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Implementation of integrated habitat networks to improve ecological coherence across the CSGN (EcoCo LIFE Scotland)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2014, Date de fin: 1 sept. 2018,

...ger or less fragmented habitat patches. Habitat fragmentation results in diminished ecological coherence and potential reductions in ecosystem services. Both the EU Habitats Directive and the revised Scottish Biodiversity Strategy recognise the contributing effect of habitat fragmentation on ecosystem degradation, and the need to create a fully functioning, ecologically coherent network. The Centr ...
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Pearls in Peril - securing the future of the freshwater pearl mussel in Great Britain (PIP GB)

Date du début: 3 sept. 2012, Date de fin: 2 mars 2017,

Background The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is declining dramatically throughout its range and is under grave threat in the UK, as in other areas of its EU distribution. The British populations of the freshwater pearl mussel, which is highlighted for conservation under Annex II of the Habitats Directive, have been adversely affect ...
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Nature Exchange Two -managing our natural and cultural assets

Date du début: 1 janv. 2015, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,

...ining. Receiving partners have been chosen because they are recognised by the UK consortium as being able to provide examples of best practice in the key areas identified as most important for our Scottish practitioners to learn. What they offer has the potential to be built into adult education, both formal and informal. NET participants will be drawn from the 14 member organisations in the ARC ...
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Conserving machair habitats and species in a suite of Scottish Natura sites (Scottish machair)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 31 mars 2014,

...population with people leaving agriculture to seek employment opportunities away from the rural community. Objectives The Scottish machair LIFE project ran from January 2010 to March 2014. The project had a single beneficiary, the RSPB, but drew upon a broad partnership, including local government, national government an ...
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The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11 (CoastAdapt)

Date du début: 31 déc. 2008, Date de fin: 30 déc. 2011,

CoastAdapt is a project aimed to safeguard people living in North Atlantic coastal communities and help them adapt to the impacts of climate change. Five pilot study sites in Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Scotland have been identified to determine the issues experienced by local communities. Municipalities and citizens, working together with project partners, will develop and trial adaptation strat ...
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Conservation of Atlantic salmon in Scotland (CASS)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2004, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2008,

...ater quality and barriers to migration. The species is still present in almost all rivers in Scotland but, even here, where water quality is generally good, there are many problems to be addressed. Scottish rivers such as the Dee, Tweed, Tay and Spey are ranked amongst the most famous salmon fishing rivers in the world and the conservation and sustainable exploitation of salmon stocks is the pri ...
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Northern Environment for Sustainable Tourism - NEST (NEST)

Date du début: 30 sept. 2004, Date de fin: 29 sept. 2007,

Protected areas, whether they are national parks, World Heritage Areas or other European or national government designations, create particular challenges. On one hand such natural and cultural resources are spectacular and offer a perfect resource for tourism development, yet on the other hand the resource merits particular protection and careful management from development. For some this protect ...
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Integrated Approach to Northern Watercourses and their Community Development (NorWat)

Date du début: 6 mars 2004, Date de fin: 29 mai 2007,

NorWat aims to discover and disseminate information on new ways to make the best use of watercourses for the benefit of local sustainable community development. Watercourses are important features in many northern periphery regions and this project will seek to improve the inter-relationship between environmental and socio-economic well being along them. ...
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Urgent Conservation Management for Scottish Capercaillie (Capercaillie)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2002, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2007,

Background The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) is the largest species of grouse in the world and in Scotland, the species is facing extinction for a second time. It first disappeared in 1785 but was re-introduced from Sweden in 1837 as a game bird. By the 1970s the populations numbered around 20,000 birds. Since then, however, its decline has bee ...
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Restoring active blanket bog of European importance in North Scotland (Blanket bog)

Date du début: 1 mars 2001, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2006,

... and 1 556 ha of afforested blanket bog (total land purchased 3 860 ha). A key part of this project has been the development of the Peatlands of Caithness & Sutherland Management Strategy 2005-2015. Scottish Natural Heritage led the development of the strategy, which is the principal means of securing the long-term benefits of the project and the sustainable management of the peatlands, which bri ...
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Based Tourism

Date du début: 31 déc. 2003, Date de fin: 30 déc. 2006,

Nature based tourism is a new tourism sector which has experienced significant growth in recent years. Nature-based tourism offers significant opportunities, especially for Northern Periphery areas, and can support both conservation and employment across the region. However, development in this sector must be managed in the correct manner, in order to ensure that growth does not hamper the essence ...
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Mink control to protect important birds in SPAs in the Western Isles (Mink control)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2001, Date de fin: 30 juin 2006,

Background The Western Isles of Scotland are of particularly high national and international nature conservation importance for their breeding populations of several species of wader and other water birds. Consequently, 5 SPAs covering almost 150 km² have been designated to protect the vast assemblages of breeding birds present in the islands Unfortunat ...
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