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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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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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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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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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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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URBAN HABITATS

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

The aim of Urban Habitats is to improve availability and quality of urban natural spaces and enhance awareness and engagement of urban nature by local communities. This space is essential for the quality of the urban living environment, offering outdoor recreation possibilities and contributing to conservation of nature and biodiversity in urbanised areas.The partnership is composed of four actors ...
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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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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,

Background The bittern (Botaurus stellaris)is a secretive bird found most often in marshes and extensive stands of reedbed. The evocative booming call of the male during the breeding season is often the only sign of its presence. Over the last century, the species has been in steady decline throughout Europe, principally due to the loss of suitably large ...
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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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