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Bird rich wetlands of international importance, nature reserves and cultural landscapes as resources for sustainable developments in rural areas (BIRD)

Start date: Aug 14, 2004, End date: Sep 29, 2007,

The main focus in the BIRD project was to increase rural development in areas with attractive bird rich wetlands, nature reserves and cultural landscapes. 35 joining partners in 6 Baltic countries have localized areas where a quality secured eco tourism has good assumptions to expand. The six joining countries and numbers of partners are: Estonia (5), Finland (5), Germany (1), Latvia (2), Lithuani ...
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Amphibian Biotope Improvement in the Netherlands (AMBITION)

Start date: May 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2008,

Background Amphibians rely on the presence of small wetlands and small landscape features such as hedges, ditches and small pockets of woodland. The large-scale rural land consolidation schemes in the Netherlands have done away with many of these habitats, with the result that the amphibians, too, are rapidly disappearing. This project tackles the cons ...
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Mediterranean reservoirs and wetlands. A demonstration of multiple - objective management in the island of Crete (Reservwet)

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

... Crete, resulting in the loss of 60% of the wetland area and in the serious degradation of the remaining. The environmental impact of wetland loss and degradation affects much wider regions than the wetlands themselves, due to the ecological association between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Another important aspect of wetland degradation in Crete involves the impact on migratory water birds ...
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Living Lakes: Sustainable Management of wetlands and shallow lakes (Living Lakes)

Start date: Jul 1, 2001, End date: Oct 31, 2004,

Background Wetlands are among the most important and yet most threatened ecosystems in Europe. They are a precious part of our cultural and natural heritage, providing an extremely important resource for many human interests and activities, as well as habitats that support a rich diversity of animal and plant life. Wetlands are able to absorb precipitatio ...
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Wetlands Moroccan Centre

Start date: Sep 1, 2002, End date: Aug 31, 2005,

Background There is a significant area of wetlands in Morocco (about 200,000 ha or 0.3 percent of its total territory), approximately 3,500 kilometres of coastal zones, and a network of rivers stretching for 10,000 kilometres. These humid zones are crucial for conserving biodiversity. The majority of them are, for example, used by migratory birds. However ...
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Conservation management in Strofylia-Kotychi (Strofylia-Kotychi)

Start date: Sep 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

... Results To address the threats to the complex ecosystem of lagoons and coastal stone pine forests in the Kotychi-Strofylia wetlands, the project has been successful in achieving the following: Wetland management Four automatic monitoring stations were opened in Kotychi and in Prokopos lagoon in order to monitor water ...
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Conservation of the aquatic warbler in the ZEPA 'La Nava-Campos' (Carricerín Nava-Campos)

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: May 31, 2006,

... It breeds in temperate eastern Europe (Poland; Hungary, Germany, the Baltic States, the Ukraine and Belarus) and has an estimated population of 15,000 pairs. This small passerine bird is found in wetlands with sedge and similarly structured marshy habitats. Drainage of such wetlands and destruction of the habitat has meant that this species has declined rapidly. For many years, its wintering gro ...
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CAPACITY BUILDING ON CONSERVATION OF ALBANIAN WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS (ALWET) (ALWET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

Background Wetlands are among the most valuable and productive ecosystems on earth and offer important opportunities for sustainable development. However, there is a serious problem of loss and degradation of wetlands, particularly acute in the Mediterranean region. Wetlands constitute a large part of Albania’s natural environment and biodi ...
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Recuperation of the aquatic environment of Porqueres and the lake of Banyoles (Lago Bañolas)

Start date: Nov 1, 2003, End date: Apr 30, 2007,

...ral use. Objectives The general objective of the project was the recuperation of and an increase in the area of the wetlands and lakeside woods which surround the lacustrine basin: the alluvial forests (Alnus glutinosa and Salix alba), the Fraxinus angustifolia woods, and the Salix alba and Populus alba galleries. To thi ...
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Building Capacity for Sustainable Hunting of Migratory Birds in Mediterranean Third Countries (SUSTAINABLE HUNTING)

Start date: Nov 1, 2004, End date: Oct 31, 2007,

...tory bird hunting 5. Alternative economic models to shooting of migratory birds 6. International conventions and agreements 7. The use of lead short for bird hunting in wetlands The collaborative work between government institutions and conservation and national hunting groups from Lebanon and Tunisia enabled the agreement of model practices for hunters and for the regulation of hunting acti ...
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Innovative methods of Barta river basin management system (Barta club)

