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New approaches for the European mink Conservation in Spain (LIFE LUTREOLA SPAIN)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background The European mink (Mustela lutreola) is listed in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive as a priority species for conservation. During the last 15 years, the expansion of American mink (Neovison vison) has been confirmed as the main threat to the conservation of European mink in Spain. Control actions for American mink to date have not st ...
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In situ and Ex situ innovative combined techniques for coastal dune habitats restoration in SCIs of northern Spain (LIFE+ARCOS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Sand dune ecosystems across Europe are facing threats and pressures from environmental and human factors – especially tourism and recreational activities in coastal areas. This project targets 10 Natura 2000 sites on the Cantabrian coast in the Atlantic bioregion of northern Spain. They contain important priority sand dune habitats, includi ...
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Combating invasive species within the Tagus and Guadiana river basins in the Iberian peninsula (INVASEP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Background Invasive alien species are a major threat to native biodiversity; competing with native species for food and habitat. Associated problems include reductions in the populations of native species and decreased genetic diversity. Non-native species can also act as reservoirs of infectious diseases that can lead to the extinction of some rare or en ...
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Habitat restoration and management in two coastal lagoons of the Ebro Delta: Alfacada y Tancada (Δ-LAGOON)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background The Alfacada and Tancada lagoons are located in the Delta del Ebro Natural Park. Though the Alfacada lagoon is a protected area, it was until recently a private estate used for hunting. It is also vulnerable to the effects of climate change on the water and sediment flux of the Ebro river, which has accelerated the rise in sea level and coasta ...
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Management and conservation of *Osmoderma eremita, *Rosalia alpina and other saproxylic habitats of Community interest in Gipuzkoa (BIODIVERSIDAD Y TRASMOCHOS)

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

Background Pollarded trees provide particular habitat features for saproxylic invertebrates (i.e. species that depend on dead or decaying wood). Saproxylic insects are regarded as effective indicators of woodland biodiversity, and it is the most mature and untouched tracts of woodland that have the most diverse communities of saproxylic insects. Spain’s ...
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Acções para o desenvolvimento das Terras do Grande Lago Alqueva (0544_ADLA _4_P)

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

OBJECTIVOS: Contribuir para o desenvolvimento, especialmente turístico, da zona; Intensificar a Cooperação Transfronteiriça, visando melhorar o aproveitamento turístico do Grande Lago Alqueva; Contribuir para a valorização ambiental e turística das zonas ribeirinhas; Contribuir para a conservação da biodiversidade do Guadiana Internacional em ambos lados da fronteira e sua difusão; Fomentar a coop ...
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Tæjo Internacional (0337_TI_II_4_E)

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

OBJETIVOS: Contribuir al desarrollo socioeconómico del ámbito territorial transfronterizo de Tajo /Tejo Internacional incrementando el valor de su desarrollo turístico sostenible, la conservación de su medio natural y las comunicaciones. ACCIONES: Cooperación para la mejora competitiva de las empresas y de la capacidad de generar empleo. Mejora de los recursos turísticos naturales, patrimoniales o ...
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ELAGOS (PELAGOS)

Start date: Oct 19, 2010, End date: Oct 18, 2013,

Gran parte de las especies marinas, se encuentran actualmente amenazadas y muchas de ellas están protegidas. En este sentido los Gobiernos de la República de Cabo Verde y de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias llevan varios años desarrollando programas de conservación de la biodiversidad marina, en concreto de las tortugas marinas, en el marco del Programa de Colaboración existente entre ambos gobie ...
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MONTEVERDE

Start date: Oct 19, 2010, End date: Oct 18, 2013,

El proyecto MONTEVERTE es un proyecto encaminado a obtener el máximo de información posible sobre la situación, régimen de propiedad y protección, naturaleza, estado legal, probable evolución y capacidad productora de todo tipo de bienes de los montes de Canarias y Cabo Verde. MONTEVERDE pretende estructurar las acciones necesarias para el desarrollo de una política forestal regional basada en lo ...
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Culture de risque incendie en zone d'interface forêt/habitat (PYROSUDOE)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

