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This long-standing initiative has successfully reintroduced cinereous vulture populations and connected previously isolated populations in Spain and France.

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.

This project implemented an impressive series of actions aimed at improving the protection of the black stork, and carried out monitoring to ensure that the black stork is now one of the most intensively monitored species in Poland.

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.

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.

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.

WWF Germany and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra joined forces to organise the “Magic of the Isar” concert to celebrate the unique meandering river landscape of the Upper Isar River, and to highlight its fragile nature.

A small NGO, the Artetica Cultural Association, has built a caring relationship with the Natura 2000 ‘Muzzana Woods’ site, protecting its biodiversity and cultural importance through communications and community action.

This high-profile, far-reaching communication campaign promoting the relevance and importance of Natura 2000 potentially reached 25 million people in Bavaria and beyond.