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Key Competences for School Sustainability

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

...atmosphere among teachers, planning of further teachers´ training, improving interaction teacher-student) - in education process (foreign languages, ICT, geography, history, civic education, ecology, sciences – mathematics, physics, chemistry, vocational subjects) - on national and transnational level the project results can be used by interested persons through the EST database.
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WARELA (Water Retention by Land Use) (WARELA)

Start date: Aug 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

...oresters, and residents, since changing both user habits and land use will have an impact on water retention and run-off. This technical water project, led by the German Research Institute for Forest Ecology and forestry (Rheinland-Pfalz), which brings together a total of 11 partners from Germany, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland over 4½ years, looks at preventative water retention measures impl ...
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Revitalization of Urban River Spaces (REURIS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

... Degraded part of the Park along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal; - in Stuttgart: revitalisation of the Feuerbach Stream on a former sports field next to Zazenhausen; - in Leipzig: Thostbach in Grimma – Ecology and Flood Protection. And there were 2 non investment actions: - creation of green corridor along artificial river fork in post-industrial area: Old Ponavka in Brno, - establishment of local b ...
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ROGRESS (Promotion and Guidance for Recreation on Ecologically Sensitive Sites) (PROGRESS)

...ts, and to integrate the recreation strategies within the wider regional planning framework through cross-sectoral co-operation. PROGRESS aims to generate sustainable solutions to the issues of i) ecology, by adapting management of such sites to reconcile conservation and cultural heritage with leisure activities and tourism; ii) communication, by effectively transmitting focused environmental awa ...
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NETworking for Efficient and Sustainable Civil Society across the Border (NetWESS)

...ing and cooperation among the existing civil society sector in the cross-border cooperation area and NGOs operating in various sectors of economic activity (most are active in the field of education, ecology, tourism, social inclusion). This contributes to efforts of civil society activity for sustainable regional development and planning, business support and employment needs. The project strateg ...
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Integrated Aquatic Resources Management Between Ireland, NI and Scotland (IBIS Project)

Start date: Jul 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

...ural environment. INTERREG IVA funding enabled the University of Glasgow to complete the construction of a state-of-the-art Field Teaching and Training Facility at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment on Loch Lomondside. Fully operational from January 2014, it offers 45 bed-spaces for students and teachers, wet / dry research areas, teaching laboratory, and fully equipped re ...
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Maritime safety - Transport and Environment in the Baltic Sea Region (Baltic Master II)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

The Baltic Sea’s unique ecology is under a lot of pressure. Fishing, maritime pollution from ships and substantial additions of nutrition from e.g. sewage and farming all pose a threat to the inland sea where the water is estimated to take 30 years to renew. At all times there are some 2000 ships in movement, and each year we see 120-140 collisions and groundings in the Baltic Sea – both traffic a ...
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Forests as a resource for sustainable development and spatial planning in the Baltic Sea Region - BALTIC FOREST (BALTIC FOREST)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...s are interconnected through project governance and through common activities. All activities within WP 1, 2 and 3 relates to WP 4 and/or 5:WP1 : Forest management and production aspects.WP2 : Forest ecology and environmental aspects.WP3 : Forest social aspects.WP4 : Smallscale private and state forestry and forest based SME.WP5 : Model forests as a tool for sustainable forest management and regio ...
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Answers to the Carbon Economy (ACE)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

...hnical reports, assessments and business cases and six other public facing documents2 - BUSINESS - TO - BUSINESS:- Technical, economic and legal framework studies for deployment of industrial ecology3 - BUSINESS PARKS:- Contribution to ACE-manual- Economic, operational and legal business plan for collective renewable energy generation- Business park management, energy management, setting up carbon ...
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Creation of a centre for information, awareness, training and dissemination of an environmental culture and policy

Start date: Feb 1, 2002, End date: Jan 31, 2005,

...l serve as a model for the creation of other centres in Algeria. The beneficiary also launched a demonstration park, which includes a teaching farm and a museum focusing on ecology, in the Bouchaoui forest. The beneficiary, FOREM, published a great number of brochures and guides aimed at the general public. Activities aimed to develop an environmentally conscious outlook among the very young we ...
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Zelkov@zione - Urgent actions to rescue Zelkova sicula from extinction (Zelkov@zione)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