El objetivo final del proyecto PYROSUDOE es mejorar las políticas de gestión de los interfaces bosque/hábitat en favor de la prevención del riesgo de incendios, con el fin de reducir las amenazas para la población e infraestructuras y proteger el medio ambiente y el medio natural, todo ello a través de la elaboración de estrategias comunes entre los actores protagonistas del espacio SUDOE, de acci ...
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Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System (FutMon)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

Background Forests cover about 30% of Europe, providing high value concerning: biodiversity; carbon sequestration; soil and water protection; and the economic contribution of goods and services. However, climate change, air pollution and changes in land use are threatening the health, stability and sustainability of forests and their values. On top of th ...
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Program for the recovery of Gallotia bravoana and its distribution area (Gallotia bravoana)

Start date: Aug 1, 2006, End date: Jan 31, 2010,

Background The giant lizard of La Gomera (Gallotia bravoana) is a large saurian endemic to the island of La Gomera that until June 1999 was considered extinct. The rediscovery of a very small population on the cliffs of La Mérica (Valle Gran Rey) was a surprise to biologists and nature managers. There are also indications that the species lived in the ce ...
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VEGETPOLLOZONE

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

L'objectif du projet est de détecter l'augmentation des concentrations d'ozone troposphérique par rapport aux pré-industriel. En Europe, les seuils fixés par la directive 92/72/CE sont souvent dépassés en particulier dans les pays du Sud, qui sont assez fréquents épisodes de pollution photochimique. La moyenne a été estimé que 10 à 40% de la population européenne est soumise à de fortes concentrat ...
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SEMCLIMED

Start date: Aug 31, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

Le projet SEMCLIMED (SEMence, CLImat et MEDitérannée) propose une série dactions qui ont pour finalité évaluer les effets du changement climatique sur la biodiversité de la flore du bassin méditerranéen, proposer des mesures de conservation active des espèces et habitats menacés et augmenter la conscience publique sur lampleur social et écologique du réchauffement de la planète. La nécessité de pr ...
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Creation of networks and actions of cooperation through the implantation of new technologies in the Mediterranean mount (TECNOMED)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

El proyecto TECNOMED es un proyecto de acercamiento de las nuevas tecnologías a los montes implicados en modelos de gestión sostenible. TECNOMED es la consolidación en el espacio SUDOE de un proceso iniciado con los análisis de riesgos (proyecto Interreg IIC "Problemática del monte mediterráneo"), continuado con la implantación de los modelos de gestión sostenible y procesos de certificación (proy ...
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Conservation of Larus audouinii in Spain: Catalonia (Larus Cataluña)

Start date: Sep 1, 2002, End date: Aug 31, 2006,

Background Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii) is a bird native to the Mediterranean that feeds mostly on fish. Its population has slightly increased in recent years. Ninety percent of the world's total number of this species breeds in the European Union. It is concentrated in two colonies, one of which, the Ebro Delta, is the focus of this project. Some 10- ...
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RECOFORME : Structuration, networks and cooperation actions in the Mediterranean forest (RECOFORME)

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

« RECOFORME » sintéresse à lensemble des questions touchant aux espaces naturels et forestiers méditerranéens. Lobjectif du projet est de promouvoir une gestion durable des forêts et de lenvironnement afin de mieux prendre en compte ces espaces dans les politiques daménagement du territoire. Le projet est un programme de coopération composé dactions déchanges sur des territoires pilotes. Tous les ...
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GENMEDOCC : Network of centers of preservation of the genetic material of the flora in the Mediterranean areas (GENMEDOCC)

Start date: May 31, 2004, End date: May 29, 2006,

« Genmedoc » s’intéresse à la conservation du matériel génétique de la flore méditerranéenne. Il propose l'échange d'informations techniques et l'adoption de stratégies et de protocoles de travail communs en relation avec cette problématique. Le projet stimulera la création d'un réseau stable et interrégional de centres dédiés à la conservation de la biodiversité. Les actions consisteront, d'une p ...
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Conservation of european mink (Mustela lutreola) in Catalonia (Spain) (Visón Cataluña)

