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ERA-Net Cofund on Sustainable Food production and consumption (SUSFOOD2) (SUSFOOD2)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

The aim of SUSFOOD2 is to foster research and innovation in the field of sustainable food systems through enhanced cooperation and coordination between EU member and associated states. It will thereby contribute to the overall EU objective of building the European Research Area as well as a newly emerging Food Research Area. Major challenges will influence future food chains asking for innovative ...
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Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems Cofund (CORE Organic Cofund)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2021,

Organic agriculture is considered to be one of the important development pathways towards a more sustainable agriculture and food production. This development has been and will be dependent on continuous research and innovation.CORE Organic started in 2004 and has been evolving for more than a decade. The present proposal for a CORE Organic Cofund will continue, to update and consolidate the serie ...
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MONTADO & CLIMATE; A NEED TO ADAPT (LIFE-Montado-adapt)

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

...ting changes in vegetation, soils, water availability and local climate. One Mediterranean ecosystem, known as Montado in Portugal and Dehesa in Spain, that is noted for its traditional agroforestry management practices, is becoming increasingly uneconomical. Income per hectare is insufficient to live on, causing rural depopulation. Objectives ...
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ERA-NET for Monitoring and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases from Agri- and Silvi-Culture (ERA-GAS)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2021,

The aim of the ERA-GAS Cofund is to strengthen the transnational coordination of research programmes and provide added value to research and innovation on greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation in the European Research Area. ERA-GAS will organise a single joint transnational call for proposals with cofunding from the European Commission (EC). In addition, ERA-GAS will undertake additional joint activit ...
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European Research Area on Sustainable Animal Production Systems (SusAn)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

This proposal seeks funding under the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015 to establish an ERA-NET for joint European research coordination on Sustainable Animal Production (SusAn). The scope for this ERA-NET has been developed under the SCAR Collaborative Working Group on Sustainable Animal Production (CWG-SAP). Funding organisations from 22 European countries initially seek to support one co-fu ...
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Water Works 2016-2020 in Support of the Water JPI (WaterWorks2015) - Sustainable water use in agriculture, to increase water use efficiency and reduce soil and water pollution (WaterWorks2015)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

...rces from the 32 participating research programme owners / managers of 23 countries to implement a joint call for proposals, with EU co-funding in the area of sustainable water use in agriculture and forestry. It's a collaboration between the Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs), Water JPI “Water Challenges for a Changing World” and FACCE JPI “Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change”. Achiev ...
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LIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DRY GRASSLANDS IN EASTERN SLOVENIA (LIFE TO GRASSLANDS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Background Dry grasslands – semi-natural dry grasslands on calcareous substrates (6210) and species-rich Nardus grasslands on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (6230) – have a bad/unfavourable conservation status in Slovenia. Overgrowth resulting from land abandonment is a critical threat for these habitat types. Additionally in the past few dec ...
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Awareness Raising, Training and Measures on Invasive alien Species in forests (LIFE ARTEMIS)

Start date: Jul 7, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

... to canker on maple trees - at least 50% of the maple trees infected with canker will be subsequently felled by the landowners; and Establishment of long-term cooperation and data exchange with the forestry institutions of the four neighbouring countries (Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy).
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Alternative models and robust decision-making for future forest management (ALTERFOR)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

European forests are expected to provide a broad range of ecosystem services (ES). This capacity is however threatened by the uncertainties of climate change, the complex dynamics of evolving global markets and the pressures for increased use of bioenergy. Such challenges cannot be effectively addressed with an uncritical regional or national commitment to traditional forest management models (FMM ...
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LIFE for EUROPEAN FOREST GENETIC MONITORING SYSTEM (LIFEGENMON)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

