This is the second review of completed projects funded through the EU’s LIFE-Environment demonstration programme. The objective was to find out which projects were the ‘Best of the Best’ (BoBs) of those projects that completed their final reports before January 2006. This year, following an...

The launch of the LIFE programme (the EUu0092s Financial Instrument of the Environment1) in 1992 provided the EU with an instrument for financing innovative environmental projects not only within the EU, but also in other neighbouring countries through the LIFE-Third Countries component of the...

With its endless expanse of coniferous forests, mires and lakes, the Boreal Region forms part of a distinct band of vegetation which circles the entire northern hemisphere. Habitat types blend seamlessly into one another, creating a characteristic mosaic landscape of forests and wetlands. Along...

Die kontinentale Region erstreckt sich von Westen nach Osten ausgehend von Zentralfrankreich in einem breiten Band über ein Viertel der Europäischen Union. Im Norden reicht die kontinentale Region bis in den Osten Polens und im Süden bis nach Rumänien. Außerhalb der Europäischen Union...

Die meisten Länder Europas werden von mehreren großen Gebirgsketten durchzogen. In der Europäischen Union werden sieben der längsten und höchsten Gebirgszüge biogeografisch der alpinen Region zugerechnet. Zur alpinen Region zählen die Alpen im Herzen der Europäischen Union, die von...

EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee and the European Commission’s LIFE Unit have announced the Best LIFE-Environment Projects 2004-2005. The result of the selection, as approved by the LIFE Committee on 28 July 2005, is the 24 projects featured in this publication.

EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee and the European Commission’s LIFE Unit have announced the Best LIFE-Environment Projects 2004-2005. The result of the selection, as approved by the LIFE Committee on 28 July 2005, is the 24 projects featured in this publication.