Start date: Dec 1, 2001, End date: Aug 31, 2005,

...uction demonstration projects were to be established in small communities of up to 2000 inhabitants. These would be alternative eco-engineering projects such as the establishment of biological ponds, wetlands, and energetic forests, which affect the local drinking-water supply system. Results The Water ...
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Protection of habitats and species in Nature Park "Razna" (PHS in NPR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2004, End date: Mar 31, 2009,

...atory for the rare amphibian. A reintroduction programme was developed and implemented, with the targeted number (300) of Bombina bombina individuals reintroduced to selected wetlands and shallow ponds restored to improve their habitat. Further habitat work included cutting of reeds and uprooting of bushes on Lake Raznas to restore spawning grounds of three endangered fish species of EU importance ...
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Conservation of the most remarkables habitats and species of the Poitevin Marshes (LIFE Marais)

Start date: Jul 15, 2004, End date: Nov 30, 2008,

...nd European level about the ecological value of the site.Results Most of the initial objectives were met: The project restored 384 ha of habitats (wetlands, reed beds, sand dunes, humid forest) and 13 km of ditches. The restoration works have already had an impact on some species, e.g. nesting birds were found in greater numbers on some wetlands followin ...
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Conservation of 3 cave-dwelling bats in Southern France (CHIROFRSUD)

Start date: Apr 1, 2004, End date: May 1, 2008,

...re the maintenance of favourable conditions of all roosts of the network. It also sought to conserve the bats’ foraging habitats in at least 2 pSCIs, by carrying out experimental actions such as wetlands restoration or ecological corridor creation This was expected to support the three target species, as well as benefitting other bat species sharing the same habitats. The project aimed to impro ...
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Dune regeneration on Laida beach (Urdaibai) (Dunas Laida)

Start date: May 1, 2004, End date: Apr 30, 2007,

...s of Matxitxako and Ogoño. The site is part of the Natura 2000 network classified as a Site of Community Interest and a Special Protection Area for Birds. It is also included in the RAMSAR list of wetlands of international importance. The main threats to the dune systems come from the intensive tourist pressure suffered mainly during the summer period. Once the dune is destroyed and the vegetat ...
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Arrangement of spotted eagles and black stork conservation in Estonia (EAGLELIFE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2004, End date: May 31, 2009,

...s Directive: the black Stork (Ciconia nigra); the lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina); and the greater spotted eagle (Aquila clanga), one of the most endangered species in Europe. The forests and wetlands of Estonia are home to important European populations - around 3% - of both eagles, amounting to 500-600 pairs of the lesser spotted eagle and only 20-30 pairs of the greater spotted. Also fo ...
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Ecological restoration of the Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park (Lower Prut Floodplain)

Start date: Nov 1, 2005, End date: Oct 30, 2010,

...developed with the support of WWF and signed by representatives of Romania, Bulgaria, Moldavia and Ukraine in 2000. In 1999-2000 a PHARE scheme project to rehabilitate nature and manage international wetlands was implemented in the park. The natural park is home to a few small rural settlements whose populations are declining. Local economic is mostly related to fishing and agriculture. ...
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Restoration of dune and coastal habitats in the Vattaja Military Area (Vattajan dyyni LIFE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2005, End date: Mar 31, 2009,

...dunes are over 15 m. In the southern part, there are wide bays and lush coastal meadows. Due to land upheaval of 8-9 mm per year, the shore habitats are in constant change. Several small ponds and wetlands are now locked in behind dunes, representing the flada (narrow inlets) and gloe lake development stage of coastal land upheaval. However, the Vattaja habitats are subject to a number of signif ...
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Protection of Biodiversity of the Sava River Basin Floodplains (SAVA RIVER BASIN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2007, End date: Dec 31, 2009,

...r is the second largest tributary of the Danube River and of ecological significance because of its outstanding biological and landscape diversity. It hosts the largest complex of alluvial floodplain wetlands in the Danube basin and the largest lowland forests. The Sava is a unique example of a river where the floodplains are still intact, supporting both floods alleviation and biodiversity. It ha ...
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Danube International Centre for Advanced Studies for River-Delta-Sea systems (DANUBIUS)

Start date: Jan 9, 2013, End date: Oct 29, 2020,

...rocesses, research methodologies and offering access to other parts of the Dabube – Black Sea macrosystemMajor goals• To improve the sustainable, innovative and adaptive management of wetlands, deltas, lagoons and coastal ecosystems by studying in deep the processes influencing the evolution environmental state of the River –Delta –Sea systems• To develop knowledge based economy to support the eco ...
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Integrated Multiple Level Wetlands Monitoring System Using Innovative Technologies (WETMUST)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

