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Restoration of Wetlands at Zahorie Lowland (WETREST)

Start date: Feb 1, 2005, End date: Dec 31, 2008,

...lnus glutinosa) to prosper at the expense of pine in the long run. The beneficiary already noticed higher numbers of wetland species of orchid (Liparis loeselii), dragonfly (Leucorrhinia pectoralis), butterfly (Maculinea teleius; Lycaena dispar), beaver (Castor fiber) and stork (Ciconia nigra). There are good prospects for the continuation of the project management plans, however at the same time ...
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Contribution from local authorities to the implementation of NATURA 2000 (NATURA 2000-LUXEMBOURG)

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

...tatus, to the ploughed ground. The habitat restoration and management work helped strenghten populations of a range of species in these habitats, including the great copper butterfly (Lycanea dispar), great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) and small corncrake (Crex crex). Knowledge was gained, in particular, on how to restore the Lowland hay meadows habitat in Luxembourg. The project improved me ...
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Untersberg-Vorland (UVOR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2006, End date: Oct 31, 2010,

... rarest orchids in Europe, increased thanks to the project’s optimised hay meadow techniques. In addition, newly created habitats along forest edges were populated by the scarce fritillary butterfly (which relies on ash trees). Overall, the project made a significant contribution to conserve protected butterfly species and ongoing care of hay meadows will safeguard the Natura 2000 site’s spec ...
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Cross-border restoration of heathland on continental dunes (HELA)

Start date: Aug 15, 2006, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

...restoration, paying special attention to reconnecting some vulnerable habitats. As well as benefiting the species mentioned, these restorations are expected to increase populations of some butterfly species such as green hairstreak and bog bush-cricket. The main results of the project: Clearing 85 ha of forest, creating a cross border open land­scape of 200 ha, consisting of sand dunes, dry and ...
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Rehabilitation of heaths and mires on the Hautes-Fagnes Plateau (PLTHautes-Fagnes)

Start date: Jan 1, 2007, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

...roject will continue as part of the After-LIFE Conservation Plan: botanical monitoring in 405 permanent quadrants, bird monitoring along nine pathways, dragonfly monitoring on 44 water bodies, and butterfly monitoring. Target bird species, for which the project aimed to raise population numbers, included black grouse (Tetrao tetrix), hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia), European nightjar (Caprimulgus eu ...
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Protection of the forests of Basse Lauter and Vosges moyennes (Lauter-Donon)

Start date: Sep 1, 2006, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

... this provided sufficient data to identify: another habitat of European interest (alluvial forests (91E0) and species rich grasslands (6230); as well as the habitats of two butterfly species of European interest (Lycaena dispar and Maculinea nausithous). The hydromorphological study has enabled the LIFE team to better understand the groundwater table structure and behaviour and to prepare actions ...
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Conservation and upgrading of habitats for rare butterflies of wet, semi-natural meadows (Wetlands Butterflies)

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

... Objectives The main goal of the project was to secure the best possible conservation status and upgrade the quality of habitats of the target butterfly species: Lycaena helle, Lycaena dispar, Maculinea teleius, Maculinea nausithous, Euphydryas aurinia, Coenonympha oedippus. Specific objectives of the project were to: Reverse forest-succession of wet ...
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Restoration of the Wetland Area of Hejnum Kallgate (RestHejK)

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

...b) protecting the unique distribution of rare Alkaline fens (260 hectares) within the Hejnum Kallgate area, (c) protecting Gotland’s main locality for the marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) butterfly, achieving an increase by 50% from 242 larva colonies in 2004 (d) protecting Gotland's sole locality for the lay's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus) and maintaining the number at 50-100 specimen ...
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Conservation of biodiversity of the Mura river in Slovenia (BIOMURA)

Start date: Oct 31, 2006, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

...ity habitat type (Alluvial forests with alder Alnus glutinosa and ash Fraxinus excelsior) and a number of Annex II-listed species (an amphibian, five types of fish, a dragonfly and the priority butterfly species, Jersey tiger - Callimorpha quadripunctaria). There are also 10 targeted bird species, listed in Annex I of the Birds Directive. The project area covers 15 km² and lies within the high wa ...
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Transboundery habitat restoration in the valley of the Dommel (Dommeldal)

