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Restoration of breeding sites and habitats in Lake Vänern archipelago and coastland (LIFE+ Vänern)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Lake Vänern is the largest freshwater lake in the European Union, covering an area of 5 650 km2. The project area includes the EU’s largest freshwater archipelago with 22 000 islands, islets and skerries (small rocky reefs). The lake is home to a large population of seabirds and waterfowl, and is an important staging site for migrating bird ...
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Grazing and restoration of archipelago and coastal environments (GRACE)

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

Background Sweden’s archipelago habitats have high nature conservation values and this is mainly attributed to the islands’ specific geological conditions, micro-climate and farming history. Together these factors create very different conditions for flora and fuana and few similar habitat types exist in significant quantities on the Swedish mainland. ...
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Creation of Sustainable Tourism Destinations (CREST)

Start date: Nov 29, 2005, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

The main aim of the project was to initiate a process to set guidelines for sustainable tourism destinations and to help regions overcome current social, economic and environmental constraints through the exploration and adoption of relevant policies and good practice. Achievements: ...
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Kinnekulle plateau mountain - restoration and conservation (Kinnekulle)

Start date: Nov 1, 2001, End date: Sep 30, 2007,

Background Located in the southern part of Sweden, the ‘mountain’ of Kinnekulle, actually a plateau 265 m high, rises majestically above the surrounding fields and Lake Vänern. This unusual geological formation has, over the last thousand years, been extensively grazed and mowed. As a result, Kinnekulle hosts a particularly rich and diverse set of ha ...
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North Sea Regional and Local Implementation of the Water Framework Directive (NOLIMP)

Start date: Sep 29, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

"North Sea regional and local implementation of the Water Framework Directive" (NOLIMP-WFD) had two aims:• To show in a practical way how the WFD can be implemented with regard to procedural, management and practical issues with a special focus on matters that produce best practice for local and regional implementation.• To achieve an improvement in the physico-chemical and ecological water qualit ...
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