Brussels, 28/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved funding of up to €186 million for 143 new projects under the LIFE+ programme, the new financial instrument for the environment (which has a total budget of € 2.143 billion for 2007-2013).
The projects in question, representing a total investment of €367 million, were selected from over 700 proposals from public or private bodies from the 27 EU member states, received by the Commission within a first call for...