by LIFE Awards | Apr 20, 2021
Europe’s farms generate some 700 million tonnes of waste annually and a lot of it goes into landfill, which can pollute the environment. To counter this, LIFE LowCarbon Feed produced two new goat feeds from food waste. The first was derived from rice straw, while the...
by LIFE Awards | Apr 20, 2021
In Europe, floods are on the rise due to climate change. These extreme weather events often result in human tragedy and economic losses. The environment also suffers from wildlife habitats being destroyed and water bodies polluted. The LIFE FRANCA team helped make an...
by LIFE Awards | Apr 20, 2021
Climate change can negatively impact the growth and productivity of forests. But protecting the lungs of the earth can reduce extreme weather events like forest fires and droughts while cutting emissions. To this end, LIFE FORECCAsT helped forest managers in France’s...
by LIFE Awards | Apr 20, 2021
As the Mediterranean Sea is the world’s most overfished sea, it also has the highest sea turtle by-catch rate. TARTALIFE reduced the numbers of sea turtles being caught up in fishing nets along 15 Italian coastal areas. They encouraged 1 290 local fishermen to use...
by LIFE Awards | Apr 20, 2021
Around 85% of the EU’s peatland habitats are threatened. Despite their high environmental, economic and social importance, as well as their potential to curb climate change, peatland degradation continues. To counter this decline, LIFE Lille Vildmose worked to restore...
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