<p>Between 1992 and 2010, LIFE has co-financed over 1 100 projects that improve the conservation status of endangered species and habitats and contribute to halting the loss of biodiversity, and a new <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/funding/lifeplus.htm">call for new proposals</a></span> is launched every year. You can find out all about these projects on the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/index.htm">LIFE web site</a></span>. In particular you can:</p> <ul> <li> <p>consult the 20 <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/publications/lifepublications/lifefocus/nat.htm">LIFE Nature thematic publications</a></span> which highlights particularly successful projects on specific topics such as wetlands, grasslands, forests, marine, birds, plants, invasive alien species, military sites or communicating Natura 2000.</p> </li> <li> <p>consult the thematic pages dedicated to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/seas/index.htm">coasts, seas and fisheries</a></span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/forest/index.htm">forests</a></span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/grassland/index.htm">grasslands, scrublands and bogs</a></span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/rivers/index.htm">rivers and lakes</a></span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/wetlands/index.htm">wetlands</a></span>, and <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/animalandplants/index.htm">animal and plant species</a></span>, which provides information on the recent and on-going projects in each theme, grouped by sub theme (e.g. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/wetlands/thematic.htm">wetland projects</a></span> are divided into <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/wetlands/lists/coastal.htm">coastal wetlands</a></span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/wetlands/lists/bogs.htm">bogs</a></span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/wetlands/lists/mediterranean.htm">Mediterranean wetlands</a></span>, etc) .</p> </li> <li> <p>consult the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm">LIFE project database</a></span>, which contains detailed information on every LIFE project and allows you to search by country, year, theme, keyword, species, habitats or Natura 2000 site. </p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2012-02-07T14:23:36Z tag:biodiversity.europa.eu,2012-02-07:/topics/life-nature-and-biodiversity-projects http://biodiversity.europa.eu/misc_/CHM2/Site.gif Biodiversity Information System for Europe