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Demonstrating the industrial viability of a medium size biomass cogeneration plant to distribute heat and electricity in a mountain rural area (WARM-WOOD)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

...nt emissions, the project’s environmental benefits included forest maintenance (wood collection by tree cutting) and the improvement of the landscape change (reduced erosion, hydro geological risk). Although the expected result to achieve financial savings of 12,000 euros/year per test user was not met, the average saving for each user was however 3130 euros/year and the maximum saving was 32 ...
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Establishing the European Geological Surveys Research Area to deliver a Geological Service for Europe (GeoERA)

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

The GeoERA proposal is put forward by the national and regional Geological Survey Organisations (GSO) of Europe. Its overall goal is to integrate the GSO’s information and knowledge on subsurface energy, water and raw material resources, to support sustainable use of the subsurface in addressing Europe’s grand challenges. The GeoERA consortium will organise and co-fund together with the EC a joint ...
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Sea Level Change Effecting the Spatial Development in the Baltic Sea Region (SEAREG )

Start date: Jun 21, 2002, End date: Mar 31, 2005,

...o account in future planning strategies. A final report of the project containing the methodology of the project and the case study reports is going to be published in the special paper series of the Geological Survey of Finland. The project has initiated a follow-up project for further investigations on climate change impacts. This ASTRA project was approved in the BSR INTERREG III B 7th applicat ...
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CB Peloid and Highly-mineralised water research (PARES)

Start date: Jul 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

... the realization of overall objective which is going to contribute to the promotion and development of application of peloids and highly mineralized water from Orlovača locality through medical and geological researches. With the realization of this objective will be resolved the main defined problems in border areas. Orlovacas site has big unexploited capacity and therefore it is necessary to con ...
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Metal Links: Forging Communities Together (Metal Links)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

...eneration. Former mining water & wind power sites will be identified that have future community potential. Communities will be empowered to make use of innovative archaeological , historical & geological techniques that will increase the known archaeological resource & use pollen evidence that shows the carbon-sinks of peat bogs can extend the community story backwards over 6,000 years. Pioneerin ...
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GIT Karelia

Start date: Feb 28, 2006, End date: May 30, 2007,

...eographic location service was continuously assessed using, for example, project team and workshop meetings held in Petrozavodsk and Kostomuksha. The bedrock and soil information from the Geological Survey of Finland was included in the service. With Russia, however, obtaining the theme information from Petrozavodsk State University would have required additional funding, which was not prepared fo ...
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Assessing subsurface potentials of the Alpine Foreland Basins for sustainable planning and use of natural resources (GeoMol)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

...ous targets for carbon emission reduction, renewable energy production must strongly be upgraded and made more efficient and capable for grid energy storage. Alpine Foreland Basins feature a unique geological inventory which can contribute substantially to tackle these challenges. Deep ‘Molasse’ basins at the fringe of the Alpine mountain range offer an abundant geothermal potential and storage ca ...
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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,

...ra's partners comprise various research institutes and regional planning offices around the Baltic Sea Region, broken down to 19 inner and 16 outer circle partners. Lead partner of the project is the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK).The following activities were undertaken in the course of the project:- Assessment of climate change impacts (extreme temperatures, droughts, winter storms etc.) on ...
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Archaeology, art and coastal heritage - tools to support coastal management and climate change planning across the Channel Regional Sea. (ARCH-MANCHE)

Start date: Oct 31, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

...sts and artworks from across the Channel region with highest potential to help explain coastal change- Case studies which will record coastal geology, geomorphology and heritage features- Database of geological/ geomorphological/ processes and heritage features- Well illustrated best practice guide to art and coastal changeActivity 3 results will include:- GIS that will integrate information and d ...
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Heritage Tourism for increased BSR Identity (AGORA 2.0)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Dec 15, 2012,

...s with five concrete cultural and natural heritage potentials which are seen as possible bearers of a common identity:- Castles,- Red-brick gothic,- Forests,- Shifting sand dunes,- Stones / rocks (as geological potentials).Guided by experienced experts from Copenhagen Business School and University of Greifswald, these partner organisations had the outstanding possibility to systematically develop ...
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Az Aggteleki-karszt és a Szlovák karszt világörökség barlangjainak kezelése / Správa jaskýň svetového dedičstva v Aggteleckom a Slovenskom krase (Aggteleki- és Szlovák karszt védelme / Ochrana Aggteleckého a Slovenského krasu)

Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: May 30, 2014,

...n the project about the special hydro-geological links of the caves to facilitate their joint management. Furthermore, a survey about the caves morphology and the species living in them was performed. Within the project the pollution originating from the surface was identified and a plan how to prevent it in the future was developed.
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Arctic Biological, Cultural and Geological heritage (ABCGheritage)

Start date: Mar 22, 2012, End date: Dec 21, 2014,

...ct are following:- Portable exhibition of the Green Belt of Fennoscandia in three localized copies, circu-lated in all participating countries- Multivisio of natural values in Pasvik Trilateral Park- Geological recreational map of Khibiny Tundra- 3 nature trails in Khibiny Tundra, Lapland State Reserve and Svanhovd- Brochure and uniform signing of 10 geological demonstration sites in target area- ...
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Reinforcing S&T Capacities of Two Emerging Research Centers for Natural and Industrial Pollutant Materials in Serbia and Slovenia (RESTCA-TERCE-NIPMSS)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