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

...al forests, were restored, and new opportunities were created for threatened species, such as the European nightjar, the natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) and the alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon). As part of the project, many lots were swapped with local farmers to stop soil degradation and area loss. A total of 130 000 m3 nutrient-rich soil was removed and land topography was restored. A ...
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Action for sustaining the population of Euphydryas aurinia (ASPEA)

Start date: Jan 8, 2005, End date: Dec 31, 2008,

Background The marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) has undergone rapid decline in Denmark due to the fragmentation of its habitats and populations. Together with a continuing decline in the quality of existing and potentially suitable habitats, the marsh fritillary is now considered an endangered species. Only eight small sub-populations remai ...
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Conservative management of alpine habitats as a Natura 2000 site in Retezat National Park (Retezat National Park)

Start date: Oct 1, 2005, End date: Dec 31, 2008,

... area was established in 1927, and the Retezat National Park was created in 1935. Later the area was declared as Biosphere Reserve (1979) and as an Important Bird Area for Europe (2000). Two prime Butterfly Areas for Europe were also identified in the area in 2000. At the establishment of the Retezat National Park Administration in 1999, a Global Environment Facility (GEF) project facilitated the ...
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Biodiversity conservation in western Iberia (Campanarios de Azaba)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Oct 1, 2012,

... black stork (Ciconia nigra), imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo Bubo), great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo) and the marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia). Restoration actions to improve the conservation status of valuable habitat types of the Habitats Directive would also be undertaken, especially in the case of holm oak fo ...
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Conservation of endangered arthropods of Extremadura (Artrópodos Extremadura)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

...oblems have been identified. These include two beetles (Cerambyx cerdo and Lucanus cervus), four dragonflies (Coenagrion mercuriale, Macromia splendens, Oxygastra curtisii and Gomphus graslini) and a butterfly (Graellsia isabelae). Objectives The project took place on a network of seven Natura 2000 sites covering ab ...
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Ardeides and Amphibians: habitat conservation in Monticchie Natural Reserve (MONTICCHIE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2003, End date: Jun 1, 2005,

... interest, including the Italian agile frog, the Italian crested newt, the European pond turtle and the spined loach, as well as some invertebrates, such as the white-clawed crayfish and large copper butterfly. The area has been also proposed for designation as a special protection area for birds, due to the presence of several hundred breeding pairs of little egret (Egretta garzetta) and night ...
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Restoration of the mid Cornwall Moors for the Euphydryas aurinia (Cornwall Moors)

Start date: Mar 17, 2003, End date: Jun 30, 2008,

Background The marsh fritillary butterfly, (Euphydryas aurinia), has suffered a 20-50% decline in its distribution in Europe over the past 25 years. The rate of decline in the UK has been particularly severe, mainly as a consequence of the loss of traditional livestock grazing, which leads to unmanaged pastures. The Breney Common and Goss and Tregoss M ...
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Restoration and conservation of xeric grasslands in Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) (Trockenrasen Deutschland R-Pf)

Start date: Apr 1, 2002, End date: Mar 31, 2006,

Background Dry grasslands are among the most species-rich habitats, home to rare and endangered species of orchid, bird, and butterfly. Unfortunately, they are also some of the most endangered habitat types in Europe, having been pushed back to isolated residual areas as a result of considerable loss of surface and the abandonment of cultivation. The war ...
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Alpe Veglia and Alpe Devero: actions of conservation of mountain grasslands and peatlands (Alpe Veglia)

Start date: Jan 1, 2003, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

... interest. The survival of the peat bogs, on the other hand, was under serious threat because of a drainage system operating in the area. The SCI is one of only two European sites where a rare butterfly of community interest, Erebia christi, has been recorded. First sightings were in the 1970s. Objectives The projectâ ...
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Conservation of endangered habitats / species in the future Karst Park (Karst park)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Sep 30, 2005,

...rea includes three types of priority habitats, with semi-natural dry grasslands extending over 20 percent of its surface, and six species listed in Annex II of the Habitats Directive, among which the butterfly Callimorpha quadripunctaria. As in the rest of Europe, the advent of farm mechanisation, together with the gradual abandonment of agricultural land, has drastically reduced the presence o ...
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Schütt-Dobratsch

