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MoorLIFE 2020 (MoorLIFE2020)
Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2021,
Background
The South Pennine Moorsâ Natura 2000 site is important for the EU priority habitat, active blanket bog. The conservation status of the site has, over the years, been unfavourable and under threat due to almost two centuries of heavy sulphate and nitrate pollution, leading to the destruction or severe depletion of the essential sphagnum cover ...
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Improving the conservation status of the little tern in the UK through targeted action at the most important colonies (LIFE Little Terns)
Start date: Sep 2, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2018,
Background
The decline in the population of the little tern (Sterna albifrons) in the UK since the 1990s is a cause for concern. The principal threat to this shore nesting species is from human disturbance. After a decline between the 1930s and 1960s, the population recovered through protection and surveillance by wardens of breeding sites. However, in re ...
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From Capability Brown’s landscaping of rambling English country estates to the legacy of Le Nôtre at the Palace of Versailles, the garden heritage of the NWE region is rich and diverse, and a cultural asset in need of protection. Yet, the value and significance of these gardens is not always properly recognised by policy-makers. With increasing mechanisation and changing trends there is the risk t ...
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