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Biodiversity in Standards and Labels for the Food Industry (LIFEBioStandards)
Date du début: 1 août 2016, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2020,
Background
The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 underlines the importance of motivating the corporate sector to reduce its negative impacts on biodiversity. Intensive agriculture is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss, through the use of heavy machinery, pesticides and synthetic nitrogen fertilisers, land consolidation, drainage, etc. Therefore, ...
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SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN SPAs OF CASTILLA-LA MANCHA FOR STEPPE BIRDS CONSERVATION (LIFE STEPPE FARMING)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2016, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2019,
Background
Founded in 1993, Fundación Global Natura (FGN) is a private national charitable organisation dedicated to the conservation, protection and management of the environment. FGN projects contribute to maintaining and restoring habitat and endangered species, technological innovation and recovery of traditional farming activities through land stewa ...
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Sustainable adaptation of typical EU farming systems to climate change (LIFE AGRI ADAPT)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2016, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2019,
Background
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted in its 2014 report that climate change would have negative impacts on agriculture for the rest of this century, even in temperate zones such as in Europe. Integration of adaptation measures into the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Cohesion Policy can increase the resilience of ...
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S přírodou k vzájemnému porozumění
Date du début: 31 déc. 2016, Date de fin: 29 juin 2019,
People are nowadays becoming increasingly aware of the positive influence of Nature on their health. Nature, among others, fulfills their physical needs by providing unique sensory experiences. The constant desire to return to Nature may be associated with "innate feelings that people are part of all living things on Earth" (so-called Biophilia Theory). But also its mystery, depth, beauty, fragili ...
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Partnership for Biodiversity Protection in Viticulture in Europe
Date du début: 1 sept. 2015, Date de fin: 31 août 2018,
The loss of biodiversity, alongside climate change, is currently one of the largest and most important challenges. It is believed that the current rate of species extinction, due to human influences, is several times higher than the natural extinction rate. Agriculture is the most important land use in Europe, with around 50% of the surface used for agricultural production. The relationship betwee ...
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Recovery and conservation Program for Galemys pyrenaicus and its habitat in Castilla y León and Extremadura (DESMANIA)
Date du début: 1 juin 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2017,
Background
The Iberian/Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) is a small semi-aquatic mammal that is endemic to mountain streams in the Iberian Peninsula. The species is an excellent biological indicator with numbers reflecting closely the state of conservation or degradation of the habitats it occupies. However, the desman is increasingly in danger of exti ...
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Restoration of salt flats around 27 endorheic wetland areas in La Mancha (HUMEDALES DE LA MANCHA)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2011, Date de fin: 31 déc. 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 wetlandsâ 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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Integrated management of three artificial wetlands in compliance with the Water Framework, Bird and Nitrates Directives (LIFE ALBUFERA)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,
Background
Albufera Lake is located some 12 km south of Valencia. It is a shallow freshwater lake with a surface of over 2 400 ha and separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a significant sand bank. The lake and surrounding wetlands are protected as a Site of Community Importance (SCI) under the EU Habitats Directive.
The lake is also an important site f ...
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Combating climate change through farming: application of a common evaluation system in the 4 largest agricultural economies of the EU (AgriClimateChange)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2010, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2013,
Background
Mitigating the negative impacts of climate change is one of the most important challenges in the EU over the coming decades. In that sense, agriculture will play a key role, as farming emissions represent around 11% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the EU28. Promoting farming systems that combat climate change is a powerful strate ...
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Local Action Plan for Fighting Climate Change in Las Rozas de Madrid: Application and Evaluation of Municipal Management Methods (Las Rozas por el clima)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2013,
Background
Cities occupy 2% of the earthâs surface but use 75% of the worldâs natural resources. In Spain, municipalities have become increasingly committed to actions in support of sustainability. They can play an important role in promoting sustainability at a local level, provided the necessary political will and resources are made available. Spain ...
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European Business and Biodiversity Campaign (B+B Campaign)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2013,
Background
The loss of biodiversity is a crucial and urgent challenge. It is believed that the current rate of species extinction, due to human influences, is up to 1 000 times higher than the natural extinction rate.
To tackle European biodiversity loss, the European Commissionâs 2006 Biodiversity Communication identified the engagement of the privat ...
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Wetland restoration and management: Canal de Castilla Special Protection Area (Canal de Castilla)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2006, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2010,
Background
The Channel of Castilla, Palencia, Spain, is an artificial watercourse 207 km in length; it was built in the 18th century to connect the centre of the Castilian plains with the sea. With the onset of the railway at the beginning of the 20th century, the idea of using the channel for the transportation of people and goods was abandoned. The 207 ...
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Conservation of the aquatic warbler in the ZEPA 'La Nava-Campos' (CarricerÃn Nava-Campos)
Date du début: 1 juin 2002, Date de fin: 31 mai 2006,
Background
The aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola), is by far Europeâs rarest warbler. 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. Drai ...
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Living Lakes: Sustainable Management of wetlands and shallow lakes (Living Lakes)
Date du début: 1 juil. 2001, Date de fin: 31 oct. 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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