Networking
Networking with other LIFE and non-LIFE projects
Life IP Marha – Nature Integrated Project for effective and equitable management of marine habitats in France (LIFE16 IPE/FR/000001).
The cross-cutting objective of the LIFE IP – MarHa project is to achieve or maintain a favourable conservation status for marine habitats listed in Annex I of the Habitats Directive.
Project website: https://ofb.gouv.fr/
The project LIFE-IP 4 NATURA (LIFE16 IPE/GR/000002) is the first LIFE Integrated Project (LIFE IP) ever approved for Greece and the most important nature conservation project of the last decades for the country. It constitutes the first centrally coordinated initiative to implement the Greek PAF on a national regional and local scale.
The project’s objective is to substantially enhance Greece’s nature conservation framework in a way that simultaneously ensures the country’s compliance with the European Union’s nature legislation. That is why the project’s framework cohesively integrates actions covering all aspects of nature protection: policy, economy, society and science.
Project website: https://edozoume.gr/en/
The main objective of LIFE-IP AZORES NATURA (LIFE17 IPE/PT/000010) is to establish the basis for implementing the Prioritised Action Framework for Natura 2000 (PAF) proposed for the Azores Autonomous Region of Portugal.
Project website: https://www.lifeazoresnatura.eu/
The LIFE Brenta 2030 project (LIFE18 NAT/IT/000756) aims to support implementation of the river Brentas river basin management plan (2015-2021) and of approved conservation measures for the Veneto regions Natura 2000 sites. This is in line with the EUs Habitats and Birds directives as well as the Water Framework Directive.
Project website: https://www.etraspa.it/
LIFE-IP: N2K Revisited (LIFE17 IPE/CZ/000005) – Integrated LIFE project for the Natura 2000 network in the Czech Republic.
The main objective of the LIFE-IP: N2K Revisited project is to establish a more effective management system for Natura 2000 network sites in the Czech Republic. The aim is to link appropriate management more effectively with corresponding planning, based on accurate assessments of status and trends of the target features, accompanied by cooperation with land users. The project will effectively utilise knowledge of the benefits provided by natural capital to society and take into account relevant costs. The project will also support regional authorities, municipalities and land users to help them mobilise their own resources, including recommendations for the EU 2027+ programming period.
Project website: https://www.jednapriroda.cz/
LIFE ENABLE (LIFE20 PRE/DE/000009) – Creating the European Natura Academy for applied Blended LEarning.
The project aims to equip Natura 2000 site managers with the competencies they need now and for the future, by applying a blended learning approach. The project will create a European training system called the ‘European Natura Academy’, which will implement a range of actions to support practical capacity building for effective nature management. The project team will analyse existing training courses and capacity building programmes to identify possible synergies and gaps in provision; produce and test an online training needs analysis tool to help create capacity building training programmes in at least five Member States; and further develop the networking mobile phone app (piloted in LIFE eNatura2000.edu) to raise awareness of the European Natura Academy.
Project website: https://www.europarc.org/about-us/europarc-projects/life-enable/
LIFE ShepForBio (LIFE20 NAT/IT/001076) – Shepherds for Biodiversity in Mountain Marginal Areas
The aim of the LIFE ShepForBio project is to improve the conservation status of three habitat types listed in the Habitats Directive ‘Semi-natural dry grasslands…’ (6210*), ‘Species-rich Nardus grasslands…’ (6230*) and ‘Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands’ (5130), in the National Park of the Casentinesi Forests, through the development of pastoral activities that will guarantee their sustainable and lasting management.
Project website: https://www.dream-italia.it/
LIFE Teixeres (LIFE20 NAT/ES/001128) – Conservation and restoration of relict Taxus baccata woods
The main objective of the LIFE Teixeres project is to improve the conservation status of the ‘Mediterranean Taxus baccata woods’ habitat and its resilience capacity to the main threats. The project will take place in 10 Natura 2000 sites where the habitat type is present, distributed in 84 spots and with an extension of 130 ha.
Project website: https://mediambient.gva.es/va/web/cief/life-teixeres
GENMEDA – Network of Mediterranean Plant Conservation Centres
Network website: http://www.genmeda.net/
A social enterprise with non-profit status in Germany.
Website: onewater.blue
Oceana is the largest international advocacy organisation dedicated solely to ocean conservation.