...solid pollutants: (1) Mineralogy-Crystallography and Petrology-Geochemistry Departments of the Faculty of Mining and Geology, Serbia (UB-FMG) and Department of Geochemistry and Environmental Geology, Geological Survey of Slovenia (GeoZS) - by establishing strategic partnership among each other and with the Institute of Geosciences, Division of Mineralogy, University of Frankfurt, Germany (GUF). Th ...
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Conservation of Alder woods in Lomellina area's SIC (LOMELLINA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

...the water table was essential. Recorded data on variations of subterraneous water levels through the study period were very accurate and allowed, for the first time, the comparison of water tables by geological location, season, irrigation and land use of the surrounding areas. Additionally, field surveys were carried out in order to classify the botanical value of the area and to explore differe ...
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Conservation and management of the SPA for Birds site of Community interest wetland "La Albuera" in Extremadura (Albuera Extremadura)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Jan 1, 2008,

...at. To rectify this, the project carried out the following actions across three lagoons, and partially put in place measures for other lagoons: Carried out the first in-depth hydrological and geological studies of the area, setting a basis for subsequent management. Project actions were then designed accordingly. The studies also helped determine the connections between the lagoons and the catch ...
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Water-bearing characterization with integrated methodologies (CAMI)

Start date: Dec 1, 2004, End date: May 31, 2007,

...s a range of scientific disciplines to identify ways to achieve better sustainability of an area’s water resources. This would entail detailed investigation into the characteristics of the hydro-geological district and then an evaluation of the impact of human activity. The project was designed to: 1. Assist planning of water resources for different uses (civil, agricultural, industrial). 2. ...
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Inventories and planning for the marine Natura 2000 network in Finland (FINMARINET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

... The LIFE project produced a coherent overview of Habitats Directive marine habitat types, and the species that characterise them, through field inventories, including geological and biological inventories of the seafloor, and cartographic information. The geological inventories covered 787 km2 of seafloor, combining acoustic-seismic methods with sediment samples ta ...
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Geoheritage and climate change opening the secrets of home

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

...e is to utilize the unique geoheritage of the Geopark areas for studying the climate change. The project will reveal the local "secret" values for the students and strengthen the understanding of the geological and human history of their home region and their roots. The participants are Vaala Municipality/Vaalan kunnan sivistyspalvelut (the coordinator), Vaala Upper Secondary School/Vaalan lukio, ...
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Global Lithospheric Imaging using Earthquake Recordings (GLImER)

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

... geodynamics, petrology, and geochemistry. This will provide a unique view of how the properties of these interfaces vary between different tectonic environments and thus how the interfaces relate to geological processes at work in these various environments. The results will be distributed to the scientific community in the form of data products through an original web-based application. They wil ...
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ABYSS - Assessment of bacterial life and matter cycling in deep-sea surface sediments (ABYSS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2017,

...f the organic matter sinking from the productive surface ocean, and return nutrients, thereby promoting ocean primary production. What passes the bacterial filter is a relevant sink for carbon on geological time scales, influencing global oxygen and carbon budgets, and fueling the deep subsurface biosphere. Despite the relevance of deep-sea sediment bacteria to climate, geochemical cycles and ecol ...
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Deformation Monitoring by High Resolution Terrestrial Long Range Sensing (DE-MONTES)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

...cal site survey, industrial inspection, or geo-monitoring.The project combines methods and techniques from standard surveying, computer vision, photogrammetry, mechatronics, software engineering, and geological sciences, well covered by the academic and research partners. The main step beyond currently available techniques lies in the introduction of a novel modular suite of terrestrial visual sur ...
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The Quaternary Environmental Evolution of the Northwest-Passage (QUEEN)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

...e environmental histories remain understudied. The QUEEN (QUaternary Environmental Evolution of the Northwest-Passage) project seeks to redress this oversight. The project is founded upon an upcoming Geological Survey of Canada-funded expedition through the NWP to the North Atlantic, to collect geological samples along an 8500 km transect. In collaboration with national and international instituti ...
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Enabling access to geological information in support of GMES (PANGEO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

... by OneGeology Europe (www.onegeology-europe.eu).The key users of PanGeo are anticipated as:• Local Authority planners and regulators who are concerned with managing development risk,• National geological surveys and geoscience institutes who are obliged to collect geohazard data for public benefit,• Policy-makers concerned with assessing and comparing European geological risk, much as the Urban A ...
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Towards integrated management of freshwater Nature 2000 sites and habitats (FRESHABIT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2022,

Background Freshwater habitats are among the most threatened habitat types globally. In the 2007-2012 conservation status assessment of the EU Habitats Directive (Article 17), none of the freshwater, coastal, and groundwater dependent wetland habitats in Europe fully met favourable conservation status, and most are in unfavourable conservation status. Alm ...
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Integrated Arctic observation system (INTAROS)

