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Improvement of conservation status of habitat types and species of European importance at abandoned military areas (Military LIFE for Nature)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2022,

Background Following the collapse of the Soviet bloc, many army firing ranges and training sites in former Warsaw Pact members such as the Czech Republic fell into disuse. The cessation of military training, abandonment of sites and succession processes have resulted in biodiversity loss. The impact of this trend has become more and more apparent in recen ...
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Building cooperation, developing skills and sharing knowledge for Natura 2000 forests in Greece (LIFE ForestLife)

Start date: Jul 16, 2015, End date: Jul 15, 2019,

Background Mountains and forests are prominent features of the Greek landscape. Forest area covers half of the surface area of the country, with high forests accounting for 30.2% and wooded land another 20.5%. High forests have shown some increase since 1990 while wooded land has decreased. Around 77% of forest areas are publicly owned, with the church, ...
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Restoration and Conservation of the Priority Habitat Type *9562 Grecian Juniper Woods in Prespa National Park, Greece (LIFE JunEx)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Background Grecian juniper woods (GJW) contain the Juniperus excelsa and J. foetidissima species that are characterised by extremely low germination rates, and thus have limited capability to germinate naturally. These are light-demanding species that require open canopy habitats and their natural regeneration can be adversely affected by forest densific ...
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Conservation of the wintering population of the globally threatened red-breasted goose (branta ruficollis) in Bulgaria (Safe Ground Redbreasts)

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

Background An important part of BSPB’s work is dedicated to conserving globally threatened species, such as the red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis). The BSPB has monitored the red-breasted goose for 17 consecutive years, constituting the most continuous monitoring of any key species in Bulgaria. It was also one of the organisations that initiated the ...
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Adaptation of forest management to climate change in Greece (AdaptFor)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Background The development of scientific knowledge has resulted in greater certainty that climate change is an inevitable consequence of past and present human activities. Forests interact with climate systems, acting as carbon dioxide sinks when growing, and as a source of carbon dioxide when being destroyed by natural or by human-driven processes. Clima ...
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A structured network for integration of climate knowledge into policy and territorial planning (ORIENTGATE)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The OrientGate project will foster concerted and coordinated climate adaptation actions across the SEE region. The project will explore climate risks faced by coastal, rural and urban communities; contribute to a better understanding of the impact of climate variability and change on water regimes, forests and agro-ecosystems; and analyse specific adaptation needs in the hydroelectricity, agro-ali ...
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Establishment of Impact Assessment Procedure as a tool for the sustainability of agroecosystem: the case of mediterranean olives (SAGE10)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Background Olive groves have been the backbone of the rural economy and ecology in Greece for thousands of years. However, farmers are increasingly abandoning olive groves due the decline in income from olive products, particularly olive oil. The environmental risks of extensive olive grove abandonment are high. The demise of olive groves will have negat ...
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Highland aquatic resources conservation and sustainable development (HighARCS)

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

Project partner will complete a detailed multidisciplinary situation analysis of highland aquatic resources, focused on values, livelihoods, conservation issues and wise-use options at five sites in Asia (Guangdong, China; Uttrakhand and West Bengal, India and northern and central Vietnam). Factors assessed will include biodiversity and ecosystem services, including provisioning, regulating, suppo ...
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motion of a Joint Implementation of the Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC) within the TranSbountary River Basin of Aoos/ Vjosa (JointWaterS)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

JointWaterS aims to promote joint action within the transbountary River Basin of Aoos/Vjosa, in cooperation with the overall national authorities on the matter in Greece and Albania. The objectives of the project are: - promote cross-border communication and improvement of knowledge regarding the requirements of WFD, - ensure that common ground between the two countries is achieved through the imp ...
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Restoration of Pinus nigra forests on Mount parnonas (GR2520006) through a structured approach (PINUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Background The target black pine Pinus nigra habitat type consists of 3 845ha representing 6.9% of the total area of the site. Until the forest fires of 2007, the habitat type was consistently assessed as having excellent conservation status. Its status owed much to the sustainable forestry management by the Forest Service of Sparti since 1955. The prevai ...
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Conservation management in Natura 2000 sites of Cyprus (Comanacy)

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

Background Since Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, it has faced the challenge of adjusting its conservation and management strategies to the concepts, priorities and procedures arising from EU obligations. The European Commission mid-term assessment of implementing the EC Biodiversity Action Plan reported, in 2008, that Cyprus had identified 36 S ...
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Implementation of an innovative Decision Support Tool for the Sustainable water and land-use management planning and Flow Suppelmentation of the Hungarian-Slovakian Transboundary Danube Wetland Area (Szigetköz) (SZIGETKOZ-PROJECT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2004, End date: Nov 1, 2007,

...ravel sediment, which has an extremely good water holding capacity. The sediment layer can be as much as 400 m in width. Because of the sediment layer, the Slovakian-Hungarian Transboundary Danube Wetland is one of the greatest drinking-water bases in Europe. The area is highly biodiverse and has a complex ecology, hosting unusual flora and fauna. There are many dead oxbow lakes on Szigetköz re ...
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Ecosystem Based Water Resources Management to Minimize Environmental Impacts from Agriculture Using State of the Art Modelling Tools in Strymonas Basin (STRYMON)

Start date: Sep 1, 2003, End date: Aug 31, 2007,

Background The main problems of the Strymonas river basin in Central Macedonia, Greece, relate to water management. The problems are threefold: There is loss of water due to an incomplete or damaged irrigation distribution network; there are undesirable alterations in the hydro-period of the ecosystem of the artificial reservoir of Lake Kerkini (a Ramsar ...
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CAPACITY BUILDING ON CONSERVATION OF ALBANIAN WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS (ALWET) (ALWET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

Background Wetlands are among the most valuable and productive ecosystems on earth and offer important opportunities for sustainable development. However, there is a serious problem of loss and degradation of wetlands, particularly acute in the Mediterranean region. Wetlands constitute a large part of Albania’s natural environment and biodi ...
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Restoration of habitats of endangered species in Silma Nature Reserve (Silma)

Start date: Nov 1, 2002, End date: Oct 31, 2006,

Background The deeply indented coastline of Estonia includes several coastal habitat types supporting a rich biodiversity. The key habitats targeted by the project include Nordic alvars, Baltic islets, Baltic coastal meadows, semi-natural dry grasslands (important orchid sites) and coastal lagoons. Dependent on the maintenance of the open character of th ...
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Mire habitat restoration planning (Mire habitat restoration)

The main objectives of this Estonian-Latvian joint project are to strengthen the relations and knowledge exchange in cross-border mire habitat protection and management; and to co-operate in restoration planning for Kuresoo bog (Soomaa National Park Estonia) as model area of mire system highly valuable but partly damaged by drainage. Kuresoo bog (10 842 ha) is the largest compact and nearly pristi ...
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