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December 2015

 
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Looking to nature for environmental solutions

Urban areas have a variety of environmental challenges, ranging from pollution to the effects of climate change. Nature-based solutions can provide an effective way to tackle these issues, whilst also generating social and economic benefits.

 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

03 November First PVC-free blood bags tested
06 November LIFE project publishes Natura 2000 Network Handbook for journalists
12 November LIFE project surveys awareness of climate change resilience in Italy
16 November Efforts to combat Dutch elm disease in Gotland awarded
17 November European Parliament LIFE workshop outlines effective ways forward
20 November European Commission invests € 160.6 million in 96 new environment projects
23 November German school pupils help increase oak-hornbeam forest in western Germany
24 November LIFE project wins Natura 2000 Award
25 November Commission awarded 26 action grants in first year of LIFE Climate Action projects
26 November European Land Conservation Network to be LIFE project's legacy
30 November Irish river restoration project wins award
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Natura 2000


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ISSN: 1725-1877

   
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LIFE projects help green urban areas

A range of LIFE projects are using nature-based solutions to 'green' urban areas, restoring or improving the ecosystem services they provide, and helping to adapt to climate change and increase urban resilience to its effects.

 

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Featured video

Watch a video from the LIFE project SIMARINE-NATURA which aims at defining and designating the most important areas for conservation of the Mediterranean Shags in the Slovenian sea that will become part of the Natura 2000 network.

 


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