The voices of Life. 20 years of getting things done

This LIFE Focus publication is a special edition to mark the 20th anniversary of the LIFE programme in 2012. A joint publication of the LIFE Nature and LIFE Environment units, The Voices of LIFE: 20 years of getting things done focuses on the people who have helped the LIFE programme achieve so much over the last two decades. Featuring interviews with more than 75 individuals from 20 countries, the publication allows people to explain, in their own words, the impact that LIFE co-funding has had on their work, their environment, their communities and their lives.To read the words of these 'voices of LIFE' – from the programme’s founders to its administrators, from governing bodies and public authorities, to citizens of all kinds: farmers to firefighters, schoolchildren to small business owners – is to understand directly the value, impact and inspiration of the LIFE programme.

This publication also features the top three entries in the photo and summary competitions organised as part of LIFE's 20 anniversary celebrations.

European Commission: DG Environment: LIFE Programme http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/

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