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Improvement of TAXUS baccata conservation status in north-eastern Iberian Peninsula (TAXUS)
Start date: Nov 5, 2012, End date: Nov 4, 2016,
... appears in small, reduced population sizes, isolated from each other. It has special status under the laws of some EU countries and some of its populations are included within the habitat-type âForests Mediterranean Taxus baccataâ, which is a priority for conservation in Annex I of the Habitats Directive. There are seven sites where yew populations are protected in the north-east of the Ibe ...
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motion of residual forestry biomass in the Mediterranean basin (PROFORBIOMED)
Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,
PROFORBIOMED promotes renewable energies in rural areas by developing an integrated strategy for the use of forest biomass as a renewable energy source, improving forest management systems, recovering forest biomass potential and developing new opportunit Achievements: ...
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Adaptation of Mediterranean woodlands to climate change effects. (FOR CLIMADAPT)
Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: May 30, 2013,
Mediterranean forest ecosystems now show the first damages linked notably to climate change. Their managers are mostly unable to react properly. Through the project, the partners aim to develop, share and disseminate efficient management tools and techniques to foster the adaptation of these natural areas to a modified climate. All commonly-agreed solutions will be made available not only to terri ...
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Wood Energy Exploitation for Entrepreneurship (WOODE3)
Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2012,
The project is addressing the protection and valorisation of forest resources in the Mediterranean space with the integration of mechanisms that will ensure a sound development of the wood energy sector. The aim is to raise awareness and build capacity of decision makers promoting a governance scheme in line with the 4 principles of sustainable development, setting up priorities and providing supp ...
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Sustainable Use of Regional Funds for Nature (SURF-Nature)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,
...nalysed programmes.Thematic booklets deepen expertise from the analysis on five key biodiversity related funding themes "green infrastructure", "sustainable tourism",, "environmental education", "forest biodiversty" and "natura 2000 management". 4 of them have been finalised and partly translated into other partner languages. Building on this analytycal work partners collected good practice exampl ...
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active Human Response to Wildfires Outbreak: Measure and Prepare for it (PRoMPt)
Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,
The aim of the suggested project is to exchange experiences and good practices in order to improve regional policies for coping with fires right after their outbreak in very sensitive areas, like the forest ones.Since regional policies in terms of environmental protection and risk prevention constitute a vital issue towards the accomplishment of the Gothenburg Strategy, local and regional authorit ...
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MEDLAND2020 has as main objective to promote international cooperation towards a common integral land management scheme to protect natural resources in synergy with social and economical valorisation in the Mediterranean. The specific objectives of the project are: 1. Create synergies among projects and partners and build up a -network of networks-� in the Mediterranean context, with all its speci ...
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Master of Wood Energy
Start date: Oct 1, 2012,
...y production, trade and transportation within the EU and globally. The EU has set very challenging aims for the partial replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy by 2020. In many EU countries forests are a remarkable source of renewable energy and wood energy is an important export product. Correspondingly there are several EU countries where renewable energy resources are limited. For the ...
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