...FGM, for implementation at EU level; To prepare a decision support system for an optimal choice of the level of FGM, based on needs and means; To organise a series of training courses for the forestry sector for implementation of FGM in their territories; To establish a well-functioning internationally-linked team of forestry professionals working on FGM; and To provide access to all informat ...
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Conservation of the European Roller (Coracias garrulus) in the Carpathian Basin (ROLLER LIFE+)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Background Birds of farmland and grassland habitats have the worst conservation status in Europe. The European roller (Coracias garrulous) is one such species whose population has declined due to agricultural intensification. Abandonment and reduced management of meadows and pastures, and the conversion of grassland to other land use, has resulted in lowe ...
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SUstainable and Resilient agriculture for food and non-food systems (FACCE SURPLUS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

The objective of FACCE SURPLUS is to strengthen the European Research Area in support of different integrated food and non-food biomass production and transformation systems, especially by organising, implementing and cofunding with the EU a joint call for transnational research projects on the topic of sustainable and resilient agriculture. As this topic falls within the scope of the Strategic Re ...
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Improving the stability of high-quality traits of berry in different environments and cultivation systems for the benefit of European farmers and consumers (GoodBerry)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

The main objective of GoodBerry is to provide the necessary knowledge and procedures to facilitate the development of highly productive and top quality berry fruits, even under multiple suboptimal growth conditions, at a competitive cost. The project is based on an integrative multi-actor approach, from cultivation techniques to molecular studies, aiming the development and validation of a range o ...
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Living River Lahn - one river, many interests (Living River Lahn)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background The river Lahn is a tributary of the river Rhine. It has a catchment area of 5 931 km2 and is located in the German Federal States of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. On its 240 km route to its confluence with the Rhine at Lahnstein, the river Lahn flows mainly through the central Hesse region. Currently, the ecological s ...
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Sustainable land use management for the conservation of the freshwater pearl mussel (LIFE Kerry)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

...servation status of freshwater pearl mussels in these rivers, by the development and implementation of effective and cost-efficient measures for reducing diffuse losses of sediment and nutrients from forestry and farming. Objectives The KerryLIFE project is taking place in Natura 2000 network areas in south-west Ireland, ...
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Pest Organisms Threatening Europe (POnTE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

This proposal SFS-03a-2014-aligned focuses to minimize the risk of introduction/impact of emerging pests threatening EU agriculture and forestry. The targets are: 1) Xylella fastidiosa and its vectors in olive, grapevine, citrus, stone fruit, ornamentals and landscape trees of high socio-economic importance; 2) ‘Ca. Liberibacter solanacearum’ and its vectors affecting a number of strategic crops s ...
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Smart Forwarder for sustainable and efficient forest operation and management (Forwarder2020)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Forest biomass is currently one of the most important source of renewable energy and accounts for almost half of the EU’s total renewable energy consumption. In addition to raw materials, forests also provide a wide range of vital non-wood services that should be protected during wood extraction. The innovation project Forwarder2020 has the main aim of improving sustainability of wood production a ...
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Recovery of degraded coniferous Forests for environmental sustainability Restoration and climate change Mitigation (LIFE FoResMit)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Background Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are the most important greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted from agricultural and forest soils, contributing 60%, 15% and 5%, respectively, towards global warming. Forest ecosystems generally act as a net sink for CO2, contributing to climate change mitigation by removing atmospheric CO2 ...
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Implementing Alpine Governance Mechanisms of the European Strategy for the Alpine Region (AlpGov)

Start date: Jun 7, 2016, End date: Jun 6, 2019,

Description (EN): The AlpGovs’ main objective is to support effective and efficient EUSALP implementation in a systematic transnational approach through designing and testing appropriate governance structures and mechanisms mainly on the level of Action Groups (AGs), at the same time to create synergies with the other EUSALP implementing bodies General Assembly and Executive Board a ...
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Novel biocontrol agents for insect pests from neuroendocrinology (nEUROSTRESSPEP)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,

