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The EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee, together with the LIFE Unit, have identified the 27 Best LIFE-Nature / Information projects completed during 2015.
This Best LIFE-Nature / Information Projects aims to recognise the best projects that completed their work during the reference period 2015. All projects completed within the reference period were initially technically assessed by the LIFE Unit's External Assistance Team to produce a first list of Best Projects. The final selection was undertaken by the Member States.
The following projects (in no particular order) have been selected by the Member States as "Best of the Best" LIFE Nature / Information projects that finished in 2015:
| The 6 "Best of the Best" LIFE Nature / Information Projects 2015 | |
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HUSEEDBANK -Establishment of the Pannon Seed Bank for the
long-term ex situ conservation of Hungarian vascular wild plants project summary | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Research Centre for Agrobiodiversity |
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JUNIPERCY - Improving the conservation status of the priority habitat
type 9560* (Endemic forests with Juniperus spp.) in Cyprus project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Department of Forests, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment |
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VENENO NO - Action to fight illegal poison use in the natural
environment in Spain project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Sociedad Española de Ornitología |
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Biomass use for Aquatic W -Facilitating Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus
paludicola) habitat management through sustainable systems of biomass use project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (OTOP) |
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Boreal Peatland Life - Restoring the Natura 2000 network of Boreal
Peatland Ecosystems "Boreal Peatland Life" project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Metsähallitus, Natural Heritage Services |
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BEST FOR BIODIVERSITY - Biodiversity Protection in Forest Areas,
Including Nature 2000 Areas - Promotion of Best Practices project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Centrum Koordynacji Projektów Środowiskowych |
The following projects have been selected by the Member States as "Best" Nature / Information Projects projects 2015:
| The 21 "Best" LIFE Nature / Information Projects 2015 |
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| Mostviertel- Wachau - Living space in the rivers of Mostviertel- Wachau project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung Abteilung Wasserbau |
| Streuobstwiese Albvorland - Protection of Wild Birds in Traditional
Orchards of the Central Swabian Alb Foothills and the Central Valley of the Rems River project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart |
| LIFE FOR THE BURGAS LAKES - Ensuring Conservation of Priority Bird Species and Coastal
Habitats at the Bourgas Natura 2000 Wetland Sites project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds |
| VULTURES' RETURN - Recovery of the Populations of Large European
Vultures In Bulgaria project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Green Balkans Stara Zagora Non-Profit Organisation |
| Riparian habitats - Conservation and Restoration of 11 Natura 2000 Riparian
and Wetland Habitats in 10 SCI's Bulgarian Forests project summary | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Executive Forestry Agency |
| Rohrschollen Island - Restoration of the dynamics of Rhine alluvial habitats
on Rohrschollen island project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: City of Strasbourg |
| LIFEAQUILA - Restoring populations of Lesser Spotted Eagle at chosen
areas of Natura 2000 project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Regionalna Dyrekcja Lasów Państwowych w Białymstoku |
| MoorLIFE - Active blanket bog restoration in the South
Pennine Moors project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Peak District National Park Authority |
| CAP DOM - Conserving French overseas threatened bird species and
their habitats using demonstrative conservation tools project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux |
| Falco cherrug B-H-R-S - Conservation of Falco cherrug in Northeast
Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Bükk National Park Directorate |
| COORNATA - Development of coordinated protection measures for
Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: ENTE PARCO NAZIONALE DELLA MAJELLA |
| Ochrona bociana białego - Protection of the white stork population in the OSO
Natura 2000 Ostoja Warmińska project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Regionalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska w Olsztynie |
| Pustynia Błędowska - Active conservation of priority sand habitats
complex (6120, 2330) in the Natura 2000 site "Błędowska Desert" project summary | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Gmina Klucze |
| Polskie Ostoje Ptaków - Protection of water and marsh birds in five
national parks - reconstructing habitats and curbing the influence of invasive species project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
| WETMAN - Conservation and management of freshwater wetlands in
Slovenia project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Slovenian Institute for Nature Conservation |
| APOMARINA_SK - Conservation of Aquila pomarina in Slovakia project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Raptor Protection of Slovakia |
| SOIL-Montana - Agroecosystems health cards: conservation of soil and
vegetal diversity in mountain and bottom valley grazing areas project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: NEIKER - Instituto Vasco De Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, S.A. |
| RARITY - Eradicate Invasive Louisiana Red Swamp and Preserve Native
White Clawed Crayfish in Friuli Venezia Giulia project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Fisheries Protection Agency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| LANDLIFE - Boosting Land Stewardship as a Conservation Tool in the Western Mediterranean Arch: a Communication and Training Scheme project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Xarxa de Custòdia del Territori (XCT; "Land Stewardship Network") |
| AQUAVIVA - Live Water - from Biodiversity to the Tap project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: LUTRA, Inštitut za ohranjanje naravne dediščine |
| Futurescapes - Promoting the development of green infrastructure in 34 priority areas throughout the UK project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) |
Scoring of completed LIFE-Nature projects began in 2004, using a set of criteria developed by the Commission. These criteria include: improvement of the conservation status of the species/habitats targeted at project sites; the short-term leverage effect of the project ie additional resources mobilised during the project; the extent to which the species/habitats targeted at project sites have attained long-term sustainability and fully favourable conservation status; the long-term leverage effect ie resources and support mobilised to maintain and reinforce the improvements of conservation status in the long-term; regional/national/international impact.
All completed projects are initially assessed by the LIFE Unit’s external monitoring team the Astrale consortium. The monitors rank all the projects that end during the reference period to produce a first list of 20-25 "Best" projects. The final selection is undertaken by the Member States, each "Best" project being further evaluated by at least two Member States, and an average score is established also taking into account the monitors' evaluation. The 5 top-scoring projects are the 5 "Best of the Best" projects.
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