Start date: Feb 1, 2001, End date: Jan 31, 2005,

...er arms as breeding places for amphibians and dragonflies (including the Annex II species Leucorrhinia pectoralis). The structural composition of butterfly communities changed considerably (towards more endangered species) after the meadow management had started. Finally, there was an enlargement of Liparis loeselii (an Annex II orchid) habitat with 4,000 m²
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Regeneration and preservation of dry grassland in Germany (Trockenrasen Saar)

Start date: Apr 1, 2001, End date: Mar 31, 2006,

...ntial increase of orchid species and populations at all sites. For example, not long after clearance measures had been carried out, five new orchid species appeared at the Hammelsberg site; the butterfly Euphydryas aurinia and the bird species Lululla arborea were discovered on another site. The project purchased important dry grassland sites suffering from degradation as a result of human activi ...
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Protection and usage of aapa mires with a rich avifauna (Aapa & Avi)

Start date: Nov 1, 2000, End date: Oct 31, 2005,

...e been used in several other research projects by the beneficiary. Several Directive plant and bird species were found within the project areas. For the meadow plan, the beneficiary carried out a butterfly inventory. Very good public relations and dissemination work, including more than 90 newspaper articles, television and radio coverage, a photo exhibition and television and public inform ...
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Conservation and management of the biotope 'S. Genuario Wetland' (San Genuario)

Start date: Jun 1, 2001, End date: Mar 31, 2005,

... conservation. Specific project achievements included: Increasing knowledge about the presence of habitats and species of EU interest at the project site. Previously unobserved species such as the butterfly Lycaena dispar and algae of the genera Chara were discovered at the site thanks to the project; Conservation and increasing of the habitats of EU interest through a reduction of threats, pl ...
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Improving the management of Salisbury Plain Natura 2000 sites (Salisbury Plain)

Start date: Apr 1, 2001, End date: Sep 30, 2005,

...avourable condition - Improve breeding conditions for the stone curlew Burhinus oedicnemus in and adjacent to project sites - Enhance chalk grasslands for the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia Results The Salisbury Plain LIFE project was a very successful programme of habitat ...
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Rhine wetlands near Rastatt (Rheinauen bei Rastatt)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...tic vegetation”, along the Ried canal and in Hofwaldschlut; Restore and re-establish the species-rich meadows habitat that support a number of rare species, e.g., the dusky large blue butterfly (Maculinea nausithous); Improve existing ditches as habitats for the species listed in Annex II of the Habitats Directive (e.g. weather loach or southern damselfly), as sites of hygrophilous tall herb f ...
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Heathland alliance: Biodiversity and habitat network in Nördlinger Ries and in the Wörnitz Valley (LIFE Heide-Allianz)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

... development of areas for grazing; Restoration of calcareous grassland hay meadows and fens (6410, 7230); Restoration of shallow areas in water bodies that are habitats for the dusky large blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche nausithous) and other species characteristic of river valleys; Securing spawning habitats for the great crested newt and yellow-bellied toad; Tree and scrub removal (including th ...
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Restoration of Wet Habitats in the Jerup Beach Ridge Plain (LIFE WETHAB)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

...cing the risk of further spread; The water table in the summer period will be secured, resulting in fewer and shorter drought periods; The establishment of new populations of the marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) and evidence of their spread; One breeding area suitable for the wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola), one breeding area suitable for the short-eared owl (Asio flammeus), and ...
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Re-wetting valuable raised bogs in the northern Hannover Region (Hannoversche Moorgeest)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2023,

..., corncrake (Crex crex), lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), whinchat (Saxicola rubetra), stonechat (Saxicola rubicola), moor frog (Rana arvalis) or cranberry blue Butterfly (Vacciniina optilete). Specific objectives include: Improving the hydrological balance in the bogs, in order to promote active, treeless raised bogs and transition mires (c. 500 ha) and Sphagnum ...
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Restoration of wetlands and associated endangered species in the Eislek Region (LIFE Eislek)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...ng 560 metres in altitude, and a network of small rivers and wetlands. The wetland habitat types are essential for three especially valuable EU species: - The violet copper (Lycaena helle), a small butterfly, found in Luxemburg only in the wetlands of Eisleck, the populations being rather small and existing only in isolated locations; - The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra), a migrating bird of the f ...
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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,

