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The European network for observing our changing planet (ERA-PLANET)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2021,

In the last decade a significant number of projects and programmes in different domains of environmental monitoring and Earth observation have generated a substantial amount of data and knowledge on different aspects related to environmental quality and sustainability. Big data generated by in-situ or satellite platforms are being collected and archived with a plethora of systems and instruments m ...
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The proposed project “Readiness of ICOS for Necessities of integrated Global Observations” (RINGO) aims to further development of ICOS RI and ICOS ERIC and foster its sustainability. The challenges are to further develop the readiness of ICOS RI along five principal objectives: 1. Scientific readiness. To support the further consolidation of the observational networks and enhance their quality. Th ...
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Environmental perturbations to lakes and reservoirs occur largely as episodic climatic events. These range from relatively short mixing events to storms and heat waves. While the driving events occur along a continuum of frequency and magnitude, however, their effect is generally longer lasting than the events themselves. In addition, the more extreme weather events are now becoming increasingly ...
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The BlueHealth Consortium brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts reaching across all 28 European Union countries. The proposed 4.5 year BlueHealth Project takes an international, interdisciplinary and multi-sector approach to health promotion and disease prevention by investigating the relationship between the EU’s ‘blue infrastructure’ and the health and well-being of its citizens. ...
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Knowledge regarding the complex interplay between agricultural land use and management and soil quality and function is fragmented and incomplete, in particular with regard to underlying principles and regulating mechanisms. The main aim of iSQAPER is to develop an interactive soil quality assessment tool (SQAPP) for agricultural land users that integrates newly derived process understanding and a ...
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Background The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted in its 2014 report that climate change would have negative impacts on agriculture for the rest of this century, even in temperate zones such as in Europe. Integration of adaptation measures into the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Cohesion Policy can increase the resilience of ...
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The Research Infrastructure (RI) ACTRIS – Aerosols, Clouds and Trace Gases - is the pan-European RI that consolidates activities amongst European partners for observations of aerosols, clouds, and trace gases and for understanding of the related atmospheric processes, to provide RI services to wide user groups. ACTRIS is composed of 8 connected elements: distributed National Facilities (observatio ...
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Partnership for New Energy Leadership 2050 (PANEL 2050)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

The aim of PANEL 2050 project is to create durable and replicable sustainable energy networks at local (municipality/community) level, where relevant local stakeholders collaborate for the creation of a local energy visions, strategies and action plans for the transition towards low carbon communities in 2050. The PANEL 2050 project will focus on the creation of these sustainable local energy netw ...
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Data Driven Dairy Decisions 4 Farmers (4D4F)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

The Data Driven Dairy Decisions for Farmers (4D4F) thematic network will focus on the role which dairy animal and environmental sensors can play in collecting real time information to help make more informed decisions in dairy farming.The network will develop a Community of Practice comprised of farmers, farm advisors, technology suppliers, knowledge exchange professionals and researchers who will ...
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The aim of the SEARMET project is to improve the scientific knowledge and innovation capacity of the Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU) in the linked fields of animal reproductive medicine and embryo technology. This will be done by strengthening collaboration with two high-ranking foreign academic institutions: Sheffield University (USFD), a leading university in the field of reproductive ...
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Trans-European Education for Landscape Architects

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

In the face of recent environmental, social and economic challenges, the profession of landscape architects (LA) is assigned new roles and missions of being prepared to respond to rising expectations of environment and society. Aiming for trans-European recognition of the LA profession it is essential to have harmonised but levered education systems across the continent. IFLA (International Federa ...
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Freely Accessible Central European Soil

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

Globalization and global environmental issues, as well as unification of scientific researches and teaching on EU level necessitate harmonization and correlation of technical languages, such as the one used in soil science. Despite the passage of years and the development of unified European system of soil description it is still not used in a satisfactory manner among teaching staff at EU univers ...
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Social Entrepreneurship for Local Change

