LIFE Nature

Directorate-General For Translation European Commission

Description

Projects 2005
Environment policy and protection of the environment
Conservation of resources
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Sujets

• Environmental policy
• Environmental movement
• Program evaluation
• Environmental impact
• Conservation (ethic)

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION
• Nombre de lectures: 25
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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European Commission Introduction to LIFE-Nature projects 2005
LIFE-Nature 2005: Commission provides
€69 million to 54 nature conservation projects
in 20 countries
The European Commission has approved funding for 54 nature conservation projects, in 20 Member States
or acceding countries, under the LIFE-Nature programme 2005. The projects will restore protected nature
areas and their fauna and flora, establish sustainable management structures and strengthen public aware-
ness and cooperation with stakeholders. They will thus further contribute to the creation of the EU-wide
Natura 2000 network of protected sites. The projects are situated in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Poland,
Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Romania. They represent a total investment of €125
million, of which the EU will cover €69 million.
Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: “I am delighted to see European funds supporting local,
regional and national efforts to conserve natural species and habitats. Having visited LIFE-Nature sites
myself, I have seen the difference this dynamic collaboration can make”.
LIFE-Nature in 2005 LIFE is the EU’s financial instrument supporting envi-
ronmental and nature conservation projects through-
This year, the Commission received 183 proposals for out the EU, as well as in some candidate, acceding and
funding through the LIFE-Nature programme from neighbouring countries. Its objective is to contribute to
partnerships of various conservation bodies, govern- the development and implementation of EU environ-
ment authorities, NGOs, anglers’ and hunters’ asso- mental policy by financing specific actions. Since 1992,
ciations, etc. The Commission selected 54 of those LIFE has co-financed some 2,500 projects, contributing
projects, nine of which involve two or more countries. €1,500 million to the protection of the environment.
Most projects aim at conserving or restoring Natura LIFE-Nature specifically contributes to the implemen-
2000 sites or networks of sites, designing and imple- tation of the Birds and Habitats Directives and, in par-
menting management or action plans, improving wa- ticular, the Natura 2000 European Network. The two
tercourses, restoring sites, laying the foundations for other components of this programme, LIFE-Environ-
long-term site management and eliminating invasive ment and LIFE-Third Countries, respectively focus on
species. In addition, several projects aim at breeding demonstrating innovative environmental techniques
and releasing endangered species into the wild or at and on environmental capacity building in countries
reducing the by-catch of fishing. bordering the Mediterranean and the Baltic Seas.
The current LIFE programme (“LIFE III”) finishes at
Background the end of 2006. The Commission has proposed a
new programme called “LIFE +”, which would run
Natura 2000 is an EU-wide network of special areas from 2007-2013 with a budget of €2.19 billion.
of conservation and protection. It was set up under The proposal is currently under discussion in the Coun-
1the EU Habitats Directive and also incorporates sites cil of Ministers and the European Parliament.
2identified under the Birds Directive . Altogether, it
More detailed information about each project is comprises over 18,000 sites and covers approximately
available at:17.5% of the territory of the 15 original EU Member
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/States – an area almost as large as France – and is
project/index.htm. now being extended to the 10 new Member States.
More information about the Natura 2000 network
1.Directive92/43/EEContheconservationofnaturalhabitats can be found at:
and of wild flora and fauna. http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/nature/2.CouncilDirective79/409/EEContheconservationofwild
home.htmbirds.
Index of projects selected in 2005
Location Project number Title of project
LIFE05 NAT/A/000077 Working under ground for the great bustardAUSTRIA
Grosstrappe
