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LIFE - Shad Severn: Conservation and restoration of twaite shad in the Severn Estuary Special Area of Conservation (LIFE-Shad Severn)

Start date: Jul 11, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

...ry and Bristol Channel are an important habitat for juvenile and adult twaite shad. Open migration between the adult and juvenile habitats in the estuaries and spawning freshwater rivers is critical. At maturity, twaite shad stop feeding and gather in the estuaries of suitable rivers in late spring, moving upstream to spawn from mid-May to mid-July. Spawning takes place in water flowing over st ...
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Integrated water management approach to delivery of the North West England River basin management plan (LIFE-IP RBMP-NWRBD UK)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background One third of the poorest quality rivers in England and Wales are currently found in the North West (England) River Basin District (NW RBD). A range of factors combine in the NW RBD, which create several significant challenges to meeting the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). These factors make the NW RBD an ideal location for ...
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Delivery of the Water Framework Directive through collaborative action between civil society and the private sector (LIFE WaterLIFE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

... Objectives The long-term goal of the WaterLIFE project is to contribute to the delivery of the WFD across the EU, by helping to restore rivers to good ecological status. Its aim is to move all surface water bodies within demonstration catchments to GES faster than predicted by the 2009 RBMP. The project is designed to offer timely support to gove ...
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Pearls in Peril - securing the future of the freshwater pearl mussel in Great Britain (PIP GB)

Start date: Sep 3, 2012, End date: Mar 2, 2017,

Background The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is declining dramatically throughout its range and is under grave threat in the UK, as in other areas of its EU distribution. The British populations of the freshwater pearl mussel, which is highlighted for conservation under Annex II of the Habitats Directive, have been adversely affect ...
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Stimulating Enterprising Environments for Development and Sustainability (SEEDS)

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

Derelict buildings and empty spaces threaten economic competitiveness, territorial cohesion and performance. SEEDS addresses the urgent need for revised policies and robust EU steer by promoting innovative land-use strategies and modern governance. It develops skills and opportunities for those furthest from labour markets, transforming growth prospects. It tackles changing land-use patterns deman ...
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WaterCAP Communication Hub (WaterCAP Hub)

Start date: May 4, 2014, End date: May 28, 2015,

The WaterCAP Communication Hub project brings together the water knowledge, experience & expertise from the North Sea Region Programme 2007 - 2013, into a single web-based communication hub.This will: Create added value to completed projects by maintaining relevance & dissemination of issues. Promote knowledge beyond current partnerships & particularly into the European Innovation Partnershi ...
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Channel Catchments Cluster (3C)

Start date: Apr 22, 2013, End date: Jan 29, 2015,

The aim of the 3C “Channel Catchments Cluster” is to gather, share and disseminate best practices and tools developed in the context of various Interreg IV A France (Channel) - England projects to make scientific recommendations for better water quality.
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Adaptive Land use for Flood Alleviation (ALFA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The general project aim is: to protect the North West Europe region against the effects of (the risk of) flooding due to climate changes. This will be done in the project by creating new capacity for storage or discharge of peak floods within river catchments. For example. new floodplains will be created in areas that have not been flooded recently. The need for the creation of new capacity for ...
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Territories of Rivers Action Plans (TRAP)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

TRAP deals with the challenge of integrated management of rivers & river territories. Its purpose is to build on and transfer good practices that embed aquatic & cultural heritage landscape protection in regional, sustainable growth solutions. TRAP contributes to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the European Landscape Convention (ELC) and the Europe 2020 strategy. The WFD ...
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Collaboration for identity-based economic development (COLLABOR8)

Start date: May 9, 2007, End date: Nov 29, 2013,

...t was in the area of recreation. Angling in particular proved a source of inspiration for the development of clusters with the exchange of the Angling Passport idea from the Westcountries Rivers Trust to SKDP who then went on to develop the Go Angling Kerry on-line booking system for the region. The BBNPA, MTCBC and SDNPA were also strongly involved in this initiative.Utilising new technologies ef ...
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Wetted land: the Assessment, Techniques and Economics of Restoration (WATER)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

...humides.- Diffusion et communication de linformation par le partenariat de la zone Manche.----------------Main objective :The WATER project aims to preserve rivers and biodiversity via the restoration of wetlands. Indeed, water quality and quantity of the rivers have weakened over recent history due to the deterioration of the wetlands, which buffer the water coming from the land. Poor water quali ...
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Atlantic Aquatic Resource Conservation Project (AARC)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

...ded work will continue in several different ways. Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes will be continue and be improved; for example anglers will pay landowners (mostly farmers) to fish their rivers under an 'Angling Passport Scheme' which gives landowners an incentive to look after their rivers. Educational courses will continue after the end of the project.Improved stocking and aquacultu ...
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Sustainable River Catchments for the South East (SuRCaSE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2004, End date: Oct 31, 2008,

Background The ecosystem approach (EA) is a methodology that aids decision-making. It helps integrate economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability – i.e. sustainable use of natural resources, equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of natural resources and conservation of those resources. Guidance on the practical appl ...
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Installation of a network of Indicators of abundance and colonization on the european Eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the south of the central part of its distribution surface (INDICANG)

Start date: Apr 30, 2004, End date: Jul 10, 2008,

...now-how, with a pooling of this knowledge and know-how among the actors of the administration of eel resources. The project has the aim of slowing the loss of eel populations on the coasts and in the rivers of the Atlantic Area. Plans for restoration of the species will be put together at the level of each river basin. These plans include a policy of regulation of fishing and of management of the ...
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Atlantic Salmon Arc Project 2 (ASAP 2)

Start date: Oct 31, 2006, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

...nd improvement measures for salmonid enhancement will, in turn, deliver concurrent benefits to regions. These benefits will be environmental – regions will have better water quality and quantity in rivers and coastal regions leading to improved water habitat for all species; economic – land and wetland management advice will permit landowners to improve environmental practice; and cultural through ...
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Atlantic Salmon Arc Project (ASAP)

Start date: May 31, 2003, End date: Jan 21, 2008,

The ASAP project proposes an innovatory approach to the conservation of the salmon by the utilisation of genetic analyses and data-bases to respond to well-defined challenges, such as the maintenance of genetic diversity to ensure the species’ capacity for adaptation, the understanding of genetic differentiation, which may be linked to the needs of adaptation to local conditions, as well as the co ...
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Revaluation of the identity of the Atlantic salt mines. Recovery and promotion of the biological, economic and cultural potential of coastal humid zones (SAL)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Sep 29, 2007,

The project aims to promote, within a European network, the different aspects which form the common identity of salt-producing sites:- original potential for biodiversity, similar technical expertise, landscapes, histories.It sets in place the following work priorities:- improving the biological interest of the sites;- restoring the marshlands; - organising and structuring the profession;- creatin ...
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Ecological and Esthetical Valorization of the landscapes related to water. (WATERWYSNET)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

...how to have a coherent development of water-related landscapes in the atlantic area : ✔ Understanding For the first time, the waterwaysnet project has allowed the creation of a general inventory of rivers and wetlands in the atlantic area through specific methodologies. Actions : Ecological scoping studies, Geotechnical studies ✔ Experimentation Pilot demonstration sites associated with the excha ...
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Salmon Atlantic Rivers (SALAR)

Start date: Jun 30, 2003, End date: Jan 30, 2006,

... conservation of the environment. The project seeks to encourage the balanced development of tourism and to identify and evaluate comparatively the socio-economic impact of sport fishing in different rivers, taking into consideration the respective natural, economic, touristic and cultural contexts. The project has three horizontal axes (research, training and promotion) which are traversed by a v ...
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