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Towards integrated management of freshwater Nature 2000 sites and habitats (FRESHABIT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2022,

...heritage and renewable energy need to be harmonised. Actions are also needed to enhance catchment-level and cross-sectional cooperation among different administrative and operational actors and institutes, such as public administrations implementing the Water Framework Directive, the administrative bodies involved in implementing the Habitats and Birds directives, NGOs and the private sector. ...
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Conservation of the eastern imperial eagle by decreasing human-caused mortality in the Pannonian Region (PannonEagle Life)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2022,

Background Thanks to conservation efforts started in the 1980s, the Hungarian population of the eastern imperial eagle has come back from the brink of extinction, reaching 160 pairs by 2014. The Pannonian biogeographical region (which includes all of Hungary and parts of Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia and Ukraine) now holds some 220 pa ...
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Restoration and management of Danube floodplain habitats (LIFE Danube floodplains)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2022,

Background In past 200 years, the water and wetland habitats of the Danube region have undergone great change: dams have been constructed; flood protection introduction; navigation improved; agricultural and forestry activities intensified; and land drained. Large continuous flood areas have been reduced and divided by dykes, while numerous branches have ...
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COLLECTIVE ACTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF THE EU SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS (LIFE EUROTURTLES)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

Background The project focuses on areas that are pivotal for the conservation of the two sea turtle species occurring in the EU and listed as priority species in Annex II of the Habitats Directive, the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). In the EU, the loggerhead turtle has major nesting sites in Greece and Cyprus, a ...
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The rescue of endemic priority plant species Minuartia smejkalii (Life for Minuartia)

Start date: Jul 7, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Background Minuartia smejkalii is a postglacial flowering plant that is endemic to the Czech Republic. A type of sandwort, M. smejkalii is nowadays only found in two Natura 2000 network sites in the country. However, its population has undergone a 65% decline in the last five years and in some parts of the project sites it is already extinct. The main cau ...
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LIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DRY GRASSLANDS IN EASTERN SLOVENIA (LIFE TO GRASSLANDS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Background Dry grasslands – semi-natural dry grasslands on calcareous substrates (6210) and species-rich Nardus grasslands on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (6230) – have a bad/unfavourable conservation status in Slovenia. Overgrowth resulting from land abandonment is a critical threat for these habitat types. Additionally in the past few dec ...
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Awareness Raising, Training and Measures on Invasive alien Species in forests (LIFE ARTEMIS)

Start date: Jul 7, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Background In Slovenia, problems caused by invasive alien species (IAS) have been overlooked for many years, partly due to the lack of systematic research and monitoring, which has so far only provided limited data to evaluate trends. A 2012 survey revealed that, between 2000 and 2011, the number of alien plant species increased by 11% while alien animal ...
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Sustainable and responsible management and re-use of degraded peatlands in Latvia (LIFE REstore)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 30, 2019,

Background Peatland drainage was carried out in Latvia throughout the Soviet era, up to the 1990s. This contributed to the degradation of natural ecosystems and resulted in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from areas that previously stored large amounts of carbon (carbon sinks). According to unofficial studies, in 1991, there were about 55 000 ha of peat ex ...
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Implementing Alpine Governance Mechanisms of the European Strategy for the Alpine Region (AlpGov)

Start date: Jun 7, 2016, End date: Jun 6, 2019,

Description (EN): The AlpGovs’ main objective is to support effective and efficient EUSALP implementation in a systematic transnational approach through designing and testing appropriate governance structures and mechanisms mainly on the level of Action Groups (AGs), at the same time to create synergies with the other EUSALP implementing bodies General Assembly and Executive Board a ...
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High Nature Value Farming: Learning, Innovation and Knowledge. (HNV-Link)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

"High nature value (HNV) farmland designates “those areas in Europe where agriculture is a major land use and where that agriculture supports, or is associated with, either a high species and habitat diversity or the presence of species of European conservation concern, or both”. They are an important component of European agriculture, notably in terms of biodiversity, cultural landscape, territor ...
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Alpine Ecosystem Services – mapping, maintenance and management (AlpES)

Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,

Description (EN): Ecosystems and their services go beyond national borders and need a transnational approach for their dynamic protection, sustainable use, management and risk prevention. As a basis for joint action, public authorities, policy makers, NGOs, researchers and economic actors – the AlpES target groups – need a common understanding of ecosystem services, comparable infor ...
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Safeguarding the Saimaa Ringed Seal (LIFE Saimaa Seal)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

Background Once widespread in Finland, the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is now found only in the Saimaa fragmented freshwater lake complex. With a small population of about 310 seals, it is probably the world’s most endangered seal species and is categorized by the IUCN as Critically Endangered. In Annex II of the Habitats Directive, it ...
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MOINHOS III – FORMAR PARA INOVAR

