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EU Green Week 2022 News (602)
RSSRestoring the Stržen River led to significant improvements in the ecological condition of the intermittent Cerknica Lake, improving protected priority habitats and important bird nesting areas.
This cross-border collaboration between organisations from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany developed innovative tools for the effective control and management of two high-priority invasive alien mammals: the coypu and the muskrat.
The pioneering BlueLab project supports the competent authorities in their conservation efforts and promotes community management in an area of great conservation interest: the L’Albera marine Natura 2000 site in Catalonia.
The Nature Guardians project successfully addressed ineffective environmental law enforcement in Spain and Portugal, resulting in an increase in conviction rates and fines imposed for illegal activities in Natura 2000 sites.
WWF has successfully established a volunteer “Blue Patrol” to protect marine mammals and seabirds, resulting in the rehabilitation of over 250 injured or sick seals and the protection of nearly 200 nests containing ringed plover eggs.
The Wild Atlantic Nature project has delivered an extremely convincing demonstration of how farmers can be paid fairly and effectively to protect Natura 2000 sites and habitats.
Funded by the EU LIFE programme, this large-scale mires restoration intervention focused on the six most important mire areas in Estonia. It achieved the restoration of natural water conditions over nearly 8,000 hectares of mires.
This effective cross-border approach to aquatic invasive species has introduced efficient river management strategies in Natura 2000 sites in Portugal and Spain, and its online detection system is applicable across Europe.
Habitat restoration, larvae rescue and ex-situ breeding in the ‘Sierra de Guadarrama’ Natura 2000 site have led to the natural recolonisation of 40 interconnected wetlands by various amphibian species.
This cross-border initiative established a European-wide network of landcare associations that works with a wide range of stakeholders to preserve and restore biodiversity and resilience in European landscapes.