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Towards integrated management of freshwater Nature 2000 sites and habitats (FRESHABIT)
Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2022,
Background
Freshwater habitats are among the most threatened habitat types globally. In the 2007-2012 conservation status assessment of the EU Habitats Directive (Article 17), none of the freshwater, coastal, and groundwater dependent wetland habitats in Europe fully met favourable conservation status, and most are in unfavourable conservation status. Alm ...
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Safeguarding the Saimaa Ringed Seal (LIFE Saimaa Seal)
Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2018,
Background
Once widespread in Finland, the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is now found only in the Saimaa fragmented freshwater lake complex. With a small population of about 310 seals, it is probably the worldâs most endangered seal species and is categorized by the IUCN as Critically Endangered. In Annex II of the Habitats Directive, it ...
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