...is situated in a seepage zone. Objectives This project aims to restore the habitat of two highly threatened butterfly species in Europe, the scarce large blue [Phengaris (Maculinea) teleius] and dusky large blue [Phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous]. Both butterfly species are listed in Annexes II and IV of the Habitat ...
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Environmental restoration and support of natural processes in the forests and eutrophic marshes from Prejmer and Harman (FOR-MARSH)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Oct 1, 2017,

...plex reserve containing a forest and a marsh ecosystem with rare fauna and flora. The other is a marsh area that also hosts a number of well preserved rare species. Some, such as the marsh fritillary butterfly, endemic plants and red-listed carnivorous plants appear in both. The sites are under threat from numerous directions. They have suffered through grazing by various types of animals and tra ...
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Dry, calcareous habitats in the cultural landscape of Höxter (KTKK HX)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

...fferent sites. Thus the threat to the population of the Weser Uplands from thefts will be significantly reduced; and Other species, including the smooth snake, sand lizard and large blue butterfly, will also benefit from the establishment of a coherent network of habitats of suitable size. It is also hoped that the stag beetle and the Birds Directive-listed species, red-backed shrike and grey-he ...
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Restoration and conservation of the Pannonic salt steppes of Pásztó grassland with sustainable management (Pásztó habitat restoration)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

...2000 site, focusing on the following plant species: yellow-star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis), thistle (Cirsium brachycephalum), and grass vetching (Lathyrus nissolia), as well as the large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar). The project also aims to establish a traditional and sustainable extensive grassland management system, a water management system, and to increase public awareness of the ...
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Protection of natural resources of Kampinos Forest – Natura 2000 Site, through the renaturalisation of bought-up land. (ActiveKPN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...tor fiber), otter (Lutra lutra), Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), various amphibians and reptiles, the corncrake (Crex crex), crane (Grus grus), bittern (Botaurus stellaris) and the scarce large blue butterfly (Maculinea teleius) and large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar); To reduce the pressure of urbanisation on the purchased land; To improve the hydrological condition of marshland areas within th ...
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Active protection of the SCIs with thermophilous habitat types and species in Lounské Středohoří hills (Lounské Středohoří Steppe)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...es listed in Annex II of the Habitats Directive: Stipa zalesskii, Spermophilus citellus, Stenobothrus eurasius and Callimorpha quadripunctaria. In addition, 14 nationally important butterfly species will be targeted. Expected results: The expected results include the purchase of 11.7 ha of land, and the acquisition of another 30 ha by free transfer and about 50 ha through long term land leases. ...
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Integrated protection of rare butterfly species of non-forest habitats in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Butterflies CZ-SK)

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

Background Areas of flower-rich meadows and other non-forest habitats, crucial for the survival of butterfly species of European importance, still exist in three mountain ranges: the White Carpathian (Bílé/Biele Karpaty) mountains in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Lower Carpathians (Malé Karpaty) in Slovakia, and the Považský Inovec mountains i ...
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Wetlands protection and Environmental Education

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

..., communication and mobility in Europe. Actions involve: • Inventories and long term studies of wetland fauna / flora, including specific species programs for European Roller, Terapin, and several butterfly and dragonfly species. • Management of databases of fauna / flora, data analysis, results publications • Active maintenance of several areas to increase biodiversity and reduce presence of inva ...
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Woodlands and river valleys on the Steigerwald slopes near Iphofen (Steigerwaldrand Iphofen)

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

...l species have been recorded there with birds, amphibians, bats, wood-dwelling beetles, butterflies and moths being particularly well-represented. The project area is also a European “Prime Butterfly Area” (PBA), i.e. where conservation measures for butterflies are considered a high priority. As such, it contributes significantly to the conservation of biological diversity. Unfortunately, t ...
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Reestablishment of the Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) (LIFE-Aurinia)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background The Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) was last observed in Schleswig-Holstein in 1991. The decline and eventual extinction of the species in the region was caused by a range of factors including intensification of land use, draining of bogs, and overgrowth of tall grass, scrub and brambles on military sites following the replaceme ...
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Restoration and conservation of dry grasslands in southern and central Italy (RICOPRI)

Start date: Jan 15, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

...rge number of rare endangered species that depend on these habitats. At EU level, the population of some of these species has decreased by as much as 20-50%. According to the “European Grassland Butterfly Indicator”, the grassland butterfly population has decreased by almost 60% since 1990 and is continuing to fall. Out of a total of 436 species in Europe, 274 are dependent on dry grasslands. ...
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