...courage the regional administrative authorities to plan and implement legal protection measures for Z.sicula. Expected results: Improvement of knowledge about the biology and the ecology of the target species aimed at long-term conservation planning; The establishment of an emergency irrigation system in the tree population site; Erection of some 5.8 km of fencing; Habitat enforcement/improv ...
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Environmental curricula at agricultural universities

Start date: Jan 15, 2010,

...of environmental studies will consist of the four year Bachelor program followed by two year Master program and three year PhD study. Two specialties were selected for development/modernization: 'Agroecology' for Russian Partner Universities and 'Ecology and Environmental Protection' for Ukrainian ones.During curricula modernization/development planning reference profile of professional experience ...
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Keliaujančios architektūros dirbtuvės

Start date: May 1, 2013,

...hing;3. Instant Urbanism - progressive practice and method often applied in Europe and all over the world;4. Promotion of such values as culture, citizenship, personal responsibility, sustainability, ecology, social cohesion.
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URBAN GReen Education for ENTteRprising Agricultural INnovation

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

... France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The project, that will last 36 months, will create a model of training curriculum on 5 key areas affected by UA: 1) Food and non-food production of UA; 2) Ecology, environment, resource management; 3) Resilience, social inclusion and sustainability; 4) Entrepreneurship, innovative business models and modes of financing; 5) Societal needs, market analysi ...
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Stochastic model of on-farm fruit fly behaviour and their response to IPM interventions (Fruit Flies SGGW)

Start date: Oct 1, 2007, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

The purpose of this proposal is to provide financial assistance to an experienced researcher, Dr Slawomir A. Lux, who for 15 years has worked at the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya. Currently, he is planning his return to Europe and is looking for re-employment in the research sector in Poland, where he intends to establish his primary and lasting operating base for ...
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Jestem cząstką przyrody- organizowanie imprez naukowych w szkole

Start date: Dec 31, 2014, End date: Dec 30, 2016,

...ool, transfer of the acquired knowledge into our institution and its application by organising project activities: organising competitions, olimpiad contests, quizes and exhibitions, connected with ecology and science; intensifying international cooperation; cognition of modern and innovative methods of teaching; utilization of the acquired and new, practical experiences in the realisation of th ...
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Multi-purpose center for adult education in clean environment

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

...t education in clean environment – ECO-Center” (Erasmus+ programme) proposes approach for combating adult unemployment in Europe having currently threatening dimensions. Recent development of ecology sector created employment opportunities and increasing needs of education as well. The vast expansion of economic activity is the main reason of the environmental decline and imposes negative effect o ...
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Education Material, Planning, Strategy and Tools for CLIL Education

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...e-primary, primary and lower secondary education. Altogether 129 teachers/teacher trainers of foreign language and various discrete school subjects (Arts, History, Maths, Geography, Music, PE, Ecology, Science, etc.)/headteachers (representing and guaranteeing school management issues) will participate at short-term learning/teaching/training activities or transnational meetings, including hundred ...
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Values - the Essence of an Active Citizen

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...wn, industry/farming etc) 2. Options to spend free time in and around (incl, youth clubs etc) 3. Cultural values and traditions in local area (historical etc) 4. Nature around local area (ecology, green area, power plant, green air etc) 5. Values inside me - self-esteem, feeling safe, showing tolerance 6. Values inside me - team-work, take initiative. introducing cultures, The project is designed ...
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A Sustainable Ecology in the Europe of the Future(Practical approaches to learning about conservation, recycling and renewables)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

...romote a deeper understanding of the physical environment in which pupils live. This theme is predicated on the notions, firstly, that an awareness of issues relating to sustainability, conservation, ecology, global warming and renewable resources should be developed at an early age and secondly that such an awareness produces practical implications and outcomes for the wider school community. Pup ...
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International Master in Marine Biological Resources

