Biodiversity Action Planning approach, to benefit local biodiversity on an Aegean island, Skyros (SKYROSBIODIVERSITY)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Background The natural environment and biodiversity on Skyros are some of the best preserved in the region. The landscape is characterised by steep slopes, wet meadows, and seasonal wetlands, scrublands and pasturelands of high quality. The island includes many endemic plants, passerines, birds of prey, migratory water-foul, bats, terrapins, and endemic s ...
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Management of the SPA site of Andros Island to achieve a favourable conservation status for its priority species (ANDROSSPA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Background The island of Andros has a great diversity of habitats, the most important of which is the alluvian forest of common alder (Alnus glutinosa), European chestnut (Castanea sativa) woodland and strands of white willow (Salix alba) and white poplar (Populus alba). There are many bird species endemic to Andros. Its rocky coasts host important nesti ...
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A safe haven for wild birds: Changing attitudes towards illegal killing in North Mediterranean for European Biodiversity (Safe Haven for Wild Birds)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Background Illegal killing of wild birds is a significant threat affecting the viability of populations. Hunting in the EU is regulated according to the provisions of the Birds Directive (2009/147/EC). The term ‘illegal killing of wild birds’ refers to any form of deliberate action, such as catching, trapping, injuring, removing or persecution of bird ...
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Concrete Conservation Actions for the Mediterranean Shag and Audouin's gull in Greece including the inventory of relevant marine IBAs (ConShagAudMIBAGR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Background Seabirds in the Mediterranean are subject to a range of threats, depending on species and location. However, the most important threats, in terms of conservation, are insufficient knowledge to help protect seabirds in their marine environment; predation by introduced mammals (primarily rats and cats); predation or competition for food and habit ...
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Conservation of Anser erythropus on European migration route (Anser-Eur)

Start date: Apr 1, 2005, End date: Mar 31, 2009,

Background The lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) is a goose species breeding in the tundra zone (low-arctic and forest) from northern Fennoscandia to eastern Siberia. Its historical range covers the whole subarctic Eurasia, but nowadays the distribution is patchy. The recent estimate of its world population is 22 000-27 000 individuals. Presen ...
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Conservation measures of Falco eleonorae in Greece (FALCO ELEONORAE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2003, End date: Oct 31, 2007,

Background Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae) is one of the most characteristic birds of the Aegean Sea. It is a migrating falcon that breeds in colonies on uninhabited islets or remote cliffs of inhabited islands. It is named as a priority bird species under LIFE. With the exception of a few hundred pairs in the North African coast, Cyprus and Croati ...
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Monitoring and conservation actions in Natura 2000 site in Greece - Natura 2000 Yunanistan

Start date: Jul 1, 2011,

The project aims at the impelmentation of monitoring and conservation measures in order to conserve NATURA 2000 sites in Greece. The project is taking action in the Gialova Lagoon, in southern Greece and in Agras-Vrita-Nisi, in northern Greece. The themes of the project is rural development and environment due to the activities are linked to development and the conservation of the protected area ...
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EVS: Let’s do it!

Start date: Aug 1, 2012,

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INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING FOR NATURE CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS

Start date: Dec 1, 2012,

The proposed project aims contribute to adult learning in the field of volunteering and nature conservation by applying an intergenerational learning approach and innovative learning tools aiming to:- Offer opportunities to senior citizens to become involved in voluntary activity for nature conservation locally, thus improving self-esteem and self confidence, while enhancing their knowledge on vol ...
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Environmental education-Birdwatching

Start date: May 1, 2010,

Aims our project, environmental education and spread bird watching. ...
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