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

The Consortium MOINHOS was established in 2014 by the Municipality of Torres Vedras and several vocational schools in the municipality, following the unofficial collaboration that already existed in the programme Leonardo da Vinci, in order to participate in the programme Erasmus +. In 2015, given the success and acceptance by the community of MOINHOS I, the Consortium has been extended by integra ...
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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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Restoration of Natura 2000 sites in cross-border Bratislava capital region (Natura 2000 BA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Background The Bratislava capital region and its surrounding area is characterised by a high diversity of natural conditions supporting a high number of habitats and species of European importance. The cross-border region of Slovakia, Austria and Hungary, which includes valuable Natura 2000 sites, represents a strategically important region whose natural ...
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Increasing Value and Flow in the Marine Biodiscovery Pipeline (PHARMASEA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

The PharmaSea project focuses on obstacles in marine biodiscovery research, development and commercialization and brings together a broad interdisciplinary team of academic and industry researchers and specialists to address and overcome these. The partners are ideally placed to demonstrate how to widen the bottlenecks and increase the flow of ideas and products derived from the marine microbiome ...
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Conservation of root vole *Microtus oeconomus mehelyi (Microtus)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background The Mehely’s subspecies of root vole, Microtus oeconomus mehelyi, is restricted to the western (especially north-western) Hungary, eastern Austria and south-western Slovakia, occupying habitats formed by sediments of freshwater marshes, swamps, floodplains or watersides with dense vegetation. The current status of Hungarian Mehely’s root vo ...
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Development of Landscape Character Assessment as a tool for effective conservation of natural heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean (MEDSCAPES)

Start date: Dec 30, 2013, End date: Dec 29, 2015,

Project in brief The integrity of Mediterranean landscapes is currently threatened by a series of common problems: pollution, overgrazing, tourism development and urbanisation. Besides lack of public awareness, political commitment or intersectoral cooperation, the protection of natural heritage is hindered by the fragmentation of actions and approaches implemented so far in the Mediterranean regi ...
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Network for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Sea Turtles in the Adriatic (NETCET)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

The main objective of the NETCET project is to develop common strategies for the conservation of cetaceans and sea turtles (C&ST) in the Adriatic through regional cooperation. Due to the migratory nature of these species cross-border collaboration and shared management responsibility between Adriatic states is crucial in order to plan effective long-term conservation strategies. The Adriatic sea h ...
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Forest Habitat Restoration within the Gauja National Park (FOR-REST)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

Background The ancient valleys of the Gauja River and its tributaries, along with their nearby erosion relief belt, occupy the central part of The Gauja National Park (Gauja NP). The relief forms of the ancient Gauja River valley are unique within the whole East Baltic region. The Gauja River valley is distinguished as a united geographic region. The leng ...
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anache-Réseau d'aire marines protégées sur l'ensemble de l'écosystème de la Manche (PANACHE)

Start date: Jul 10, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The PANACHE project aims at networking Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Channel area, in order to determine common assessment and management methods, taking into consideration the ecological coherence of those cross-border marine areas. The project also provides for the development of joint strategies for protecting birds in those coastal areas. ...
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Innovative approaches for marine biodiversity monitoring and assessment of conservation status of nature values in the Baltic Sea (MARMONI)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Background Marine biodiversity indicators are tools that enable changes in biological components of marine ecosystems to be identified and followed. They also enable those changes to be linked with pressures, and help in the assessment of the effectiveness of measures taken to reduce those pressures on different geographical scales, thereby providing a ba ...
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Conservation and management of freshwater wetlands in Slovenia (WETMAN)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Feb 1, 2015,

Background In Slovenia, a lack of appropriate management over the last 50 years has led to wetland loss and degradation. During this period many wetland areas were modified and drainage systems were constructed, especially for agricultural land and forests. Between 1973 and 1991, more than 70 000 ha of lowlands were drained. In addition, flood control sch ...
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Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Indicators for North Africa (MEDINA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

MEDINA is designed to enhance Northern African Countries’s monitoring capacity of their coastal areas ecosystems, including fish stocks resources, and consequently their capacity to implement environmental policies, conventions and protocols. In response to this Call for proposal and supported by a strong European partnership, MEDINA focuses on the Mediterranean coasts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia ...
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licy and Public-Private Partnerships for Offshore Wind EneRgy (4 POWER)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...n understanding on current and future regional challenges in OSW development. The partners represent various angles of the Triple Helix: local and regional authorities, specialised energy institutes set up by government, public-private business organisation and knowledge institutions. The level of interaction between partners is strong, there are 7 joint project meetings, 11 bilateral study visits ...
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Sustainable Integrated Management of International River Corridors in SEE Countries  (SEE RIVER)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

Rivers in SEE region are often threatened by unsustainable use, increasing human pressure, and problems of increased floods and droughts driven by climate change. Inhabitation of floodplain areas, hydropower utilization, navigation, gravel and sand extraction, unsustainable tourism etc. lead to changes in morphology, increased pollution, degradation of aquatic habitats, as well as land use conflic ...
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moting the ecological network in the European Green Belt (Greennet)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

During the last century and over decades Central Europe was divided by an insuperable border called the Iron Curtain. Especially the eastern side of the former border was extremely sparsely populated and the border zone itself was left completely unsettled. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain in the late 1980s and the reunion of Eastern and Western Europe this former border area now runs like a Gre ...
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People for Ecosystem Based Governance in Assessing Sustainable Development of Ocean and Coast (PEGASO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

