Country info:Sweden - background information

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River basin planning:"'

Sweden´s five water authorities

Swedish agency for Maine and water management


Swedish LIFE projects


'Vindel River LIFE+ project is collaborative project between Umeå University, Vindel River Fishery Advisory Board, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Tributaries that were affected by fragmentation and channelization during the timber-floating era will be restored with the objective to widen the floodplain, increase the variation in the stream habitats, and to improve the condition for species in the Vindel river system.

Vindel River Life

SAMBAH- monitoring the Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise

MOTH- development of methods for monitoring of terrestrial habitats.

MIA- restoration and management of Mälaren archipelago

GRACE- restoration of grazing lands in coastal archipelagos

FODER OCH FÄGRING (short summary in english)

LIFE TO AD(D)MIRE-restoration of mires and wetlands

ReMiBar remediation of migratory barriers in Nordic/fennoscandian watercourses (only in swedish)

Unio crassus for Life the return of the thick shelled river mussel

SandLIFE -restoration of sandland in southern Sweden (only in swedish)

LIFE+ Vänern - Restoration of breeding sites and habitats in Lake Vänern archipelago and coastland (only in swedish)

RECLAIM - restoring the conservation status for wetland habitats and species intrinsic to long term management practices in Sweden

LIFE Coast Benefit - Restoration of ancient agricultural landscape, natural forests and wetlands at the Baltic coast (only in swedish)

LifeELMIAS – Saving wooded Natura 2000 habitats from invasive alien fungi species on the Island of Gotland

LIFE+ Vänern - Restoration of breeding sites and habitats in Lake Vänern archipelago and coastland (only in swedish)


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