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Natura 2000 Award - News (41)
RSSBelgian Wolf Fencing Team finalist for the Natura 2000 Awards in second place for the Citizen’s Award!
The Commission announced the winners of the 2024 European Natura 2000 Award at EU Green Week in Brussels.
It's decision time for the 2024 edition of the Natura 2000 Award. You have until 25 April to select the best of the rest from 27 finalists.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.