Start date: Jan 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

Background Only a century ago, the European mink (Mustela lutreola) inhabited the rivers, streams and wetlands of a large part of Europe. Currently, its distribution has been restricted to two main sub-populations: the western sub-population in the European Union, which lives in the north of Spain and south-west France and the eastern sub-population in th ...
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Collaboration actions for the conservation of Mustela lutreola (Visón Co-op)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

Background Until the end of the 19th century, the European mink (Mustela lutreola) was very common throughout Europe. Today, it occupies less than 10% of the areas it once covered and has disappeared in more than 20 countries. The surviving populations are found in Russia, the River Danube delta in Romania and between the south of France and the north of ...
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Organização de redes e acções de cooperação para o monte mediterrânico (FOREMED)

Start date: Sep 30, 2001, End date: Oct 30, 2005,

O objectivo geral do projecto é o de definir e pôr em prática, sob a forma de projecto/demonstração para o espaço SUDOE, um método cooperativo de gestão sustentável dos montes mediterrâneos privados à escala regional. Em resumo, trata-se de abordar de forma conjunta e integrada todas as questões relativas ao monte mediterrâneo, para promover o desenvolvimento sustentável e conseguir uma melhor coo ...
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Conservation of european mink (Mustela lutreola) in La Rioja (Visón La Rioja)

Start date: Jan 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2004,

Background The European mink (Mustela lutreola) used to inhabit the courses and banks of rivers and wetlands in central and northern Europe, but now its distribution is reduced to two small sub-populations. The eastern one, in north-eastern Russia, is rapidly disappearing due to the introduction of a competitor, the American mink (M. vison). The western ...
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Conservation of an endangered naiad Margaritifera auricularia in Ebro river (Catalunya) (Margaritifera Cataluña)

Start date: Jan 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2004,

Background Margaritifera auricularia is a large bivalve mollusc (measuring up to 20 cm). It belongs to the oldest family of freshwater mussels (also known as pearl mussels) and used to be common in all the large rivers of western Europe and northern Africa up to the 15th century. Since then its area of distribution has been drastically reduced to the poi ...
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MEDWET REGIONS : Action Program about the humid zones in the Mediterranean Regions (MEDWET REGIONS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Oct 29, 2004,

« Medwet Regions » sintéresse à la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes. Le projet prévoit des actions de conservation dans ces zones dimportance majeure, ainsi que la promotion des politiques et des stratégies nationales, afin de prendre en considération la valeur de ces zones dans le processus de planification. « Medwet Regions » vise donc lamélioration du niveau de connaissance et lh ...
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Formedozone : Consolidation of the follow-up and the effects of ozone on the Mediterranean vegetation for the safeguard of the environment and the sensitizing of the public actors (Formedozone)

Start date: Oct 29, 2002, End date: Oct 29, 2004,

« Formedozone » s’intéresse aux effets de l’ozone sur la végétation dans une perspective de protection de l’environnement. Le projet vise à mieux connaître la présence et la quantité d'ozone dans le milieu rural des régions méditerranéennes. Le problème de la haute teneur en ozone se reflète sur la santé humaine et sur les écosystèmes, pouvant entraîner, à long terme, des modifications de leur com ...
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ENPLAN : Environmental Assessement of plans and programs (ENPLAN)

Start date: Jun 30, 2001, End date: Jun 29, 2004,

« Enplan » s’intéresse à la définition d’une méthodologie d’Evaluation Environnementale Stratégique Expérimentale conforme aux objectifs de la directive communautaire 2001/42/CE. Cette directive concerne l’évaluation des effets de certains plans et programmes sur l’environnement ; elle fixe les principes généraux du système d’évaluation et en définit le champ d’application, permettant aux États-me ...
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lan de Contingencia de Contaminación Marina de la Región Macaronésica (PLACON)

Las aguas de la Región Macaronésica soportan un elevado transito marítimo debido a su posición estratégica para el comercio, tanto de mercancías como de pasajeros, entre los continentes Americano, Africano y Europeo. Este hecho se verifica en la gran actividad registrada en las instalaciones portuarias de los archipiélagos de Azores, Madeira, Canarias y Cabo Verde.Dentro de las mercancías transpor ...
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