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Implementation of an air quality modelling and forecast system in Romania (ROMAIR)
Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,
...re is clear evidence of its dangerous consequences on both the environment and human health. It can also corrode materials in buildings etc, as well as having a detrimental effect on agricultural and forestry production.
However, tackling atmospheric pollution is a complex and diffuse problem, since it is an extended phenomenon, generated by many activities. Notable and increasing contributors in ...
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...outdoor leisure amenities to surrounding communities and visitors. The main objective of this project, Promotion and Guidance for Recreation on Ecologically Sensitive Sites – which involves the UKs Forestry Commission, the French Office National des Fôrets, as well as a research institute, countryside agency and tourism bodies from England, Scotland, France and the Netherlands - is to reconcile th ...
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Assessing Sustainability of Forest-based Activities in Rural Areas of the Northern Periphery 2.8 (Northern ToSIA)
Start date: May 31, 2008, End date: May 30, 2011,
...mpanies using forest resources in the NPP region will adapt the tool to their sustainability assessment routines, enabling them to improve their corporate social responsibility as a part of the whole forestry wood value chain operating in the remote conditions of the NPP region. As a result, the tool will be available for wider application in the NPP area. ...
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Management of Multifunctional Forests (MULTI-FOR)
Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2013,
...- 3 sites restored and 3 events on these opened sites. Reception of the public on the 3 opened sitesResource development- Web site tools for multifunctional woodland management- 1 bilingual guide for forestry professionals on multifunctional forest management.- 1 cross border wood fuel pack for procurers and landowners- 1 bilingual guide on the opening of forests to the public in the framework of ...
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Intermodality and Interoperability in the Baltic Sea Region - InterBatlic (InterBaltic)
Start date: Dec 27, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,
...subject of a Marco Polo project application prepared within the framework of the InterBaltic project).The project defined and described possibilities of creating a transport chain for forestry products between the mid-Nordic area and the Far East, based on a network formed in the North East Cargo Link Alliance (NECLA) as one of the partners in the InterBaltic project. Moreover, it found solutions ...
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FUTUREforest - Woodlands for Climate Change (FUTUREforest)
Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,
...pean Union for growth, jobs and sustainable development (Lisbon and Gothenburg agendas) by exchange and dissemination of experience, transfer of practices and development of new approaches related to forestry. Resulting in improved knowledge and skills, successful transfer of practices and improved regional and local policies and strategies.The Community Strategic Guidelines for Cohesion Policy 20 ...
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Developing the Pinus Sylvestris L resource 1.16 (DSP)
Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2010,
...d day was the use of Scots pine timber. The format for both days was presentations in the morning followed by site visits in the afternoon. The event was attended by approximately 100 people from forestry and other related sectors – the full conference programme and presentations are available on our website. Review of Scots pine properties The technical review of Scots pine raw material and sawn ...
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Restoration of Scottish raised bogs (Scottish raised bogs)
Start date: Jan 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2003,
...leven sites and to increase the area of raised bog by a further 315 ha through the clearance of trees, scrub and heather. This was undertaken by a partnership of organisations involving the Forestry Commission for Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Wildlife Trust.
The human dimension would also be addressed with a variety of measures to increase local interest and access to ...
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Conservation of Cypripedium calceolus and Saxifraga hirculus in Northern Finland (Lady's slipper)
Start date: Dec 1, 2000, End date: May 31, 2005,
...results.
Land acquisition would be necessary for the rehabilitation and management measures and to ensure that the areas are under single ownership.
The project also intended to experiment with forestry in the lady's slipper sites. This option had not previously been explored. The beneficiary would train forest owners and forestry professionals to take account of lady's slipper and yellow ma ...
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Demonstration of use of satellite images, estimations and www in forestry to protect nature and prevent environmental accidents (Forest Safe)
Start date: Apr 30, 2001, End date: Sep 30, 2005,
... Sweden and the UK together are home to the majority of conifer forest types in Europe. Both countries face significant environmental problems related to the extensive areas of productive forestry.
An increased emphasis on sustainability in forestry means that new methods need to be developed for monitoring and planning forestry and forestry operations. Increased use of satellite imag ...
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Establishing long-term protection of Crex crex in Slovenia (Crex Slovenia)
Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Mar 31, 2007,
...riority Natura 2000 sites. This scheme falls within the Rural development Programme for the Republic of Slovenia 2007- 2013 and was introduced in cooperation with the Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Food. The new scheme offers new incentives to farmers for Corncrake habitat management in key Natura 2000 sites.
