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Marine protected Areas In the Atlantic arc (MAIA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

...anagement plans for activities which take place in existing marine protected areas (MPAs) and thus fulfill the nature conservation objectives that justified their designation; 2) define and implement joint methodology to identify the marine areas, both inshore and offshore, whose habitats and/or species justify special protection or management. ...
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LIFESCAPE - Your Landscape (LIFESCAPE)

Start date: Apr 30, 2003, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

The link between cities and their immediate rural hinterlands is eroding across NW Europe as urban centres develop closer links with the global economy. These kinds of pressures are especially great in the Central Zone of NW Europe, where the LIFESCAPE project partners are all based. The objective of LIFESCAPE is to demonstrate that there is synergy between the maintenance of landscape identity an ...
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MESH - Development of a framework for Mapping European Seabed Habitats (MESH)

Start date: Apr 30, 2003, End date: Apr 29, 2007,

The MESH project, led by the UKs Joint Nature Conservation Committee, will focus on seabed areas within the NWE. Their diverse habitats and biodiversity are important food and energy resources as well as essential components of the ecosystem. The 12 partners from the MESH project will respond to the growing pressures on seabed habitats by putting in place a spatial planning framework. The main out ...
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Small Cetaceans in the European Atlantic and North Sea (SCANS-II)

Start date: Apr 1, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

Background The incidental capture and killing of small cetaceans during fishing activities is a major threat to their conservation. The species considered most at risk in northwest European waters are the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), which can be trapped in bottom-set gillnet fisheries, and the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), which can be tra ...
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