"Many efforts have been deployed for developing Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Both basins have, and continue to suffer severe environmental degradation. In many areas this has led to unsustainable trends, which have impacted, on economic activities and human well-being. An important progress has been made with the launch of the ICZM Protocol for ...
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BEtter management and implementation of NATURa 2000 sites (BE-NATUR)

Start date: Jan 31, 2011, End date: Jan 30, 2014,

One of the current most important and demanding challenges is to face the loss of biodiversity, encompassing the diversity of both habitat and species types. A strong EU legal basis for the nature conservation provides the foundation for the preservation of the EU natural heritage. We refer in particular to Habitats and Birds Directives, whose design of Natura 2000 network is based on. The SEE Cou ...
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Highland aquatic resources conservation and sustainable development (HighARCS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Project partner will complete a detailed multidisciplinary situation analysis of highland aquatic resources, focused on values, livelihoods, conservation issues and wise-use options at five sites in Asia (Guangdong, China; Uttrakhand and West Bengal, India and northern and central Vietnam). Factors assessed will include biodiversity and ecosystem services, including provisioning, regulating, suppo ...
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Integrated management of biological and landscape diversity for sustainable regional development and ecological connectivity in the Carpathians (BIOREGIO Carpathians)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

BIOREGIO Carpathians is aimed at enhancing the integrated management of the Carpathians protected areas and natural assets in a transnational context and thereby increase the attractiveness of the region. The Carpathians, the largest mountain range of Europe, harbour a unique natural heritage and act as a major ecological link within Europe. Experiences e.g. from the Alpine Space demonstrate that ...
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Indexing for Life (i4Life)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

Partners to this proposal include the six major global programmes exploring the full extent of species diversity, a core dimension in human knowledge of global biodiversity.They are: GBIF and distribution modelling, the EBI/INDSC, and Barcode of Life initiatives and molecular diversity, IUCN Red Lists and the species conservation movement, and the Species 2000 Catalogue of Life taxonomic framework ...
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The Vjosa/ Aoos River Eco-Museum; Promotion and Protection of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Vjosa/ Aoos River Basin (VAEcoM)

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Oct 30, 2013,

The aim of the VAEcoM project is to develop a transboundary living eco-museum, with a focus on the natural and cultural heritage of the Vjosa / Aoos river basin, including productive, environmental and socio-cultural aspects. This aim can be met by addressing a number of specific objectives; in particular:- Monitor the preservation, conservation and interpretation of natural and cultural heritage ...
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Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (BALTADAPT)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

...a knowledge brokerage process in this field, develop a strategy and set a framework for its future implementation. The partner consortium under the leadership of the Danish Meteorological Institute brings together a mixture of federal policy institutions tasked with dealing with the topic of climate change, and a group of research institutions at the cutting edge of applied science in the region. ...
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Sustainable Uses of Baltic Marine Resources (SUBMARINER)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

...ucture (mission, business plan, etc.) which has successfully gained flagship project status under the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR).SUBMARINER was led by the Maritime Institute in Gdańsk in collaboration with nineteen partners from all EU countries around the Baltic Sea Region, including applied research institutes, regional & national authorities as well as NGOs. ...
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Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Network - North (MEDPAN NORTH)

Start date: Jun 30, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

MedPAN is the network of marine protected areas (MPAs) managers in the Mediterranean. The objective of the MedPAN North project is to improve the management effectiveness of MPAs, including marine Natura 2000 sites, to benefit the marine environment. It will be reached through activities in 5 components: Innovative aspects of MPA management Sustainable management of fisheries in MPAs Sustainable ...
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Tidal River Development (TIDE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

TIDE considers tidally influenced NSR estuaries with large sediment transportation, which are used as shipping channels to large harbours. The ecosystem services of intertidal and shallow estuarine habitats are threatened and need to be considered to ensure economic benefits and the maintenance of ecologically important areas. At the same time decision-makers at these estuaries are faced with an i ...
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Sustainable Instruments for Lakes Management in the Alpine Space (SILMAS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

Natural and artificial lakes are a main characteristic of the Alpine Space and belong, with their catchment areas, to the European heritage.During last decades, authorities in charge of lakes management worked to preserve and restore this heritage and its natural resources. They now have to anticipate climate change impacts.SILMAS, by exchanging good practices and testing new methods, will supply ...
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Demonstration of Conservation Actions for Ursus artcos* and habitat type 9530* in Northern Pindos N.P., Grevena Prefecture, Greece (PINDOS/GREVENA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Background The brown bear (Ursus arctos) sub-population in the Natura 2000 network site in the Pindos National Park in Greece (minimum size estimated between 40-50 individuals) is important at a regional level and makes up 3.5% of the national brown bear population. The main threats to the species include mortality as a result of human activities, habitat ...
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Transnational Ecological Networks in Central Europe (TransEcoNet)

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

Protected areas, like national parks, nature parks or biosphere reserves, are often isolated islands for the protection of the worlds biodiversity. They are separated by less or unprotected landscapes, traffic corridors or settlements. Often animal and plant species dispose of less space for migration, dispersion and reproduction than necessary. To preserve natural and cultural heritage in the lon ...
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