Insects are the most diverse Class of life on earth, and different insects can be essential for, or highly damaging to, agriculture, horticulture and forestry. There is a pressing need, not just for new insecticides to combat resistance, but more specific, “greener” insecticides that target deleterious insects while sparing beneficial ones. This proposal aims to identify such insecticides by turni ...
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Restoration and conservation of riparian forests of habitat type *91Е0 in Natura 2000 sites and model areas in Bulgaria (LIFE Riparian Forests)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

...ity importance (SCI) These goals will be achieved by directly restoring and improving the quality of habitat type 91E0* in the two SCIs by applying a range of techniques and testing alternative forestry methods. The project also aims to improve the knowledge base and experience for the restoration and management of this habitat by compiling a manual, as well as building the capacities of the EFA, ...
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Distributed, integrated and harmonised forest information for bioeconomy outlooks (DIABOLO)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Europe’s bioeconomy is expected to foster economic growth and to tackle significant societal challenges with less harmful environmental effects through innovative, sustainable and inclusive use of European forest resources. Increasing demand for biomass and other ecosystem goods and services calls for changes in forest-related policies at different levels and across different sectors. Accordingly, ...
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Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems (CORE ORGANIC PLUS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Organic agriculture is considered to be one of the important development pathways for improving agriculture’s relation with the environment while at the same time ensuring food safety and future food security. This role is dependent on continuous research and innovation.CORE Organic Plus will continue, update and consolidate the series of transnational research calls which support a focused and co ...
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Restoration of proper hydrological conditions in Amalva and Kamanos bogs (WETLIFE 2)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

...f sites of Community importance (SCIs) under the European Habitats Directive and special protection areas (SPAs) under the European Birds Directive. However, both sites have been heavily drained for forestry and agricultural uses since the 19th century. Altered hydrology has resulted in the weakening or total loss of important peatland ecosystem functions in different locations across the sites. ...
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Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

Most agricultural rural areas in the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan are characterized by drastic changes in the agriculture and nutrition sector, due to privatization, modernization and increasing differences between large-scale agro-holdings and small holder farms. The importance of rural development and the need to develop perspectives for agricultural land use is both recognized by politics ...
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Placements in Environmental, Archaeological and Traditional Skills

Start date: Oct 3, 2016, End date: Oct 2, 2018,

The Placements in Environmental, Archaeological and Traditional Skills project (PEATS) brings together a consortium of 11 UK VET colleges and training institutions led by Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd. The project will provide 181 vocational students & apprentices in these subjects with inspiring and educational 4-week work placements with our partnership of 20 experienced European host partne ...
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Food security, Agriculture, Climate Change ERA-NET plus (FACCE ERA NET PLUS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

The main goal of the FACCE-ERA-NET+ Action is to organise, implement and fund a joint call for transnational research projects on the topic of climate change adaptation, which is a core research theme of the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE–JPI) and thus to contribute to the delivery of the FACCE–JPI Strategic Research Agenda. It will thereby als ...
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Entrepreneurship with vision - methods and tools for managerial capacity building of agricultural producers in Central and Eastern Europe

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

European farmers and their successors live in a changing market environment and have to prepare for the new Common Agricultural Policy after 2015, allowing more freedom to produce products of own choice and quantity. The new EU countries experience this even more. Especially the situation in less favored regions, often in remote areas with relative small farms, is complex. Such families are found ...
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Restoration and conservation of Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior in the Kaszo area (KASZO-LIFE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Background The basic threat to the project area, the Natura 2000 network sites of the West-Inner-Somogy natural micro region (south-west Hungary), is a decrease in groundwater levels caused by diminishing total annual rainfall; the earlier demolition of natural water-retaining landforms; and forced drainage of land as a flood prevention measure. With th ...
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Northern Cereals – New Markets for a Changing Environment (CEREAL)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

Description (EN): Warmer growing conditions, improved varieties and technologies, and concerns about sustainability are creating new opportunities in northern areas for greater cereal production. In few areas, it has already been possible to produce higher value cereals for milling and malting which has allowed SMEs to develop new “local” products to meet a growing demand from touri ...
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Improved communication, cooperation and capacity building for preserving biodiversity in Natura 2000 forests (LIFEinFORESTS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

