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Conservation and restoration of alluvial forests and bog woodland in Brandenburg (LIFE Feuchtwälder)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2022,

Background The LIFE project is located in the north, north-west and south of Berlin and takes in 10 Natura 2000 sites located within three riverine systems. Bog woodlands are important stepping stones and hotspots of biodiversity habitats within the otherwise rather species-low environment. The limited occurrence of this habitat hinders its functionality ...
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LIFE sand grasslands in the area Dahme-Seengebiet (LIFE Sandrasen)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Background Though Brandenburg is home to large areas of xeric sand calcareous grasslands, these are among the most endangered habitat types in the region. Several key areas of development of xeric sand calcareous grasslands are found in Dahme-Seengebiet in the administrative districts of Dahme-Spreewald and Oder-Spree. This project aims to protect and res ...
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Improvement of the breeding and feeding habitats for the Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina), as well as for the Corn Crake (Crex crex) and the Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) in the SPA “Schorfheide-Chorin”. (Schreiadler Schorfheide)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Background The presence of the lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina) in Schorfheide-Chorin, northeast Germany, is of great significance. The species can be found 25 km away from the project area, but it has very complex habitat requirements. As a result its numbers are in decline in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, where there is increasing lo ...
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Habitat improvement for endangered animals and plants in the NATURA 2000 areas of Stromberg, Heckengäu and Schönbuch (LIFE rund ums Heckengäu)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Background The project area focuses on Natura 2000 sites that cover 234 sq km and extend across the rural districts of Böblingen, Calw, Enzkreis and Ludwigsburg. The area is characterised by the variety of natural landscape features. The Natura 2000 sites are located between the large natural landscape areas of the northern Black Forest, Swabian Alb and ...
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Rhine wetlands near Rastatt (Rheinauen bei Rastatt)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Background Covering some 4 000 ha, the project is located in the Rhine wetlands of Baden-Württemberg, specifically the Natura 2000 SCI between Wintersdorf and Karlsruhe, as well as two Rhineland SPAs located in Elchesheim-Karlsruhe and between two Rhine tributaries, located at the mouth of the river Rench and river Murg. The majority of the project area ...
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Preservation and restoration of base-rich to alkaline fens (”brown moss fens”, NATURA 2000 habitat type 7230) in Brandenburg (Kalkmoore Brandenburgs)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Background Brown moss fens were once common in Brandenburg, however, near-natural base-rich or calcareous percolation mires and spring mires have now virtually vanished because of drainage. Only three near-natural base-rich fens of lacustrine origin (terrestrialisation mires) still exist. Furthermore, there are many moderately degraded fens that are in ne ...
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Protection of Wild Birds in Traditional Orchards of the Central Swabian Alb Foothills and the Central Valley of the Rems River (Streuobstwiese Albvorland)

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

Background Orchards have been grown on grasslands for centuries. As well as containing fruit trees of varying ages, or-chards often contain old trees with hollows that serve as breeding sites and living places for bats and a variety of bird species, such as the Eurasian wryneck, the grey-headed woodpecker and the collared flycatcher. Orchards are mostly p ...
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Eine Natur, zwei Sprachen, ein Netzwerk (Une nature, deux langues, un réseau)

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

Lambition de ce projet est de donner une impulsion interrégionale pour développer léducation à lenvironnement dans un cadre transfrontalier.Ziel des Projekts ist es, einen interregionalen Impuls zur Weiterentwicklung der grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenarbeit im Bereich Umweltbildung zu geben.
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Rohrhardsberg, Upper Elz and Wilde Gutach (Rohrhardsberg)

Start date: Nov 1, 2006, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

Background The Rohrhardsberg area is located in the central part of the Black Forest, southwest Germany. This region, an important stepping stone between the northern and the southern parts of the Black Forest, has been the focus of several other LIFE Nature projects, including ‘Grindenschwarzwald’, ‘Integrated habitat protection for Grouse’, ‘C ...
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Upper Hotzenwald (Oberer Hotzenwald)

Start date: Nov 1, 2005, End date: Feb 28, 2011,

Background The Upper Hotzenwald is a mountainous area of the Black Forest, which contains an exceptional variety of habitats, amongst which 21 are listed in Annex I of the Habitats Directive and several rare plants and animals. Large areas have thus been included in the Natura 2000 network and it has an outstanding significance for the European network of ...
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Conservation and development of the inland salt marshes of Brandenburg (Binnensalzstellen Brandenburg)

Start date: Aug 1, 2005, End date: Jun 30, 2010,

Background Inland salt marshes are created where saline ground water rises to the surface. The salts come primarily from the Zechstein formation which came into being around 250 million years ago when a sea covered today's Central Europe. Normally, thick layers of clay prevent the rise of saline water into the freshwater near the surface. In places where ...
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