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Assessment of forest-carbon sinks and promotion of compensation systems as tools for climate change mitigation  (LIFE FOREST CO2)

Start date: Jan 2, 2016, End date: Dec 30, 2019,

Background Despite increasing awareness in the land use, land use change and forestry sectors (LULUCF) concerning climate change action, reflected in Decision 529/2013/EU, the emissions and carbon sink effect generated by sustainable forest management (SFM) strategies are not included in the EU’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction objectives (40% ...
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In-Farm remediation by solar photocatalysis of agro-waste water with pesticides from remnants, cleaning and rinse (LIFE-Aquemfree)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Background During 2012, 91 983 tonnes of pesticides were applied in Spain, of which 8 429 tonnes were applied in Murcia. A total of 250 055 hectares was cultivated in 2012 in Murcia, and more than 60 000 cubic metres of agro-waste water was produced (average 240 litres/ha), in particular from the cultivation of crops to which pesticides are intensively ap ...
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Rehabilitation of a heavy metal contaminated riverbed by phytoextraction technique (RIVERPHY)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Background In Europe, techniques for rehabilitating river sediments contaminated with heavy metals have tended to focus on ex-situ physical and chemical approaches, such as pyrometallurgical separation, solidification, electrokinetics, soil washing, and excavation and burial at hazardous-waste sites. Remedial techniques based on phytoextraction have scarc ...
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Implementation of efficient irrigation management for a sustainable agriculture (LIFE+ IRRIMAN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background The Guadalquivir river basin is in the south of Spain, with a surface area of 57,527 km², including parts of four regions: Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Murcia. Rains in the area are often torrential and fall on lands recurrently affected by long periods of drought and high temperatures, and a marked susceptibility to erosion. ...
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Recovering the historic distribution range of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain and Portugal (Iberlince)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background Up until the 19th century, the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) could be found in all the regions of Spain and Portugal. Since then, and particularly in the last decades of the 20th century, its population and distribution area have suffered an alarming decline. The species is the most threatened carnivorous mammal in Europe. There are currently on ...
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Post-mined polluted landscapes reclamation by means of valorization of different residues (MIPOLARE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Background Although abandoned several decades ago, mining activities in the Murcia Region of Spain have left environmental scars that persist to the present day. The extensive mining of iron, lead, and zinc has left behind 85 mining ponds containing industrial mine tailings - the material remaining after removing the desired fraction from mined ores. The ...
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Combating climate change through farming: application of a common evaluation system in the 4 largest agricultural economies of the EU (AgriClimateChange)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Background Mitigating the negative impacts of climate change is one of the most important challenges in the EU over the coming decades. In that sense, agriculture will play a key role, as farming emissions represent around 11% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the EU28. Promoting farming systems that combat climate change is a powerful strate ...
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Usage de la télédétection pour la recommandation et le suivi des pratiques de l'irrigation dans l'Espace SUDOE (TELERIEG)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

El objetivo del proyecto TELERIEG es conseguir una mayor protección del medio ambiente a través de una gestión más eficiente y racional de los recursos hídricos en la agricultura y una más eficaz prevención y capacidad de respuesta ante los riesgos naturales en la zona SUDOE. Se pretende mejorar la capacidad de recogida y análisis de datos y toma de decisiones por parte de los usuarios y gestores ...
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MARIMED : Fisheries as a development factor of the sustainable development (MARIMED)

Start date: May 18, 2004, End date: May 30, 2006,

« MARIMED » sintéresse au secteur de la pêche dans une perspective de tourisme durable. Le projet a pour objectif de valoriser les identités locales et de développer et coordonner les expériences de tourisme durable grâce à la création doffres touristiques communes liées au milieu marin en général et à la pêche en particulier. Le projet prévoit la participation dun réseau de sujets (institutions p ...
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MEDWET REGIONS : Action Program about the humid zones in the Mediterranean Regions (MEDWET REGIONS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Oct 29, 2004,

« Medwet Regions » sintéresse à la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes. Le projet prévoit des actions de conservation dans ces zones dimportance majeure, ainsi que la promotion des politiques et des stratégies nationales, afin de prendre en considération la valeur de ces zones dans le processus de planification. « Medwet Regions » vise donc lamélioration du niveau de connaissance et lh ...
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RINAMED: Elaboration and application of a common stratergy among local actors in the Mediterrean Arc to inform and sensibilise the populations to natural risks. (RINAMED)

Start date: Dec 31, 2001, End date: Oct 29, 2004,

« Rinamed » sintéresse à la sensibilisation de la population de lespace Medocc face aux risques naturels. Le projet a pour objectif damener le citoyen à mieux connaître et appréhender les risques naturels auxquels il est potentiellement confronté, et à les considérer comme des servitudes à part entière. Il sagit de définir un cadre de prévention et dinformation commun à lespace méditerranéen europ ...
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DESERNET : Follow-up and actions of fight against the turning into a desert in the European Mediterranean area (DESERNET)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Oct 29, 2004,

« Desertnet » s’intéresse à l'étude, au suivi et à la gestion durable des aires à risque de désertification au sein du Bassin méditerranéen. Le projet vise à réaliser une rationalisation des informations et des expériences technico-scientifiques acquises et élaborées pour les aires à risque individualisées par les programmes régionaux et nationaux. Une plate-forme de services, un réseau d’actions- ...
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ENPLAN : Environmental Assessement of plans and programs (ENPLAN)

Start date: Jun 30, 2001, End date: Jun 29, 2004,

« Enplan » s’intéresse à la définition d’une méthodologie d’Evaluation Environnementale Stratégique Expérimentale conforme aux objectifs de la directive communautaire 2001/42/CE. Cette directive concerne l’évaluation des effets de certains plans et programmes sur l’environnement ; elle fixe les principes généraux du système d’évaluation et en définit le champ d’application, permettant aux États-me ...
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