EU LIFE PROGRAMME

BY ALAN OSBORNSeventy nature conservation projects in the EU and candidate countries have been awarded 72 million euros (pounds 44.6 million) in grants under the EU's LIFE-nature scheme. Total cost is 130 million euros (pounds 80.6 million).In the UK the EU will pay 60 per cent of the pounds 1.28 million cost of a network of 19 protected sites for the bittern, aiming to double the population to 65 within ten years. LIFE-nature will also help safeguard the Scottish capercaillie by paying half of a 4.6 million pounds conservation package.The EU will provide ...


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