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MoorLIFE 2020 (MoorLIFE2020)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

Background The South Pennine Moors’ 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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LIFE Arcipelagu Garnija - Securing the Maltese islands for the Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan (LIFE Arcipelagu Garnija)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Background The Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), which is endemic to the Central and Eastern Mediterranean region, is listed in Annex I of the Birds Directive and Annex II of the Bern Convention, and accordingly receive special conservation measures across Europe. Due to drastic population declines the status of the Yelkouan shearwater was recently ...
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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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Implementation of integrated habitat networks to improve ecological coherence across the CSGN (EcoCo LIFE Scotland)

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

Background Habitat fragmentation is recognised as one of the major challenges facing the conservation of habitats and species in a changing climate. The EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy highlights that many ecosystems within the EU have been degraded by habitat fragmentation. Fragmented habitats are often less biodiverse and of poorer quality, with a larger ...
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Lifelong Learning through Nature

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...is will gradually increase to 50% Secondary Schools and tertiary level involvement. Year two of the project will see full implementation of the programme plan in Malta with partner organisations from RSPB, BirdWatch Ireland and OTOP visiting to observe and review progress. Following the report from the first year of full implementation the relevant programme ideas will then be developed and expand ...
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Nature Exchange Two -managing our natural and cultural assets

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

...o be built into adult education, both formal and informal. NET participants will be drawn from the 14 member organisations in the ARCH mobility consortium which includes Scottish Natural Heritage, RSPB, National Trust for Scotland, Forestry Commision Scotland and John Muir Trust all of whom have a remit to manage and protect Scotland’s natural and cultural heritage through conservation, interpre ...
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Creating an inventory of Marine IBAs for Puffinus Yelkouan, Calonectris diomedea and Hydrobates pelagicus in Malta (MALTA SEABIRD PROJECT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Background The LIFE Yelkouan Shearwater project (LIFE06 NAT/MT/000097) set a precedent for undertaking seabird research and conservation in Malta, with intensive fieldwork undertaken to ascertain key feeding and rafting areas for the Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) breeding colony at Rdum tal-Madonna, the largest of its kind in Malta. The research ...
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Value of Working Wetlands (WOW)

Start date: Oct 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The goal of the WOW project is to achieve a better understanding of the interaction between land, water and their managers in order to provide long-term and sustainable solutions in the management of wet meadows of plain. Achievements: The WOW project assesses the state ...
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Facilitating Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) habitat management through sustainable systems of biomass use (Biomass use for Aquatic W)

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

Background The aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) is Europe’s rarest migratory songbird and a globally threatened species (its IUCN status is ‘vulnerable’). Some 99% of its population is confined to Europe, with Poland accounting for around 25%. The aquatic warbler is listed in Annex I of the Birds Directive and has been identified as a prior ...
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Halting Environmental Loss Project (HELP)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...ul conservation management techniques to promote the sustainable recovery of UKBAP wetland species across border countries of Northern Ireland and Ireland - Work done by RSPB NI and BirdWatch Ireland to champion successful conservation management techniques is yielding promising results on RSPB Reserves on Lower Lough Erne, on HELP sites in Northern Ireland and on traditional wader sites in Donega ...
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Carbon reduction in protected nature and landscape areas (Carelands)

Start date: Nov 30, 2013, End date: Aug 30, 2014,

This cluster will work on carbon reduction and the use of renewable energies in protected nature and landscape areas. The partnership will also identify businesses who want to be engaged in carbon reduction.
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Balancing nature and recreation in peri-urban and rural areas (BALANCE)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The BALANCE project aims to develop and to evaluate new methods and practices enhancing the availability and quality of green areas in peri-urban areas in order to provide a safe and healthy living environment. It will involve the local communities during the different project phases. Respecting the balance between nature, development and recreation is of major importance to make the 2 Seas area a ...
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The Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment (FAME)

Start date: Apr 3, 2010, End date: Apr 7, 2013,

Although the AA is characterised by its marine biodiversity, action to protect the marine environment still requires further development, considering both the potential and the fragility that characterise this environment. One aspect that is still in its initial study and implementation phase is the creation of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in some of the Member States participating in the project. ...
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Safe islands for seabirds/ Initiating the restoration of seabird-driven ecosystems in the Azores (SAFE ISLANDS FOR SEABIRDS)

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

Background The populations of most species of Procellariiform seabirds in the Azores have been reduced in the last 500 years by several orders of magnitude. Few petrel species have been entirely lost from the archipelago, but their ecological functions have effectively ceased with profound consequences for native terrestrial communities. The population cr ...
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URBAN HABITATS

Start date: Jan 31, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

...ation of the effect measurements- 1 Final Report listing all results from activity 2: Public awareness and engagementDid all partners and territories benefit from the results?All partners (HHSK, VLM, RSPB) and Southendand all 3 Territories (NL, BE, UK) where the partners are located are beneficiaries: The local inhabitants of these regions (Groot-Rijnmond, Ghent, Oostende, Essex, Thurrock, Southen ...
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Climate Proof Areas (CPA)

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

CPA aims to create a portfolio of climate adoption strategies for the North Sea region. This will be done by carrying out multi-focused pilot projects across the North Sea Region in order to analyse the impacts of climate changes as a first step. Subsequently, diverse climate adoption strategies will be developed, implemented and tested in order to compile and analyse the findings on a transnation ...
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Changing cultural attitudes to Trapping in order to facilitate implementation of the Birds Directive in Malta (BIRD MIGRATION AND TRAPPING)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

Background When it joined the European Union in 2004, Malta secured a derogation from the Birds Directive (79/409/EEC). This derogation meant that trapping of some wild songbirds continued to be permitted for a transition period. This period came to an end on 31 December 2008. The trapping activity caused great damage to populations of songbirds arriving ...
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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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Urgent Conservation Management for Scottish Capercaillie (Capercaillie)

Start date: Feb 1, 2002, End date: Jan 31, 2007,

Background The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) is the largest species of grouse in the world and in Scotland, the species is facing extinction for a second time. It first disappeared in 1785 but was re-introduced from Sweden in 1837 as a game bird. By the 1970s the populations numbered around 20,000 birds. Since then, however, its decline has bee ...
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Mink control to protect important birds in SPAs in the Western Isles (Mink control)

Start date: Apr 1, 2001, End date: Jun 30, 2006,

Background The Western Isles of Scotland are of particularly high national and international nature conservation importance for their breeding populations of several species of wader and other water birds. Consequently, 5 SPAs covering almost 150 km² have been designated to protect the vast assemblages of breeding birds present in the islands Unfortunat ...
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Developing a strategic network of SPA reedbeds for Botaurus stellaris (Bittern)

Start date: Feb 1, 2002, End date: Jun 30, 2006,

... such as Leighton Moss and creation of new reserves (e.g. Langford Lowfields, Potteric Carr and Ham Wall), will stimulate renewed interest in sites, which will help sustain visitor numbers. The RSPB has carried out studies, which show that nature reserves contribute greatly to the local economy. It is likely therefore that the project will be contributing to the development of green tourism and ec ...
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Improving status of coastal lagoon Tryggelev Nor, Denmark - IMAGE (Tryggelev Nor)

Start date: Apr 1, 2002, End date: Jun 30, 2006,

Background Tryggelev Nor is one of several coastal lagoon areas that disgorges into the Baltic Sea. This particular area is located both within an SPA and an SCI on the island of Langeland at the sourthernmost tip of Denmark. Over the years, the lagoon has suffered from increasing eutrophication and stagnation, which has severely negatively affected the c ...
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