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Waterlogging and grassland extensification in Lower Saxony to improve habitats of the Corncrake (Crex crex) and the Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) (Wachtelkönig&Uferschnepfe)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Background In recent years, the corncrake (Crex crex) has suffered from dramatic losses of adequate hatcheries, particularly near the western boundary of its range, i.e. northwestern Germany and Benelux. In many cases breeding sites are occupied by single males that are not paired. Only a few breeding sites remain but these have a high amount of annual b ...
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Connectivity of the Natura 2000 network across the Belgian-Dutch borders in the Meuse basin (LIFE Pays mosan)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

Background This project’s area contains 40 Natura 2000 sites (covering 24 566 ha) in Belgium and the Netherlands, within the basin of the Meuse River and its tributaries between Andenne and Maastricht. The river basin has supported highly species-rich habitats related to former pastoral systems. But these habitats have become extremely fragmented and ar ...
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Cross-Border heath restoration, inland dunes and pools, integrated invasive plant management. (HELVEX-LIFE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

Background The project area covers 3 950 ha of the cross-border "Grenspark De Zoom – Kalmthoutse Heide" nature reserve, which extends over the Dutch-Belgian border (and comprises 6 000 ha in total). The reserve contains continental dunes, dry and wet heath, ponds and woods. Human impact, such as nutrient enrichment of the soil, afforestation and soil de ...
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Biotope improvement and development for Bittern and Great reed warbler in the IJsseldelta (A better LIFE for Bittern)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background The populations of several Birds Directive priority species have strongly declined in the Netherlands and north-western Europe in recent decades. This unfavourable trend applies to the Natura 2000 network sites of Zwarte Meer and Veluwerandmeren, both in the IJsseldelta region. At present these sites host many Dutch populations of targeted Bird ...
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More water for wet habitat types in Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld (LIFE going up a level)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background The National Park Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld (DFW & LV) is one of the largest nature reserves in the Netherlands, with a surface area of over 7 000 ha. It is home to woods, stream valley grasslands, wet heathland, fens, heather and shifting sands. The diversity of habitats within the DFW & LV is rare in the Netherlands, and Europe as a ...
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Zicht op heden en verleden

Start date: Jun 3, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,

Description (EN): With this cross-border project we want to emphasize and strenghten the common elements of the project area (Elterberg en Bergherbos) by developing and improving both nature as culture with the aim of making the area more interesting for nature and culture oriented tourism. ...
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Habitat restoration & development for Scarce and Dusky Large Blue in N2K area Vlijmens Ven, Moerputten and Bossche Broek (Blues in the Marshes)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background The project area is located within the “Vlijmens Ven, Moerputten and Bossche Broek” Natura 2000 network of sites. The area consists of damp meadows, fens and wet forests, but also semi-natural grasslands, as well as intensive agricultural land. Wet grassland butterflies are among the most threatened species’ groups in Europe, especially t ...
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Restoration programme for Natura2000 fen areas in the Netherlands (New LIFE for Dutch Fens)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background The Dutch lowland fen areas belong to the most important wetland ecosystems in Western Europe. These areas are young landscapes, formed during the Holocene geological period in the Dutch provinces of South Holland, North Holland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Friesland. These wetlands have been modified by activities such as mowing, grazing and peat ...
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Nature development in the Natura2000 upper floodplains of the river IJssel (Floodplain development)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background The project is located in an area known as IJsselpoort and consists of the two sub-areas of Koppenwaard and Velperwaarden. The area is formed by the upper floodplains of the river IJssel, which is included in the Natura 2000 network of protected sites because of the presence of large areas of several threatened habitats and species. The area i ...
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Restoration of inland dunes and psammophyle heathland in the North-western Veluwe (Wuthering heaths)

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

Background 'De Veluwe', which is home to large areas of threatened habitats and several threatened species, is part of the Natura 2000 network. Important habitats in the Veluwe include dunes, heathlands and wet moist heathlands. These habitats also occur in the project area in the north-western Veluwe. The project area is home to many breeding birds, incl ...
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Realisation of Natura 2000 targets for calcareous white, grey dunes and dune slacks in three Dutch dune sites (Dutch dune revival)

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

Background The project area consists of three well-known Dutch dune complexes, all part of the Natura 2000 network: Voornes Duin, Duinen Goeree & Kwade Hoek and Kennemerland-Zuid. Duinen Goeree & Kwade Hoek is the youngest area, situated in the delta in the southwest of the country. As well as calcareous and decalcified dry dunes and older dune slacks, s ...
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Improvement of hydrological conditions in peat bog area Fochteloërveen (The Dutch Crane Resort)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

Background The Fochteloërveen nature reserve is a peat bog on the border of the Drenthe and Friesland provinces. The quality of the bog has suffered seriously in recent decades, although a previous LIFE project, “Restoration programme of the Fochteloërveen raised bog” (1999-2003) improved its hydrological conditions. East of the area restored by th ...
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Revival of dynamics by activation of sanddrift in inland dunes. (Sand dynamics in inland dunes)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Background The Loonse and Drunense Dunes National Park in the south of the Netherlands is, in a European context, a very important area for inland drifting sands. More than 90% of the inland drifting sands in Europe are found in the Netherlands, and the Loonse and Drunense Dunes area is the second largest of this type in the Netherlands. The drifting sand ...
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Soorten als drager van Biodiversiteit (SOLABIO)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

