The EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee and the European Commission's LIFE Unit have announced the Best LIFE Nature Projects 2007-2008. The results of the selection, as approved by the LIFE Committee members in the spring of 2009, are the 26 projects featured in this publication. These projects represent the most recent successful LIFE Nature projects in terms of best practices and /or demonstration actions on nature conservation, being a reliable contribution to the implementation of the Habitats and Birds Directives.