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Background Europe's mountain hay meadows are particularly endangered. Similar to other types of low-intensity agriculture/pasture hay meadows they are under threat from intensive farming practices or abandonment as unprofitable “marginal sites”. The mountain hay meadows near Winterberg are the largest clusters of this habitat in North Rhine-Westphali ...
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Background Hydraulic engineering actions in the Möhne valley over previous centuries have had a negative impact on both the river and its floodplain, leading to a reduction of river length by up to 30%. This reduction subsequently led to erosion and eventually to fewer of the floods that enaturally occur in a floodplain. Much of the land within the flood ...
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Background The Arnsberger Wald forest forms part of the Nordsauerländer uplands. It is located between the Möhne River and reservoir in the north and the Ruhr valley in the south. This large, continuous forest features a network of small and medium size streams. Because of changes in forestry policy beginning in the 19th Century, there are today uniform ...
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Medebacher Bucht - Building block for Natura 2000 (Medebacher Bucht)

Start date: Aug 1, 2003, End date: Sep 30, 2009,

Background The Medebacher Bucht (east of the Rothaar ranges, Sauerland) is an area of high value for nature conservation in Europe. Due to its geographically isolated location it was not affected by earlier attempts at uniformity by means of land consolidation procedures. Many rare, nutrient-poor, small-scale habitats have survived within this traditional ...
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