Environment - LIFE by Theme

LIFE and endangered plants - conserving Europe's threatened flora

2008 - 52 pages

Europe is blessed with a high rate of plant diversity, but despite their undeniable importance and aesthetic value, plants everywhere are under threat. This brochure explores the challenges for conservation of Europe’s endangered plants and highlights the role of the LIFE programme in helping to halt biodiversity loss, and to restore threatened habitats and natural systems. From Romania to northern Finland, France’s Seine Valley to Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains, the Mediterranean to Macaronesia, LIFE has supported a range of successful projects, helping to restore habitats and to protect endangered plants.

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(~7.75 MB)

LIFE for Birds – 25 years from the Birds Directive: the contribution of LIFE-Nature projects

2004 - 48 pages

This brochure examines the contribution of LIFE-Nature projects from 1992-2003, to the European Union’s Birds Directive. Up to 2003, LIFE-Nature has invested some €367 million in projects targeting threatened birds species.

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(~3.9 MB)

Alien species and nature conservation in the EU: The role of the LIFE programme

2004 - 56 pages

This publication describes the role of LIFE to support innovative projects for the management of exotic or alien species, and highlights successful strategies, which are being implemented throughout the European Union.

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(~2.11 MB)

Compensation for damage caused by bears and wolves in the European Union

European Commission, DG ENV (LIFE Unit), 1999, 68 pages

The aim of this study is to present the existing compensation mechanisms within the context of LIFE-Nature projects, focusing particularly on two species of large carnivores that have received significant Community support, namely the wolf and the bear.

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(~1 MB)