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Promoting awareness of wildlife crime prosecution and liability for biodiversity damage in NATURA 2000 areas in Crete. (LIFE Natura Themis)
Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2020,
Background
In Crete there is a lack of prosecution of wildlife crime and measures for remediation of damage to biodiversity in Natura 2000 sites. The EU, however, introduced the Environmental Liability Directive in 2014 to remediate biodiversity damage and establish wildlife crime as a separate area of prosecution. Local communities have a role to play in ...
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CYCLADES "Integrated monk seal conservation in Northern Cyclades" (CYCLADES Life)
Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,
Background
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a priority species for conservation, according to Annex II of the Habitats Directive. It is also designated as a âcritically endangeredâ species under the IUCN Red List; and is included in Annex III of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive â as a key indicator of the status of the marin ...
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Safeguarding the lesser white-fronted goose fennoscandian population in key wintering and staging sites within the European flyway (Safeguard LWfG)
Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2017,
Background
The lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) is an Annex I species of the Birds Directive, classified as âvulnerableâ by the IUCN Red List. The global population trend for the species has shown rapid decline (30-49%) during the period 1998-2008, accompanied by breeding range fragmentation. The wild population of the goose in the Fennos ...
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Chromium in Asopos groundwater system: remediation technologies and measures (CHARM)
Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,
Background
Water resources worldwide are under increasing pressure from overuse and pollution. In Greece, groundwater systems are threatened by a combination of excessive abstraction and chemical pollution. The Asopos river basin, which is located in the Region of Sterea Ellada, and the âRiver Basin District of East Sterea Elladaâ (RBD07), constitutes ...
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European Forest Fire Monitoring using Information Systems (EFFMIS)
Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Oct 30, 2012,
This project aims to pool good practices (GPs) on exploitation of the usage of information systems in order to early detect, efficiently manage and handle forest fires and assess the damage caused and ways for regeneration. It aims to exchange good practices between the participating regions, so as to strengthen their position and capacities to respond better to the Lisbon and Gothenburg agendas o ...
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In a context of increased urbanization of society, of climate and environmental change and in a context of globalisation and a growing relevance of forests there is a ever but greater need for a sound comprehension of the multiple dimensions of forest and forestry. Forest pedagogics or “Waldpädagogik” is a priority area for developing a shared comprehension of forests and their role in helping to ...
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