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

...y of the Algarve (UAlg) and University of the Basque Country, (2) Management of living marine resources led by University of Oviedo and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), (3) Applied marine ecology and conservation led by UPMC and GMIT, (4) Marine environment health led by UAlg and the Polytechnic University Delle Marche, and (5) Global ocean change led by UPMC and University of Bergen. ...
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Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies

Start date: Sep 11, 2016, End date: Mar 10, 2021,

...eer chances. Associated partners from industry will support the career development of the graduates. The Master programme educates graduates and professionals from fields such as geography, ecology, geology, surveying, planning, local administration, and computing. The graduates acquire additional essential skills in geospatial technologies, which they can then apply in their respective applicatio ...
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FEAL: multifunctional Farming for the sustainability of European Agricultural Landscapes

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

... on European level.The FEAL project consortium is made of the following partners:TUZVO (SK): University participating with the Department of Landscape Planning and Design of the Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences.EUCALAND (DE): German non-profit organisation that works on European level and which main aims are research, networking and collecting data on European Agricultural Landscapes. ...
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New and old World perspectives for forest ecology and management in a context of global change (NEWFORESTS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

...two from public research centres in Spain, Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) and Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), one French institution, Bio-Archaeology and Ecology Centre (CBAE), and two Canadian Universities (University of Quebec in Montreal, UQAM, and in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, UQAT) hosting two of the main hubs of the Centre for Forest Research (CEF). ...
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Plant evolutionary and ethnobotanical diversity changes along an altitudinal gradient (BIODIVERSITYALTITUDE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

...iversity of Copenhagen in Denmark (host institution).In summary, this project investigates plant biodiversity and usage dynamics within plant communities using a cross-disciplinary framework spanning ecology (altitude), biodiversity (species numbers), evolution (phylogeny), and ethnobotany. Using a comprehensive generic phylogeny of the Nepalese Himalayan flora, extensive elevation distributional ...
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Evolutionary ecology and extinct species: how do fossils change our interpretations of present-day biodiversity patterns? (EvoEco and fossils)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

Evolutionary ecology, the study of patterns and processes at the interface of evolutionary biology and ecology, is an exciting and rapidly growing research area. However, most studies ignore one important factor: extinction. I aim to develop methods for adding fossil species into phylogenies and evolutionary ecology analyses, using primates as a study group because the order has a lot of interesti ...
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Global Environmental Decision Analysis (GEDA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...l methods and tools to underpin knowledge-based land-use planning and associated political decision making. The proposed work builds on a broad established history of research in the field of spatial ecology and conservation prioritization.Specific components of the proposal include: (i) developing the general conceptual, ecological, methodological and statistical basis of environmental and conser ...
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Building just and livable cities: Participation and contestation in neighborhood revitalization (URBLIV)

Start date: Jun 15, 2011, End date: Jul 26, 2013,

... decisions have contributed to creating an identity in impoverished urban neighborhoods and later shaped mobilization. More broadly, this project will strengthen and broaden the fields of political ecology, urban sociology, and environmental governance in the European research community; it will create an international umbrella platform of expert scholars and NGOs working on achieving environmenta ...
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Sustainable mobility along the newest EuroVelo route, the Iron Curtain Trail  (Iron Curtain Trail)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

In 2009, the European Parliament asked the Commission and the Member States to consider the EuroVelo- Network and Iron Curtain Trail as an opportunity for promoting European trans-border cycling infrastructure networks, supporting soft mobility and sustainable tourism?. The European Commission organised workshops to raise awareness of the ICT and awarded grants to preparatory projects to define th ...
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Multi-level Governance in MSP (Maritime Spatial Planning) throughout the Baltic Sea Region (PartiSEApate)

Start date: Jun 12, 2012, End date: Sep 11, 2014,

The growth of the maritime economy throughout Europe results in increasing demands for maritime space coupled with the need to ensure a viable marine environment. This phenomenon has led to the integrated maritime policy (IMP) approach throughout Europe with Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) being by now the widely acknowledged tool for co-ordinating spatial use and balancing of interests in the sea ...
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Development and application of mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures for counteracting the global Urban Heat Islands phenomenon (UHI)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Apr 29, 2014,