To increase the potential habitat for Crex crex, plots of land were to be leased ...
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Conservation actions in the Northern Pindos National Park (PINDOS NATIONAL PARK)
Start date: Sep 1, 2003, End date: Dec 31, 2006,
...system and to better control the forest road network;
To improve the information and awareness level of specific target groups;
To promote innovative sylvicultural practices by the forestry service in order to improve the sustainable management of black pine forests;
To improve detection and neutralisation mechanisms for criminal and/or accidental forest fires in the black pine forests; and
To ...
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Best practices and Technologies to Develop Green Wastes and Residues as Raw Materials for Variants of Utilization (Best4VarioUse)
Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,
...om it. Among solid biomass, wood biomass deserves special emphasis because of its neutral CO2 balance. The Best4VarioUse project focused on exploiting the potential use as biomass of agricultural and forestry wastes and residues.
The LIFE project was a follow-up project to the activities of Perspective 2007-2013 under the Interreg IIIc programne. Potentials and opportunities in the regions of Sax ...
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Fire Restoration Methodology for Mediterranean Forests -environmental safety & sustainability of 4 interventions in the Rhodes NATURA 2000 site (FRAMME)
Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,
...onservation interventions partially implemented included:
Anti-erosion interventions: Progress was limited to maintenance and repair of existing log barriers that had been put in place by the Rhodes Forestry Service soon after the fire, outside the project, in 15 of the 32 plots designated for this action. No further anti-erosion interventions took place as natural regeneration worked against ero ...
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Monitoring for soil protection (SOILPRO)
Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,
...l degradation and the associated environmental and social risks, the European Commission has proposed a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection. Human activities, such as inappropriate agricultural and forestry practices, tourism, urban and industrial sprawl and construction are identified as the main threats in the strategy. Moreover, soil is vulnerable to natural processes and challenged by climat ...
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ROBOT FLEETS FOR HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY MANAGEMENT (RHEA)
Start date: Aug 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2014,
...development, and testing of a new generation of automatic and robotic systems for both chemical and physical –mechanical and thermal– effective weed management focused on both agriculture and forestry, and covering a large variety of European products including agriculture wide row crops (processing tomato, maize, strawberry, sunflower and cotton), close row crops (winter wheat and winter barley) ...
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Conservation of Taxus and Ilex beechwood in the pSIC âTaburno Massifâ (LIFE+ FAGGETE DEL TABURNO)
Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,
... Many beech stands were extensively exploited in the post-war period causing the drastic decline of yew (Taxus baccata L.) and common holly (Ilex aquifolium L.). With the setting up of the forestry commission area of Taburno, forest cover was re-established with artifical plantations of Abies alba, Larix decidua, Picea abies (L.) Karsten, Pseudotsuga menziesii and a few other non-native ...
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SPIN Strategy for the Implementation of Natura 2000 in Sicily (SPIN4LIFE)
Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,
...hment of buffer zones;
Increasing the participation of stakeholders, including private land owners and civil society organisations, in nature conservation (relating to agricultural, fisheries and forestry areas);
Achieving nature conservation via an integrated approach to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change, in line with European Commission objectives.
Expected results:
The pr ...
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FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR LESS GHG EMISSION AND MORE SOIL CARBON SINK IN CONTINENTAL AND MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURAL AREAS (LIFE+FORAGE4CLIMATE)
Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,
...uce forage for ruminants; and
The development and dissemination of tools for the evaluation of the carbon stock and GHG emissions resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) within the forage systems of two European climatic macro-areas: continental (for cowâs milk) and Mediterranean (for sheepâs and goatâs milk).
The project will strive to incre ...
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STAGES EUROPEENS DES LYCEES AGRICOLES AQUITAINS 2
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,
...x Gironde together with 6 other partner schools in the Aquitaine Region : the EPLEFPA of Dordogne, Terres de Gascogne, Landes, Lot et Garonne and Pyrénées Atlantiques and the DRAF ( Agriculture and Forestry Regional Department ) ;
Each VET entity is composed of 1 to 3 vocational schools. Thus the beneficiaries of this regional project will be the students from the 15 agricultural vocational sc ...
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CLIL en el IES Pedro Mercedes
Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,
...ory Secondary Education, A levels, and Vocational Training in different areas of specialization: car industry, wood and furniture, personal image, management and treasury, information technology and forestry.
2015-2016 has been the first year teaching physical education with a bilingual method to the students of 1º ESO. We are involved in this program, so our teaching staff needs training in Engl ...
