Life+ Nature

During the second half of the 20th century and for many reasons, Corncrake numbers have continued to decline from 2 800 singing males in the mid-1970s to just 300 in 2011 ... a loss of 90% of the numbers in 40 years ! Thus, the flagship of floodplains has become an endangered species.
Although several national action plans and conservation programmes have been implemented for 20 years, the species always remains highly threatened.
The new LIFE+ Nature programme "Protection of breeding (...)

LIFE is the EU’s financial instrument supporting environmental and nature conservation projects throughout the EU, as well as in certain candidate and acceding countries, and neighbouring countries.
The programme is based on the principle of an annual call for proposals. It is common to 27 countries of the European Union.
The French Ministry of Environment organizes a national meeting each year, provides information to project partners, and provides, to those who require it, free (...)