...nt adopted. Six study trips for 200 multipliers, and dissemination of forest management experience through different channels; At 10 ‘round tables‘, 200 experts from conservation and forestry are involved in the exchange of experiences and conflict resolution to establish consensus on the management principles of Natura 2000 forests; A Natura 2000 forest planning toolkit for delivered to th ...
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Tools for Skills - integrated learning of English and Forestry- Teachers training

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

European forestry has gone through a rapid change during the recent decades. Manual work of unskilled staff with chainsaw has been replaced by modern computerized harvesters, forwarders and skidders. This development has increased the request demand for competent and well trained operators of forest machines as well as the demand of mobility of such work force. The increasing mobility of forest ma ...
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Conservation of priority natural values in ‘Turjánvidék’ Natura 2000 site southern unit (HUTURJAN)

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

Background The Turjánvidék Natura 2000 site (SCI) covers 9 740 ha, of which 5 304 ha is the southern area, and the target area of the project. The project will also target 2 022 ha of a recently designated Natura 2000 site, bordering the existing site to the south. The Turjánvidék site is one of the most extensive and continuously humid sand habitat s ...
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Increasing the ecological connections and coherence of the Natura 2000 network in South-west Lapland (NATNET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...reas are protected by the decision of the Forest and Park Service of Finland. The land use of the project area (i.e. areas outside the Natura 2000 sites) is diverse, but approximately 90% is used for forestry and wood production. Objectives The project’s overall objective is to increase ecological connectivity and esta ...
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Tackling the challenges in sustainable and multifunctional forestry through enhanced research coordination for policy decisions (SUMFOREST)

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

...mate and land-use changes. Therefore, a proper understanding of such regional differences is needed for the creation of mutual understanding on sustainable forest management (SFM) and multifunctional forestry, providing a solid basis for policy decisions.In this complex context, research-based information and knowledge should be the basis for developing adaptive management tools and models, new in ...
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Information and Communication Technologies and Robotics for Sustainable Agriculture (ICT-AGRI 2)

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

Information and Communication technologies (ICT) and robotics for sustainable agriculture
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Operational Potential of Ecosystem Research Applications (OPERAs)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

Human use and exploitation of the biosphere is increasing at such a pace and scale that the sustainability of major ecosystems is threatened, and may not be able to continue to function in ways that are vital to the existence of humanity. Re-framing environmental resource use has led to the emergence of the concepts of ecosystem services (ES) and natural capital (NC). This discourse indicates not ...
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WoodWisdom-Net+ Pacing Innovation in the Forest-Based Sector (WoodWisdom-Net+)

Start date: Nov 15, 2012, End date: Nov 14, 2017,

The overall objective of the WoodWisdom-Net+ is to support the transformation of the European F-BI and sustainable forest management for increasing resource efficiency and adapting to and mitigating climate change effects. This will be achieved by integrating knowledge and technologies of large-scale industrial products and processes, as well as primary production.The aim is to plan a single joint ...
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Sustainable Innovative Mobilisation of Wood (SIMWOOD)

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

"SIMWOOD presents a novel idea for an innovative, integrated approach to multifunctional forestry and enhanced wood mobilisation across European forest regions. The project targets a multitude of forest owners and stakeholders to spread integrated, transferable solutions and viable policies to unlock immobile forest resources and ensure sustainable forest functions. A novel pan-European Informatio ...
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Green Infrastructure and Urban Biodiversity for Sustainable Urban Development and the Green Economy (GREEN SURGE)

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

"GREEN SURGE will identify, develop and test ways of connecting green spaces, biodiversity, people and the green economy, in order to meet the major urban challenges related to land use conflicts, climate change adaptation, demographic changes, and human health and wellbeing. It will provide a sound evidence base for green infrastructure planning and implementation, exploring the innovation potent ...
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