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Усвояване на европейски практики за валидиране на професионалните знания и умения
Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 30, 2015,
...ilolungsberatung&Vermittlungsagentur in Osterreich /BVO/, Sirnits, Austria. Both the organizations are public, and great-experienced in the vocational education. Professional High School of Forestry and Woodworking “Nikolay Haytov” is great-experienced in the training of the following professional directions:”Woodworking”, “ A Forestry and Hunting enterprise”and “Planting”. The partner has a statu ...
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Nadobúdanie nových kompetencií a zručností žiakov formou duálneho vzdelávania a prípravy v krajinách EU.
Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,
...nts of vocational and educational field of study provided by the secondary vocational school to increase knowledge level and the expertise of students with competencies for sustainable development in forestry.
The main objective is to increase vocational and educational level of the chosen students in the field of forestry primary production, diagnostics and repairing agricultural and forestry tec ...
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Усвояване на европейски практики за дуалната система на професионално обучение
Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2016,
...nsive experience in vocational education and Associazione Imprenditando is a non-profit organization. PGGSD "N.Haytov" has extensive experience in training in professional fields such as woodworking, forestry, hunting and gardening.
The partner is an association that promotes a spirit of mutual cooperation and support for a better use of financial and human resources. It is also a link between tr ...
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Získavanie špeciálnych odborných zručností žiakov v krajinách EÚ.
Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,
...tudents of vocational and educational field of study provided by secondary vocational school to increase knowledge level and the expertise of students with competencies for sustainable development in forestry.The main objective is to increase vocational and educational level of the chosen students in the field of forestry primary production, diagnostics and repairing agricultural and forestry tech ...
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Nature Exchange Three - Managing our Natural and Cultural Assets
Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,
...oth formal and informal. NET participants will be drawn from the 16 member organisations in the ARCH mobility consortium which includes Scottish Natural Heritage, RSPB, National Trust for Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland, John Muir Trust, Plantlife Scotland, Trees for Life, Historic Environment Scotland, Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park , Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Wildlife Tr ...
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Gençlik Su Zirvesi
Start date: Oct 1, 2009,
...civil organization at their city,They will accepted our project.However ,in our project ;for policy of young people water plan.there are some panel with Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Forestry and Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education and World Health Organization and European Commission TAIEX department,Youth for HABÝTAT and National Youth Assembly representatives.Our goals ...
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Zvyšovanie kompetencií a zručnosti žiakov v špeciálnych podmienkach.
Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2015,
...nts of vocational and educational field of study provided by the secondary vocational school to increase knowledge level and the expertise of students with competencies for sustainable development in forestry.
The main objective is to increase vocational and educational level of the chosen students in the field of forestry primary production, diagnostics and machinery maintenance and forestry equ ...
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Tools for integrated training of language and ECVET defined vocational skills in mechanised forestry
End date: Jul 16, 2015,
...d language skills among the European Forest Machine Operator. It was built on the work of two previous Leonardo projects. The main outcomes of the project are 1. A Multilingual glossary on technical forestry terms to assist Forest Harvesting operators in foreign countries to communicate. The glossary also helps Non-native English speakers to understand English Forest Machine Manuals and Parts ...
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Analysing Forest Hydrocarbons with Networks of Sensors (AlFHoNSo)
Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,
...ity of emissions from forests is unknown. The sensors will be tested both in the laboratory and in small-scale trials. The fellowship will culminate in the application of a sensor network in a UK Forestry Commission research forest, to resolve for the first time the true spatial and temporal variability of biogenic VOCs throughout a forest canopy. This fellowship will exploit the fellow’s experien ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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LIFE ObservaTREE - an integrated early warning system for tree pests and diseases using citizen science (LIFE ObservaTREE)
Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Oct 1, 2017,
...ewer environmental, landscape and economic costs.
The project will create a cadre of engaged, knowledgeable Tree Health Champion volunteers, by training citizens - as well volunteers from within the forestry, horticultural and arboriculture sectors - to assist with the identification and verification of tree health incidents. In this way, the project aims to generate a tenfold increase in Tree He ...
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Innovative eco friendly traps for the control of Pine Lepidoptera in urban and recreational places. (LIFE PISA)
Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,
Background
The pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) and pine tree lappet (Dendrolimus pini) are moths of the families Thaumetopoeidae and Lasiocampidae. They are abundant species found in pine woods in north, central and southern Europe. Because their larvae, or caterpillars, feed on the needles of pine trees and some other conifer tree species, t ...
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