LIFE05 NAT/A/000078 A peak for bears, bullheads and yellow
LIFE - Gesäuse bellied toads
LIFE05 NAT/B/000085 Otter families unitedBELGIUM
Loutre BeLu 2005-2006
LIFE05 NAT/B/000087 Valleys and Moors of Croix Scaille
Cx SCAILLE
LIFE05 NAT/B/000088 Natura2Mil
Natura2mil
LIFE05 NAT/B/000089 Bogs on the plate
PLTTAILLES
LIFE05 NAT/B/000090 Landscape mosaics in the Grote Nete valley
Life Grote Nete
LIFE05 NAT/B/000091 A natural kingdom in the valley of Dommel
Dommeldal
LIFE05 NAT/DK/000150 Raising bogs in DenmarkDENMARK
RERABOG-DK
LIFE05 NAT/DK/000151 Devil’s bit and butterflies
ASPEA
LIFE05 NAT/DK/000153 Houting in bed
Houting
LIFE05 NAT/FIN/000104 LIFE in the dunes of FinlandFINLAND
Vattajan dyyni LIFE
LIFE05 NAT/FIN/000105 Looking for the Anser
Ansery-Eur
LIFE05 NAT/F/000134 The French-Spanish raptor connectionFRANCE
LIFE TRANSFERT
LIFE05 NAT/F/000135 Restoring heath and peat lands
Life plateau de Montselgues
LIFE05 NAT/F/000137 New nests for sea birds
Dougall
LIFE05 NAT/F/000139 Re-opening Mediterranean habitats
CONSAVICOR
LIFE05 NAT/D/000051 Coastal meadows in CuxhavenGERMANY
Cuxhavener Küstenheiden
LIFE05 NAT/D/000053 Rosenheimer master basin bogs
ROSTAM
LIFE05 NAT/D/000055 Junipers on top of the Eifel
Osteifel
LIFE05 NAT/D/000056 A wealth of life on top of the Hotzenwald
Oberer Hotzenwald
LIFE05 NAT/D/000057 Letting the Lippe loose
Lippe-AueLocation Project number Title of project
LIFE05 NAT/D/000111 Add salt to the inland marshes in BrandenburgGERMANY
Salzstellen Brandenburgs
LIFE05 NAT/D/000152 Baltic coastal lagoons
BALTCOAST
LIFE05 NAT/GR/000083 Hellenic monks at seaGREECE
MOFI
LIFE05 NAT/H/000117 Hungarian grass habitsHUNGARY
GRASSHABIT
LIFE05 NAT/H/000122 Nests for red-footed Falcon
F.VESPERTINUS-HU/RO
LIFE05 NAT/IRL/000182 Paving the way for woodlandsIRELAND
RPWHI
LIFE05 NAT/IT/000009 Rapt with raptorsITALY
RAPACI LUCANI
LIFE05 NAT/IT/000026 Damned water
LIFENAT Fortore 2005
LIFE05 NAT/IT/ Secure dunes and wetlands
000037DUNETOSCA
LIFE05 NAT/IT/000050 Naturalising dunes in Brindisi
HABI.COAST
LIFE05 NAT/LT/000094 Save the Baltic turtlesLITHUANIA
NELEAP
LIFE05 NAT/LT/000095 Protecting the Lithuanian Curonian lagoon
LITCOAST
LIFE05 NAT/L/000116 A new life for pearl musselsLUXEMBURG
Ardmouperl
LIFE05 NAT/LV/000100 Save the BalticLATVIA
Baltic MPAs
LIFE05 NAT/NL/000124 Saving the Dutch dunesTHE NETHERLANDS
Dutch Coastal Dunes
LIFE05 NAT/PL/000101 Action Plan for German and Polish singersPOLAND
Aquatic Warbler project
LIFE05 NAT/RO/000155 Renaturalising the PrutparkROMANIA
RENAT2000PRUTPARK
LIFE05 NAT/RO/000158 Rare snakes on the loose in Transylvania
Saving V.u. rakosiensis
LIFE05 NAT/RO/000169 Dalmatians in the Danube
SAVEDP
LIFE05 NAT/RO/000170 Mountain ranges for brown bears, wolf and lynx
LCVNRO
LIFE05 NAT/RO/000176 Putting Romania on the map
Forest–Alp NATURA 2000Location Project number Title of project
LIFE05 NAT/E/000058 Save the minor pondsSPAIN
BASSES
LIFE05 NAT/E/000060 Spring for tufa and toads
Res. Habitats Anf. Com. Val
LIFE05 NAT/E/000067 Back to native forest
LIFE AIAKO HARRIA
LIFE05 NAT/E/000073 Galleries for the European mink
GERVE
LIFE05 NAT/SK/000112 Watering Slovakian lowlandsSLOVAKIA
WETREST
LIFE05 NAT/SK/000115 Prevent great bustard extinction
OTISSK
LIFE05 NAT/S/000108 Hermits and horses in the meadows SWEDEN
ROSORIS of Östergötland
LIFE05 NAT/S/000109 From the mountain to the deep blue sea
Moälvsprojektet ReMo
LIFE05 NAT/UK/000141 Seabirds of CannaUNITED
Canna SeabirdsKINGDOM
LIFE05 NAT/UK/000142 Launching the white headed duck
ERDUK
LIFE05 NAT/UK/000143 STREAM
STREAML I F E 0 5 N AT / A / 0 0 0 0 7 7 Working under ground for
G r o s s T r A p p E
the great bustard
Official title
Cross-border Protection of the Great Bustard in
Beneficiary:Austria
Type of beneficiary
NGO-Foundation
Name of beneficiary
Background Österreichische Gesellschaft Großtrappenschutz
In Austria, collision with power lines is currently the Postal Address
Untere Hauptstrasse 4main cause of premature death of great bustards. In
A-2424 Zurndorfone Austrian sub-population, nearly 20% of the 45
adult birds died in this way within one year (2003). AUSTRIA
Phone [phone] Additional threats to the long-term survival of great
Fax [phone] bustards in Austria are predation, intensive farming,
Email [e-mail] fragmentation and human disturbance.
Name of contact person
By means of habitat improvement, the population Werner Falb-Meixner
of great bustards in Austria is now stable and even
slightly increasing. The Austrian breeding Duration of project:
is part of the West Pannonian population of great bus- 60 months (July 2005