As population of our cities grow, so does land area and this result in increase of an average temperature. The buildings and roads absorb temperature produced during the day, like giant heaters, and store it. The energy is then released during the night time. This often means a big difference in the temperature between city and its surrounding areas.This phenomenon is called the Urban Heat Island ...
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Sustainable Uses of Baltic Marine Resources (SUBMARINER)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

The Baltic Sea faces significant challenges: fishery declines, severe marine pollution, the effects of climate change as well as an increasing competition for space. At the same time new scientific and technological developments provide opportunities for innovative uses of marine resources which do not only have the power to generate sustainable regional economic development but also proactively c ...
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Alpine building culture and ecology. Competence development of local craft companies in the area of energy-efficient renovation of traditional alpine old buildings and settlements (AlpHouse)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

The project AlpHouse strives to enhance the competitiveness of regional SMEs by providing them with the knowledge, skills and tools for top-quality renovations of Alpine old buildings. These shall meet the highest standards of energy efficiency and at the same time preserve the regional characteristics and the endogenous wisdom of Alpine architecture. To this end, AlpHouse will develop and impleme ...
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Marine protected areas in the Eastern Baltic Sea (Baltic MPAs)

Start date: Aug 1, 2005, End date: Nov 30, 2009,

Background The Baltic Sea is a unique and fragile marine ecosystem hosting many species and habitats of European and global interest, including the Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) which has its own European Species Action Plan. It is believed that the by-catch of birds and seals in fishing nets is a problem in the Baltic Sea and assumed that habitat ...
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Terraced landscapes of the Alpine arc (ALPTER)

Start date: Nov 30, 2004, End date: Mar 29, 2008,

Project ALPTER has been built to contrast the disappearence of agricultural terraced areas: a problem of great span, with consequences as loss of productive land and increase of natural hazard, damage to bio-diversity and cultural heritage; so much to deserve attention of international institutions as UNESCO and UNCCD.Working in areas all over Alps, the project will collect knowledge, develop tech ...
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Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (ASTRA)

Start date: Jun 5, 2005, End date: Jan 4, 2008,

Focusing on the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), the project "Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region" (ASTRA) assesses regional impacts of the ongoing global change in climate. Its aim is to develop adequate climate change adaptation strategies and policies, together with relevant stakeholders, such as planners and decision makers.The ASTRA project uses clim ...
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Baltic Sea management - Nature conservation and sustainable development in the marine ecosystem through marine spatial planning (BALANCE)

Start date: Jun 19, 2005, End date: Dec 18, 2007,

BALANCE – or in full “Baltic Sea Management–Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Ecosystem through Spatial Planning” – is an INTERREG III B co-funded project aimed towards development of informed marine management tools for the Baltic Sea based on spatial planning and cross-sectoral and transnational co-operation.BALANCE is organised into 5 work packages (WPs) which will identify ...
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Greening Regional Development Programmes (GRDP)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Oct 30, 2007,

GRDP’s overall aim is to deal with this issue by enabling regions to collaborate and share best practice on how the environment can be better integrated into all programmes benefiting from Structural Funds. This is intended to lead to the development of more effective regional programmes that deliver sustainable results for local people. GRDP will also draft a common European methodology for integ ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society (BERAS )

Start date: Feb 28, 2003, End date: Mar 30, 2006,

The goal of the project was the evaluation and demonstration of the potential of ecological recycling-based agriculture, combined with priority for local and regional processing, distribution and consumption, in order to reduce consumption of limited resources, emissions of greenhouse gases and nitrogen and phosphorus pollution to the Baltic Sea area by half or more, according to politically decid ...
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art II: Wind energy in the BSR - Planning, Construction and Investment (Part II: WEBSR)

Start date: Nov 23, 2004, End date: Dec 22, 2005,

The aim of the project was to establish a BSR-wide wind energy association with a secretariat and national contact points, co operation groups, permanently growing contacts, integration into BSR panels, to start and continue of wind energy internet-platform for information and as a tool for over-regional BSR-wide telematik co operation and for awareness raising, as well as to develop the wind ener ...
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