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This project has successfully improved more than 1,400 hectares of oak habitat across 30 Natura 2000 sites in Sweden, benefiting numerous oak-dependent species, and raising awareness in local communities about their outstanding conservation value.

Restoring 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.

The successful reintroduction of this threatened endemic species of algae paves the way for a wider recolonisation in Mediterranean waters, leading to the restoration of reefs and their habitat functions.

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.

By restoring the connectivity and improving habitat conditions in the Salantas River, this initiative has led to the return of several fish and invertebrate species to an important Natura 2000 site.

This partnership of public and private entities has successfully reconciled different interests to allow the conversion of intensively farmed land into a large-scale nature development to provide flood protection.

This initiative demonstrated an economical, long-lasting and environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional rodent pest control in agricultural lands, through providing support to birds of prey.

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.