Website: oceana.org
EuroNatur is a non-profit foundation, which protects large-scale natural landscapes, as well as ecologically valuable cultural landscapes throughout Europe. EuroNatur projects are designed for the long term and involve the needs of local people.
Foundation’s website: www.euronatur.org
The Eastern Adriatic monk seal project has been developed to meet the challenges of creating circumstances that enable the return of the monk seal to the Eastern Adriatic.
Project website: adriaticmonkseal.org
LIFE MareNatura, Conservation of priority species of marine megafauna in Greece and Italy (LIFE22-NAT-EL-LIFE-MareNatura/101113792).
The LIFE MareNatura project aims to mitigate the threats that affect 9 of the most threatened EU priority species of seabirds, marine turtles and marine mammals. These species are the Mediterranean Monk seal, the Loggerhead turtle, the Green turtle, the Sperm whale, the Harbour porpoise, the Cuvier’s beaked whale, the Common dolphin, the Yelkouan shearwater and the Audouin’s gull.
Project website: www.lifemarenatura.eu
REEForest LIFE, Restoration of Cystoseira macroalgal FORESTs to enhance biodiversity along Mediterranean rocky REEFs (LIFE21-NAT-IT-REEForest/101074309).
Project website: reeforest.eu
LIFE Ecorest, Ecological restoration of human-impacted benthic marine ecosystems through active strategies and participatory approach (LIFE20 NAT/ES/001270).
Project website: www.life-ecorest.eu
LIFE PanPuffinus, Improving the conservation status of endemic Balearic and Yelkouan shearwaters by ensuring safe land and sea (LIFE19 NAT/MT/000982).
Project website: lifepanpuffinus.org
LIFE ARTINA, Seabird Conservation Network in the Adriatic (LIFE17 NAT/HR/000594).
Project website: www.lifeartina.eu
Interreg Europe – INVALIS, Protecting European Biodiversity from Invasive Alien Species.
Project website: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/invalis/
PNRR MER (Marine Ecosystem Restoration) Project.
The MER envisages interventions for the restoration and protection of the seabed and marine habitats, the strengthening of the national system for the observation of marine and coastal ecosystems and the mapping of coastal and marine habitats in Italian waters with the acquisition of a new oceanographic naval unit, equipped with highly technological equipment capable of probing the seabed up to 4000 m and very high resolution acoustic instrumentation.
CIESM – The Mediterranean Science Commission. The Commission, with headquarters in Monaco, has grown from the eight founding countries of its origin to 23 Member States today. These support a network of several thousand marine researchers, applying the latest scientific tools to better understand, monitor and protect (see activity map below) a fast-changing, highly impacted Mediterranean Sea. Structured in six committees and various taskforces, CIESM runs expert workshops, collaborative programs and regular congresses, delivering authoritative, independent advice to national and international agencies.
The Fisheries Research Institute (FRI) belongs to the HELLENIC Agricultural Organization-DEMETER (ELGO – DEMETER), which is supervised by the Ministry of Rural Development and Food. The Institute is based in Nea Peramos, Kavala and has been operating since 1995 in main research areas, such as: fisheries, the aquatic environment (coastal, transitional and inland waters), fishery exploitation and aquaculture. The Institute’s specialized research and technical staff participates and implements a number of research projects and studies, acts as a consultant in the country’s fisheries and environmental policy, provides services to public services and private bodies, while contributing significantly to graduate and postgraduate education, as well as fisheries and aquaculture professionals.
A Mediterranean database of exotic fish records.
Website: https://ormef.eu/
Part of CIESM Shark and Rays Task Force. The Task Force is composed of experts from CIESM Member States. Their role is to highlight scientific priorities and assist the initiatives launched within the programme.
This project aims to better understanding of the migratory movements of a species endemic to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), which are still poorly understood to date.
A Croatia – Cyprus excellence hub for eco-innovative technologies for healthy and productive seas.
Project website: seatechub.eu
In this UN decade of the oceans, the project aims to provide the scientific basis for understanding and preserving the ecosystem services of the MAFs throughout the world.
Project website: maf-world.eu
Large scale RESToration of COASTal ecosystems through rivers to sea connectivity.
Xarxa per a la Conservació de la Natura.
A national charity which works to make sure the UK’s most outstanding landscapes are beautiful, thriving places that everyone can feel part of.
