Life newsletter October (m.T)
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LIFEnews - October
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The latest news from the EU LIFE Programme
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Feature
Night LIFE: Programme contributions to the Year of the Bat
EU financial support from the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity Components remains an important source of conservation support for Europe's endangered nocturnal species, especially bats.
Bats are the World's only mammals capable of sustained flight and records indicate that the bats living today in our towns and countryside are very similar to those from 50 million years ago. Europe is home to a diverse collection of different types of bat and over 50 of these species are classified as being at risk. Threats to the conservation status of bats often relate to the loss of habitat features like roosts and feeding areas. An increase in insecticide use has further reduced food sources for bats, which are themselves highly susceptible to pesticide poisoning incidents.
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Project results
LIFE support for stakeholder action aids endangered bats in Spain
People are commonly both a cause and solution for many of Europe’s nature conservation challenges, and experiences from a Spanish LIFE project example show how stakeholder coordination can be an effective tool for protecting threatened species such as bats.
Extremadura in south west Spain is a region that supports one of the biggest concentrations of endangered bats in Europe. The area’s broad mix of habitats, wide expanses of forests and high number of abandoned mines have all combined in the past to create a haven for 25 different bat species.
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LIFE boosts conservation know-how on rare bat populations in France
Knowledge is said to be ‘king’ and this is certainly true in the case of nature conservation. Knowledge provides us with the means to carry out wildlife preservation actions in cost effective ways and LIFE continues to help fill knowledge gaps concerning the conservation needs of EU species.
France’s cave-dwelling bats are found mainly in the country’s south. Here, endangered species like the Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale), Long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii) and Schreiber's bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) rely on a relatively limited range of habitats. Trends in urbanisation, intensive farming and recreational use of caves as adventure sport locations have however been linked with declines in these protected bats.
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LIFE shows how green growth rhetoric can be rolled out in practice
Innovative integrated manure treatment systems, fertiliser processing facilities, and 15 new long-term jobs are some of the positive outcomes from a Spanish LIFE Environment project involved with setting up a territorial approach to managing hazardous piggery waste. Environmentally sustainable approaches to growth were reiterated as a corner stone of EU policy last month by President Barroso in his State of the Union address. Here he stressed that, “Sustainable jobs will come if we focus on innovation and new technologies, including green technologies. We must see that ‘green’ and growth go together.”
LIFE remains at the forefront of supporting Member States endeavours to identify, test and implement successful green growth approaches.
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