[PDF] Top 20 LIFE. Nature & biodiversity 2008

... Dwingelderveld is a nature reserve in the north-east- ern Dutch province of Drenthe. It is part of the Natura 2000 network, and is the largest remaining continu- ous wet heathland in western Europe. In 1991, the ... See full document

... the Biodiversity Action Plan with a focus on the conservation of biodiversity at ...preserving biodiversity have been so far the main contributions of biodiversity ...of biodiversity ... See full document

... for biodiversity are complex, but must be understood more fully in order to grasp where current efforts to motivate people fall ...to nature (Mayer & Frantz 2004), egoistic, altruistic and biospheric ... See full document

... everyday life, but inhabits a separate world, which is fragile and in need of ...and biodiversity offsetting in the English planning system, and situates this in an international context, before offering ... See full document

... of life on earth, from genus to species and their habitats to ...diversity Biodiversity is being lost at an accelerated rate: there is ongoing transformation and fragmentation of habitat through land use ... See full document

... The north-west corner of Minorca has one of the is- land’s most spectacular landscapes. The aridity of the land, a direct consequence of over-grazing, is exacer- bated by a prevalent strong north wind. The area is a ... See full document

... endangered biodiversity on communities and especially markets, rather than the state (Castree, 2008; Brockington & Duffy 2010; Igoe & Brockington, 2007; Sullivan, ...save nature, is seen as ... See full document

... of life, our natural environment and our economy. Nature has an intrinsic value but humans also depend on the goods and services provided by ecosystems for their material ...& Biodiversity’ study ... See full document

... State Nature Reserve is one of the specially protected natural territories of ...State Nature Reserve was established in the ...in 2008 year of the President of the Republic of ... See full document

... where nature is marked out only by its score against a metric), or zones subject to new management regimes ...the 2008 financial crash coincided with major public disinvestments, initiatives to further ... See full document

... Earth’s biodiversity due to human impacts is occurring at an alarming rate (Cardinale, et ...over nature (Annan, 2008; Schramski, Gattie, & Brown, 2015; Vitousek, Mooney, Lubchenco, & ... See full document

... on biodiversity are compensated for (Bull, Suttle, Gordon, et ...Burgin, 2008; Gordon et ...2004). Biodiversity compensation has become increasingly popular in recent years (Curran, Hellweg, & ... See full document

... ing biodiversity offsetting now? I guess because it is difficult to disregard environmental concerns, governments – including the UK government – need sustainable development, they need to claim at least that they ... See full document

... easily biodiversity (Stoeckli et al., 2017). A suitable biodiversity as- sessment scheme provides farmers with reliable and cost-effective in- dicators to monitor and quantify different aspects of ... See full document

... The Loonse and Drunense Dunes National Park in the south of the Netherlands is, in a European context, a very important area for inland drifting sands. More than 90% of the inland drifting sands in Europe are found in ... See full document

... The Gulf of Riga is one of the most naturally diverse areas of the Baltic Sea. The coastal part of the gulf supports reef habitats that host various rare plant, fish and invertebrate communities. These habitats also play ... See full document

... The project area encompasses calcareous and exten- sively used grassland and meadows, and woodland across 3 554 ha in the Nördlinger Ries and the Wörnitz river valley. It is situated in the transition area from the ... See full document

... The primary objective of the ‘Steppe lake grazing’ project is to eliminate unfavourable and detrimental processes affecting the habitats in a 3 616 ha area, namely: drain- ing of rain water; diversion and blocking the ... See full document

... for biodiversity’ within the “Rete Ecological Regionale” - RER (regional ecological ...in biodiversity, housing several habitats, 150 vertebrate species and a number of invertebrates of European ... See full document

... Kõpu Peninsula, on the westernmost tip of Hiiumaa Island in Estonia, boasts a complex and highly diverse range of habitat types in a relatively small area, making it a biodiversity hotspot. It has no less than 23 ... See full document