LIFE Project Number LIFE12 NAT/DK/001073 Mid-term Report Covering the project activities from 01/08/2013 to 30/03/2017 Reporting Date 31/03/2017 LIFE+ REDCOHA Restoration of Danish Coastal Habitats Project Data Project location Denmark 1 Ejstrup Klit (pSCI: DK00FX274) 2 Bulbjerg og Vejlerne (SPA: DK00FX008, DK00EY012, DK00EY013, DK00EX019, DK00EX020; pSCI: DK00EY124) 3 Hanstholmknuden (PSCI: DK00EX283) 4 Hanstholm Reservatet (SPA: DK00EX022; pSCI: DK00EX130) 5 Vangså Hede (SPA: DK00EX025; pSCI: DK00EX025) 6 Ålvand (SPA: DK00EX017; pSCI: DK00EX017) 7 Lyngby Klitheder (pSCI: DK00EX265) 8 Agger Tange (SPA: DK00EX023, DK00EY027, DK00CX028; pSCI: DK00EY133) 9 Harboøre Tange (SPA: DK00CY039) 10 Nissum Fjord (SPA: DK00CX038; pSCI: DK00CX160) 11 Husby Klit (pSCI: DK00CX278) 12 Nymindestrømmen (SPA: DK00CX043; pSCI: DK00CY163) 13 Lyngbos Hede (pSCI: DK00AX173) 14 Kallesmærsk Hede (SPA: DK00AX056, DK00AX050; pSCI: DK00AX173) 15 Fanø (SPA: DK00AX049, DK00AX051, DK00AC052, DK00AX053, DK00AC055, DK00AY057, DK009X060, DK009X065; pSCI: DK00AY176) Project start date: 01/08/2013 Project end date: 31/07/2018 Extension date: Total Project duration 60 (in months) Total budget € 2,845,912 Total eligible budget € 2,845,912 EU contribution: €1,422,956 (%) of total costs 50 (%) of eligible costs 50 Beneficiary Data Name Beneficiary Danish Nature Agency (Naturstyrelsen) Contact person Mr Uffe Strandby Postal address Gl. Landevej 35, 7620 Lemvig Visit address Gl. Landevej 35, 7620 Lemvig Telephone +45 72543000 (+45 72543522) Fax: +45 97820240 E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] ) Project Website www.nst.dk/saarbarnatur 2 1. List of contents 1. List of contents .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 List of abbreviations .................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 4 3. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 5 4. Administrative part ........................................................................................................................................ 6 4.1 Description of the management system ........................................................................................................ 6 4.2 Evaluation of the management system .................................................................................................. 7 5. Technical part ................................................................................................................................................ 8 5.1. Action A1 (Mapping of Rosa rugosa ) ................................................................................................... 8 5.2. Action A.2 (Hydrological feasibility study) .......................................................................................... 9 5.3. Action A.3 (Authority treatment) .......................................................................................................... 9 5.4. Action A.4 (Project engineering of bird islands) ................................................................................. 10 5.5. Action A5 (Preparation of applications to the agri-environmental scheme) ........................................ 11 5.6. Action A6 (Landowner contact and cooperation) ................................................................................ 11 5.7. Action A7 (Training of field staff) ...................................................................................................... 15 5.8. Action C1 (Reduce the distribution of Rosa rugosa in vulnerable habitat types) ................................ 15 5.9. Action C2 (Improvement of hydrological conditions) ......................................................................... 19 5.10. Action C3 (Establishment of bird islands) ...................................................................................... 23 5.11. Action C4 (Establishment of grazing) ............................................................................................. 26 5.12. Action C5 (Reduce the occurrence of IAS in 2140 and 2180) ........................................................ 27 5.13. Action C6 (Conversion of plantations to coastal dune habitats) ..................................................... 29 5.14. Action D1 (Monitoring of project impact on habitat types targeted by the project) ................... 30 5.15. Action D2 (Monitoring of impact on species targeted by the project) ............................................ 31 5.16. Action D3 (Assessing socio-economic impact of the project actions) ............................................ 31 5.17 Action F1 (Project management) .................................................................................................... 32 5.18 Action F2 (Audit) ............................................................................................................................ 32 5.19 Action F3 (Networking) .................................................................................................................. 33 5.20 Action F4 (After LIFE conservation Plan) ...................................................................................... 34 5.2 Dissemination actions ................................................................................................................................. 34 5.2.1 Action E1 (Smartphone and tablet communication platforms) ........................................................... 34 5.2.2 Action E2a (Information boards) ................................................................................................ 37 5.2.3 Action E2b (Leaflets and posting leaflets) .................................................................................. 37 5.2.4 Action E3 (Public tours) ............................................................................................................. 38 5.2.5 Action E4 (Project website) ........................................................................................................ 38 5.2.6 Action E5 (Layman’s report) ...................................................................................................... 39 5.2.7 Action E6 (Final seminar) ........................................................................................................... 39 5.2.8 Media events related to the project ............................................................................................. 40 5.2.9 Summary of expected and requested changes ............................................................................. 41 5.3 Evaluation of Project Implemention ........................................................................................................... 42 5.4 Analysis of long-term benefits ................................................................................................................... 43 6 Comments on the financial report ................................................................................................................ 44 6.1. Summary of Costs Incurred ....................................................................................................................... 44 6.2. Accounting system .................................................................................................................................... 45 6.3. Partnership arrangements .......................................................................................................................... 48 6.4. Auditor's report/declaration ....................................................................................................................... 48 7. Annexes ............................................................................................................................................................. 51 7.1 Administrative annexes .............................................................................................................................. 51 7.2 Technical annexes ..................................................................................................................................... 51 7.3 Dissemination annexes .............................................................................................................................. 52 7.4 Final table of indicators ............................................................................................................................. 52 8 Financial report and annexes ............................................................................................................................. 53 3 1.1 List of abbreviations NST Danish Nature Agency. NST-BLH Danish Nature Agency, Regional Office, Blåvandshuk. NST-THY Danish Nature Agency, Regional Office, Thy. NST-VES Danish Nature Agency, Regional Office, Vendsyssel. NST-VJY Danish Nature Agency, Regional Office, Vestjylland. THI-MUNI The Municipality of Thisted RING-SKJERN-MUNI The Municipality of Ringkøbing-Skjern 2. Executive Summary The project is in general developing according to the plan. The majority of the concrete conservation actions of the project are well underway. A variety of methods to fight