Wetlands constitute transitional, dynamic ecosystems of great importance, which are threatened by human activities. Due to their nature, they are frequently located next to or downstream from major urban, agricultural and industrial development sites. As a result of these driving forces, several pressures act on the wetland ecosystems with a severe impact on their state. A major problem that needs ...
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Wetlands, Algae and Biogas (WAB)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

...management and integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in the SB Sea. Together with farmers, the project will show how nutrient leakage can be decreased, and algae blooms reduced through harvest of wetlands and collection of algae along the coastal zone. Actions to reduce leakage (component 3) and remove nutrients reaching the sea (component 4) by new techniques will be tested in the project. Th ...
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Management and sustainable development of protected transitional waters (TWReferenceNET)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

...tal, socio-economic and networking communication. The environmental project area promotes studies and pilot actions on transitional protected areas focusing on Ramsar and Natura 2000 sites that means wetlands of international importance and areas beloning to the European network of protected sites. The socio-economic field carries out feasibility studies of sustainable economic development, promot ...
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Sustainable InteGral Management Approaches for Water areas (SIGMA for Water)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Mar 20, 2013,

...nteGral Management Approach (SIGMA) has now been running for two and a half years and is lining up for its final phase. All ten partners have developed their masterplans for an integrated approach to wetlands or lake areas. The masterplans are a results of two years of intensive exchange of information in the partnership. There is very good cooperation in the group and experts are helping each oth ...
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Sustainable Hydro Assessment and Groundwater Recharge Projects (SHARP)

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

Over 95% of the worlds freshwater, excluding glaciers and ice caps, is found underground. Groundwater provides the steady, base flow of rivers and wetlands, maintaining this flow and keeping it free from pollution is vital for surface water ecosystems. Groundwater is also a crucial source of drinking water, supplying the water systems for three out of four EU citizens. In some countries groundwate ...
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RHINENET for a sustainable and participatory management of the Rhine Basin (RHINENET)

Start date: Oct 9, 2001, End date: Oct 9, 2006,

...ed include the organisation of cultural and music events, development of educational guides and promotional materials, information days, pilot actions for monitoring protection zones and classifying wetlands, and various communication activities targeted at local populations. Achievem ...
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n transboundary management of nature reserves at Lake Peipus area - Alam-Pedja Emaj?uursoo and Remidov nature reserves (Management of nature reserves transbounday region)

...at Lake Peipus - Remidov (64 900 ha) nature reserve in Pskov oblast Alam-Pedja (26 000 ha) and Emaj?uursoo (32 600 ha) nature reserves in Tartu and J?a County. All three areas have been designated as Wetlands of International Importance determined by The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.The need for the project activities was passed to Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF) by Emaj?uursoo nature reserve admi ...
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Adaptive management of climate-induced changes of habitat diversity in protected areas (HABIT-CHANGE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

...s are unclear. At site-level, precipitation might de- or increase and shift its seasonality, leading to different preconditions for the remaining natural habitats, esp. water-based ecosystems such as wetlands and rivers but also the composition of forested areas and grasslands. To monitor changes through time (history, present state, short term future, long term future and to adapt management stra ...
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Conservation of Senne and Medzibodrozie SPAs in Slovakia (SENNERESTSK)

Start date: Nov 15, 2005, End date: May 14, 2011,

...able water regimes at the respective localities. An aqua-environmental scheme would be developed and tested in order to secure sustainable financing of environmentally friendly management of wetlands. The project also aimed to purchase land within Senne SPA site in order to secure control over the core areas for breeding and migrating identification birds. Conservation management of meadows leadi ...
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Consolidating the safeguard and development of natural values in the Škocjan Caves Park area

Start date: Mar 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

...e) extends in the South-Eastern Karst area. It encloses the Škocjan Caves (Grotte di S. Canziano-Škocjanske Jame) that have been recognized as a World Heritage Site and designated for the List of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention), included in the MAB programme (Man and the Biosphere) developed by UNESCO and in the Natura 2000 network. The Park is visited by a host of nationa ...
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Atlantic Salmon Arc Project 2 (ASAP 2)

