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Installation of the bird protection measures on the high voltage electricity transmission grid in Lithuania (LIFE Birds on Electrogrid)
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2018,
Background
The spread and profusion of electricity power lines makes them a serious threat for a wide range of bird species, including up to 7% of the Species of European Conservation Concern. Birds are at risk due to collisions with wires and electrocution. Based on the experience of other EU countries, high voltage power lines are the most significant t ...
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Life - Demonstrative restoration of the Tyruliai bog as a part of the initiative of the re-wetting of Lithuanian peatlands (Tyruliai)
Start date: Jul 31, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,
Background
Peat-bog ecosystems are very important for European biodiversity. Even bogs that were once used for peat excavation can, after natural or human-initiated recovery, become valuable wetlands, containing a wide range of specific ecosystems. In Lithuania, the natural re-flooding of former peat extraction sites and the growth of patches of sedge-gra ...
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Conservation of White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) in Lithuania (White Stork Conservation)
Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2013,
Background
The European population of white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is over 180 000 pairs. Before this LIFE project, the Lithuanian population was estimated at between 12 500 and 13 000 pairs (approximately 7% of the European population). Lithuania has the third largest white stork population in the EU (after Poland and Spain) and as a result has an impor ...
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