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

Social Entrepreneurship for Local Change The objective of this strategic partnership is to develop a study module on social entrepreneurship with a scope of up to 15 ECTS. The format of delivery will be flexible (both online and blended learning modes) in order to address different target groups. ln terms of content, the project will adapt and complement existing learning resources, both national ...
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Innovative Education towards Sustainable Food Systems

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Project title: ‘Innovative Education towards Sustainable Food Systems’In face of global population growth, resource constrains and growing environmental as well as public health concerns, there is a strong need for a shift towards more sustainable development. As most of the mentioned global problems are strongly influenced by the current unsustainable food systems including diets, high priority i ...
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This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Vegetation forms a key interface between Earth surface and atmosphere. The important role of vegetation carbon, water and energy exchanges is well established, but the overall impact of plant trace gas (VOC) emission for large-scale Earth processes is poorly understood. Although it is widely accepted that VOCs play major roles in the formation of ozone, secondary organic aerosols (SOA) and cloud c ...
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"MARS will support managers and policy makers in the practical implementation of the WFD, of related legislation and of the Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Water Resources by conducting new research and synthesising existing knowledge concerning effects and management of multiple stressors in surface water and groundwater bodies; by advising the 3rd RMBP cycle and the revision of the WFD; and by d ...
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Boosting Adult System Education in Agriculture

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2017,

Adult education addresses three distinct sets of priorities in socio economic development: the needs and goals of individuals, the needs and goals of the institution, and the needs and goals of the society. Adult education program in agriculture has reached a significant level of importance. Local academic systems should accept responsibility for offering adult education programs that meet the nee ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Educational Network on Soil and Plant Ecology and Management

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

Soils are the basis for plant production and provide numerous ecosystem services. Many human activities are affecting the soil conditions in several ways. Effects like soil compaction, degradation, acidification and salt accumulation restrain the basic requirements for plant production and thus food supply for humans. The overall objective is to provide an interdisciplinary international activity ...
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This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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European Focus on Up Skilling

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

This EU project offer full-time students in the FE/VET sector the opportunity to complete a certified mandatory part of thier course of study in another country through the completion of a recognised and EU validated (EUROPASS) placement with an employer who is acknowledged as an expert in their field. Placements are organised by education & training partners who have excellent quality assurance p ...
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This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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"The project aims to identify the key semi-natural habitats (SNH), outside and within crops, providing essential ecological services (ES). Vegetation traits will be linked to potential ES provision, case studies will measure actual ES levels and inform models which will show unused opportunities and trade-offs among ES by SNH from habitat to landscape scale. This will be achieved for a range of re ...
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Most plants use the C3 pathway of photosynthesis that is compromised by gross inefficiencies in CO2 fixation. However, some plants use a super-charged photosynthetic mechanism called C4 photosynthesis. The C4 pathway is used by the most productive vegetation and crops on Earth. In addition to faster photosynthesis, C4 plants demand less water and less nitrogen. Overall, our aim is to introduce the ...
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Innovative Education towards the Needs of the Organic Sector

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Project title: ‘Innovative Education towards the Needs of the Organic Sector’ Development and implementation of innovative, labour market relevant teaching approaches in higher education institutions can enhance the quality of education and, in perspective, improve students’ employability. One of the sectors of the European market characterized by dynamic growth, but still hardly supported by well ...
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Preparing NUGENIA for HORIZON2020 (NUGENIA-PLUS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Preparing NUGENIA for HORIZON 2020The objective of the NUGENIA+ project is to support the NUGENIA Association in its role to coordinate and integrate European research on safety of the Gen II and III nuclear installations in order to better ensure their safe long term operation, integrating private and public efforts, and initiating international collaboration that will create added value in its a ...
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The innovative blended learning concept for resource efficiency

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The European Union has set ambitious objectives on climate and energy to be reached by 2020. The EU's Sixth Environment Action Programme identifies waste prevention and management as one of the top priorities. By increasing resource efficiency EU can fight against climate change, meet the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and diminish the environmental impacts of resource use. Increasing ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