Start date: Oct 31, 2006, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

...ubator. - Genetic analysis of samples of tissues from specimens raised in an incubation tank. - Communications on the history of the Atlantic salmon. - Investigation into the value of restoring wetlands to prevent pollution, protect water resources and for carbon compensation. - Installation of 30 Helixors in the upper Tamar to oxygenate the water. - Creation of management plans for agricultural o ...
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Implementation of nature conservation rescue center and animal health monitoring system with cross-border cooperation (Animal Health)

Start date: Jul 31, 2010, End date: Jul 30, 2011,

... injured animals have been transported toSzeged Zoo and Palic Zoo for further treatments.Partners have started to monitor the waterfowls at 16 sample areas. 15 from those sample areasare still water wetlands and one of them is a Danube-section. These monitoring activities havebeen done regularly week by week.
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Adaptation and mitigation measures to climate change in the Ebro Delta (LIFE EBRO-ADMICLIM)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: Jun 1, 2018,

...ro Delta in Catalonia is a wetland of international importance, and is considered one of the coastal systems most vulnerable to climate change in the European Union. The delta is undergoing a loss of wetlands and rice paddies because of coastal regression, caused by diminishing fluvial sediments, which are retained in the reservoirs of the basin. The coast is retreating by more than 10 metres per ...
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LICENSE: Local Institutional Capacity Development in Environmental Sensitive Areas (LICENSE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2004,

... Uncontrolled urbanisation and development in the Republic Srpska (RS) due to mass immigration and poverty represent a significant threat both to the numerous important ecosystems (wetlands) and human health, and are seriously undermining the possibilities for sustainable development. The organisation of environmental protection, which collapsed during the war, is currently bei ...
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Coastal Meadows and Wetlands in the Agricultural Landscape of Öland (Öland)

Start date: Nov 1, 2000, End date: Jun 30, 2005,

...habitats. The main threats being targeted were overgrowth by shrubs, low or no grazing or mowing impact, eutrophication of freshwater habitats and habitat decline due to drainage of wetlands. Proposed actions included restoration of five alvar lakes and clearing 2,000 ha of 'key' overgrown areas which were characteristic of the sites’ nature conservation value. Another important objective in ...
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Restoration project 'Galenbecker See' for priority species (Galenbecker See)

Start date: May 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

...the restoration work, the beneficiary, Staatliches Amt für Umwelt und Natur Ueckermünde, acquired the use of considerable areas of farmland (326ha in total), which would be flooded or become wetlands. The raising water level of the area would create new amphibia-rich wet grasslands and sedge mires for the lesser spotted eagle and the corncrake, as well as new reed beds for the bittern. To secure ...
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Recherche et conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Start date: Jun 17, 2014, End date: Jun 16, 2015,

...it since 1978 and is run by an international council of scientists and nature conservation specialists. Tour du Valat develops programmes of research, conservation and management of Mediterranean wetlands on its estate, on other estates of Camargue (public or private estates) et all over the Mediterranean region. About 60 permanent staff are working at Tour duValat (scientists, engineers, technici ...
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Restoring dry grasslands at Bøjden Nor with a positive influence on vulnerable coastal lagoon habitat status (CONNECT HABITATS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

...ange and coastal erosion. Other specific objectives were to: Purchase 25 ha of land and convert 20 ha of former arable land into dry grassland; Improve the hydrology and restore a mosaic of wetlands and petrifying springs on 5 ha of former arable land; Clear existing dry grassland and salt meadows of invasive species and introduce grazing regimes on 15.5 ha; Create buffer zones between the ...
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Restoration of salt flats around 27 endorheic wetland areas in La Mancha (HUMEDALES DE LA MANCHA)

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

Background The La Mancha wetlands (Humedales de la Mancha) are situated in the region of Castilla-la Mancha, in Spain. The wetland complex consists of the 27 La Mancha wetlands’ Nature 2000 sites (targeted by this project), as well as 15 less well known wetlands in the Ruidera natural park and one in the Daimiel national park. Some of the water in the ...
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Pearls in Peril - securing the future of the freshwater pearl mussel in Great Britain (PIP GB)

Start date: Sep 3, 2012, End date: Mar 2, 2017,

...ingarry Burn catchment; A reduction in silt input in at least seven catchments (South Esk, Borgie, Mingarry Burn, Oykel, Eden, Ehen, Evelix) by blocking ditches and establishing riparian wetlands as well as the establishment of extensive areas of native riparian woodland. It will also include identifying opportunities and planning for the implementation of subsequent riparian woodland improvemen ...
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