The EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee and the European Commission’s LIFE Unit have announced the Best LIFE-Environment Projects 2006-2007. The results of the selection, as approved by the LIFE Committee in the spring of 2007, are the 22 projects featured in this publication....

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...

This new edition to the LIFE-Focus series explores the contribution the LIFE programme has made to sustainable, competitive and secure energy for Europe. It highlights key EU policy actions and developments in this area and provides information and experiences of innovative ways to meet present...

EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee and the European Commission’s LIFE Unit have announced the Best LIFE Environment Projects 2007-2008. The results of the selection, as approved by the LIFE Committee members in the spring of 2008, are 21 projects that represent the most recent...

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...

Within the EU, the Macaronesian Region consists of three archipelagos: the Azores, Madeira (both belonging to Portugal) and the Canaries (Spain). All are of volcanic origin and this fact is reflected everywhere in the landscape. Large calderas, jagged mountains and vertiginous cliffs contrast...

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 atlantische Region erstreckt sich vom Norden des Vereinigten Königreichs und Irlands über die Niederlande sowie über Teile von Deutschland, Dänemark, Belgien und Frankreich bis an die Nordküsten Spaniens und Portugals. Die Entfernung bis zum Meer beträgt maximal 300 km, und da weite...