Nature projects

The nature projects run by the Nature Agency are to safeguard Danish nature and the environment and to secure a varied and robust plant and wildlife and to enhance outdoor recreation.

This will be achieved by:

• Conserving and restoring natural areas in order to improve the habitats of wild animals and plants
• Increasing forest and nature areas, primarily in areas close to towns and cities, to provide the public with more opportunities and outdoor recreation.

Nature projects are based on a political objective or vision, often launched by the Government. Project must always have good local support.

Throughout Denmark, the Nature Agency is helping complete projects aimed at taking care of the countryside and improving the public's options for outdoor activities.

Some projects entail restoring a nature area to improve the habitat for wild fauna and flora. Others involve planting new forests or establishing new nature areas. Yet others are to cut footpaths, build camp sites, or to establish recreational facilities.

Danish EU-Life projects

• LIFE Råbjerg Mose – a nature restoration project
• Life Læsø - Protecting and conserving open habitats and species on Læsø
• Life Hulsig Hede - Restoration of nature at Hulsig and Råbjerg Heaths and Grenen
• Life Hedeprojektet - Restoration of Atlantic heaths dunes in Denmark
• LIFE Lille Vildmose - Restoration of raised bog in Lille Vildmose

Finished Danish EU-Life projects

• LIFE Helnæs
• LIFE Holmegaards Mose
• Life Overdrev - Restoration of Dry Grasslands in Denmark
• Restoration of raised bogs in Denmark
  
• LIFE Engfugle - Restoration of Meadow Bird Habitats
  
• Action for sustaining the population of Euphydryas aurinia

Nature

• PhD-thesis: Analysis and prioritization of future efforts for Danish biodiversity
• Action Plan for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation in Denmark (pdf)

Flora and Fauna

• Beaver (Castor fiber) in Denmark
• The Dormouse
• Action Plan for Threatened Meadow Birds (pdf)
• 20 years with the EC Birds Directive
• Action plan for the conservation of endangered species of birds Corncrake Crex crex (pdf)