... kui tudengid on saanud uusi kogemusi välisülikoolides. Väliskogemus on osalejate läbi rikastanud ka väiksemaid kogukondi ja külasid Eestis, kust paljud meie tudengid pärit on. Kuivõrd paljud meie tudengid jätkavad pärast ülikooli lõpetamist töötamist kodukohas, on Erasmus programmi raames saadud kogemused viidud laiali üle Eesti. Tulemuste levitamine: 1. töötajad: jagavad õpirändes saadud kogem ...
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Animal WelfAre Research in an enlarged Europe (AWARE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

"The goal of AWARE is to promote integration and increase the impact of European research on farm animal welfare (FAW). It will do so through the development of Europe-wide networks of scientists, lecturers and students, and by establishing a network of stakeholders active in FAW knowledge transfer and implementation. AWARE actions will be organised in 3 mutually supportive Work Packages (WPs). WP ...
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Understanding how freshwater ecosystems will respond to future climate change is essential for the development of policies and implementation strategies needed to protect aquatic and riparian ecosystems. The future status of freshwater ecosystems is however, also dependent on changes in land-use, pollution loading and water demand. In addition the measures that need to be taken to restore freshwat ...
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Conservation genetics of threatened bird species (AVICONGEN2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

"Human activities threaten many species worldwide and science-based conservation activities have an increasing importance. Current project integrates genetic methods into the population studies of threatened bird species, the Black Stork, the White-tailed Eagle, the Greater and the Lesser Spotted Eagle and the Willow Grouse. The project includes several fields of conservation genetics, such as ide ...
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Background There are extensive and increasingly abandoned grasslands over large areas of Europe (e.g., approximately 1.5 million ha in Germany, 2.2 million ha in UK and 0.6 million ha in Estonia). Due to their rich diversity of both flora and fauna, these grasslands are listed among the targeted habitats within the Natura 2000 ecological framework. Once d ...
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The key challenge addressed in the present proposal is to develop a biodiversity observation system that is transmissible, cost effective and provides added value to the currently independent data sources of in situ data and EO. There are three requirements: the production of protocols to enable extant data to be placed on a common framework for analysis; the provision of a sound scientific conce ...
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"WISER will support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) by developing tools for the integrated assessment of the ecological status of European surface waters (with a focus on lakes and coastal/transitional waters), and by evaluating recovery processes in rivers, lakes and coastal/transitional waters under global change constraints. The project will (1) analyse existing data ...
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"The proposed project will provide EU policy makers with information, data, quantitative instruments (economic models) and empirical expertise on cost of production for various types of agricultural products using the FADN data. More specifically, the purpose is to offer first a general cost of production model that could be used to estimate cost of production for key agricultural commodities prod ...
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BrightAnimal will contribute to economically, socially and environmentally sustainable development by outlining a practical and acceptable methodology for precision livestock farming. To achieve this goal, BrightAnimal has the following mission: To produce a framework for European and non-European small and medium enterprises on effective and acceptable precision livestock farming and to create a ...
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Enlargement Network for Agripolicy Analysis (AGRIPOLICY)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2010,

AgriPolicy builds on the results of the previous FP6 project “CEEC AGRI POLICY” (www.agripolicy.net) which was awarded financial support by DG Research in 2004 following the call FP6-2003-SSP-3. The overall objective of the proposal is to support the formulation of Community agricultural policies. AgriPolicy has 4 specific objectives: 1. Networking and information sharing The objective is to st ...
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The challenge of this proposal is the devolopment of Organic Livestock management activities in Europe. The project aims to: (i)- contribute to the growth of Organic Livestock management awareness activities in Europe; (ii) - contribute to the implementation of such tools as EQF and ECVET enhancing lifelong learning and promoting the validation and recognition of non-formal and informal learning ...
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