De naam SOLABIO is de afkorting van Soorten en Landschappen en de dragers van de BIOdiversiteit. Samen met 27 partners uit Vlaanderen en Nederland zetten ze zich in voor het behoud van onze soorten. In veel gevallen gaat het om dezelfde bedreigde soorten groepen. SOLABIO ijvert voor afstemming en kennisuitwisseling tussen de verschillende organisaties. Bij die activiteiten proberen de projectpartn ...
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Wetlands: challenges and innovation in succession management (Wetland succession)

Start date: Aug 1, 2006, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

Background The wetlands of Wieden and Weerribben belong to some of the most valuable wetland ecosystems in Western Europe. The complete wetland area of Wieden en Weerribben, which covers around 9000 ha, was formed after the last glacial event that deposited peat in undeep lagunes that were isolated from the sea by coastal dunes. This mechanism was once ve ...
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Transboundery habitat restoration in the valley of the Dommel (Dommeldal)

Start date: Jan 8, 2005, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

Background Vast landscapes of wet and dry heathlands, mires and bogs, grassland and lowland river systems once covered much of the Campine regions in Belgium as well as other regions of northwest Europe. The valley of the Dommel is one of the most impressive remnants of those once widely spread landscapes. In the 1950s, the river Dommel was straightened, ...
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Restoration of Brackish Marsh for Root Vole, Waders and Terns (Brackish Marsh)

Start date: Jul 31, 2006, End date: May 31, 2011,

Background The estuarine habitats and species of the Eastern Scheldt in Zeeland are under serious pressure. The estuaries were once famous for their shallow tidal creeks, sand flats, salt marshes and inland brackish marshes and harboured important populations of terns, waders, geese, seals and root vole (Microtus oeconomus subsp. arenicola). However, the ...
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Amphibian Biotope Improvement in the Netherlands (AMBITION)

Start date: May 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2008,

Background Amphibians rely on the presence of small wetlands and small landscape features such as hedges, ditches and small pockets of woodland. The large-scale rural land consolidation schemes in the Netherlands have done away with many of these habitats, with the result that the amphibians, too, are rapidly disappearing. This project tackles the cons ...
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Saint Petersberg (Sint Pietersberg)

Start date: Sep 30, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

Aufgrund physischer, kultureller und politischer Grenzen drohte der Sint-Pietersberg zu einer fragmentierten und peripheren Region zu werden. ZahlreichePartner haben sich gemeinsam dafür eingesetzt, das Gebiet aufzuwerten.Im Rahmen des Projekts wurden über 30 Teilprojekte aus den BereichenNaturschutz, Landschaftsgestaltung, sanfter Tourismus und Bildung ausgewählt.Mit einem grenzüberschreitenden A ...
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Biotope improvement for Crex crex in the brook valley of SPA Drents-Friese Wold (Drents-Friese Wold)

Start date: Nov 1, 2000, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

Background The 6,500 ha Drents-Friese Wold National Park is a semi-natural landscape of mesophilic grassland, heath and deciduous forest. It has long been an important nesting area for the corncrake (Crex crex). The upper courses of two streams, the Vledder Aa and the Tilgrup, and the grasslands associated with them, traditionally formed the heart of ...
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Dissemination of ecological knowledge and practical experiences for sound planning and management in raised bogs (7110*, 7120, 7140, 7150, 91D0*, 3160) and sea dunes (2110, 2120, 2130*, 2140*, 2150*, 2160, 2170, 2180, 2190, 3110) (Co-op bogs and dunes)

Start date: Apr 1, 2004, End date: Mar 31, 2006,

Background Drainage, eutrophication, acidification and habitat fragmentation are major threats to natural habitats and their wild flora and fauna in Europe. LIFE-Nature projects, as well as other conservation and restoration projects, include measures to combat these threats. The successes, as well as the failures, of restoration projects and their resear ...
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Vallée de la Gueule

Start date: Dec 31, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2004,

Die Projektpartner wollten im Tal der Göhl die Faktoren Natur, Kultur und Tourismusmiteinander verbinden. Die vorhandene Basis qualität sollte erhaltenund, falls erforderlich, wieder hergestellt werden.Hauptprojekt war die Göhltal route "Via Gulia", ein grenz überschreitender Wanderlehrpfad.Darüber hinaus wurden 23 Teil projekte durchgeführt, die inZusammenarbeit mit fünf Themen gruppen entwickelt ...
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BOUNDLESS PARKS

The project led by the Province of Gelderland involves 3 partner regions from Belgium, Netherlands and UK, which have major natural sites recognised at the European level as part of the NATURA 2000 network. There are four main objectives: to give a vision for the development of recreational facilities in protected and densely populated areas; to steer recreational land use and build up knowledge i ...
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The Schelde of course! (De Schelde Natuurlijk!)

Om de Schelde en haar karakteristieken, ecotopen en levensgemeenschappen in een veilige en leefbare omgeving te behouden, hadden de milieuverenigingen die partners zijn in dit project het voornemen om een brede maatschappelijke steun te verkrijgen voor het Schelde-estuarium als water- en ecosysteem. De Schelde wordt nog onterecht gezien als een niet-natuurlijke rivier, vooral bestemd voor scheepva ...
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Aktion Grünes Band (Green Belt Campaign)

Hauptziel des Projektes ist die Erarbeitung einer gemeinsamen Informationsplattformals Grundlage für eine grenzüberschreitende Gesamtkonzeption für die nachhaltigeEntwicklung landschaftlicher Ressourcen, außerdem Bestandsaufnahme dermöglichen ökologischen Verbindungszonen zwischen niederländischen unddeutschen Naturschutzgebieten. Sensible Schutzzonen sollen nicht mehr durch dieLandesgrenze einges ...
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