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

The overall objective of INTAROS is to develop an integrated Arctic Observation System (iAOS) by extending, improving and unifying existing systems in the different regions of the Arctic. INTAROS will have a strong multidisciplinary focus, with tools for integration of data from atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and terrestrial sciences, provided by institutions in Europe, North America and Asia. Sate ...
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Connecting Science with Society (EU-PolarNet)

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

The rapid changes occurring in the Polar Regions are significantly influencing global climate with consequences for global society. European polar research has contributed critical knowledge to identifying the processes behind these rapid changes but, in contrast to lower latitudes, datasets from the Polar Regions are still insufficient to fully understand and more effectively predict the effects ...
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New geomodels to explore deeper for High-Technology critical raw materials in Alkaline rocks and Carbonatites (HiTech AlkCarb)

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

...les. In contrast to known deposits, Europe is well endowed with expertise. The project brings together industry partners involved in exploration, geophysics and environmental assessment with two geological surveys, a major museum and five universities. The results will make Europe the world leader in this specialist area. They will give the four SME industry partners world-leading expertise to de ...
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NAture Insurance value: Assessment and Demonstration (NAIAD)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

NAIAD aims to operationalise the insurance value of ecosystems to reduce the human and economic cost of risks associated with water (floods and drought) by developing and testing - with key insurers and municipalities - the concepts, tools, applications and instruments (business models) necessary for its mainstreaming. We will do this in detail for 8 demonstration sites (DEMOs) throughout Europe a ...
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EPOS Implementation Phase (EPOS IP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The nations of Europe are distributed around some of the most complex and dynamic geological systems on the planet and understanding these is essential to the security of livelihoods and economic power of Europeans. Many of the solutions to the grand challenges in the geosciences have been led by European scientists – the understanding of stratigraphy (the timing and distribution of layers of sedi ...
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Northern Runoffs into Profits (WaterPro)

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

Description (EN): While the agriculture and mining extractive industries are important sectors for the economy of Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) areas, their activities cause significant risk to the vulnerable environment through water and land pollution. Nutrients in agricultural runoff are one of the major contributors to eutrophication and algae blooms. The overreaching goal ...
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Solutions for CRitical Raw materials - a European Expert Network (SCRREEN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

Since the publication of the first list of Critical Raw Materials (CRM) in 2010 by the Ad-hoc Working Group on CRM, numerous European projects have addressed (part of) the CRMs value and several initiatives have contributed to gather (part of) the related community into clusters and associations. This led to the production of important knowledge, unfortunately disseminated. Numerous databases have ...
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Near-surface Geothermal Resources in the Territory of the Alpine Space (GRETA)

Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,

Description (EN): The Alpine region must tackle rising energy consumption and, accordingly, CO2 emissions reduction, related mostly to heating needs (mainly from residential and tourism sectors). The potential of renewable energy sources to handle this energy requirement has been discussed in some recent studies. However, the opportunity to utilize Near-Surface Geothermal Energy (NS ...
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bringing coastal SUBsurface water SOLutions to the market (SUBSOL)

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

Coastal areas are the most productive and economically dominant regions of the world. The high water demand in these regions, however, puts tremendous pressure on their freshwater resources and ecosystems. This leads to problems like seasonal water shortage, saltwater intrusion, and disappearance of wetlands. Building on national, regional and European research and innovation programs, in the past ...
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Mineral Intelligence Capacity Analysis (MICA)

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

... material intelligence is collected, collated, stored and made accessible in the most useful way corresponding to stakeholder needs. Furthermore, the MICA project integrates a group of 15 European geological surveys that contribute to the work program as third parties. They have specific roles in the fulfilment of tasks and will provide feedback to the project from the diverse range of background ...
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Burren Tourism for Conservation (Burren Tourism)

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

Background The Burren area of the Republic of Ireland is an internationally renowned karst limestone area that supports a rich and diverse range of flora and fauna, archaeological monuments and traditional cultural practices. The pressures of tourism (congestion and the use of resources) on the area, however, are considerable. Its seasonal nature presents ...
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Knowledge Inventory for hydrogeology research (KINDRA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...ntegrated water resources management based on the latest research.Project objectives:1. Create a uniform EU-harmonised categorisation approach / terminology for reporting groundwater research (a Hydrogeological Research Classification System – HRC-SYS). Since such uniform classification does not exist at the moment, ongoing research activities, national/European hydrogeological research activities ...
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Ice, Climate, and Economics - Arctic Research on Change (ICE-ARC)

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

The ICE-ARC project aims to understand and quantify the multiple stresses involved in the change in the Arctic marine environment. Particular focus is on the rapid retreat and collapse of the Arctic sea ice cover and to assess the climatic (ice, ocean, atmosphere and ecosystem), economic and social impacts of these stresses on regional and global scales.It is not possible to look at one aspect of ...
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Predicting the arsenic content in groundwater of the floodplains in SE Asia (PREAS)

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

...that is the overall controlling parameter for the arsenic content. This new approach is explored by studying the groundwater chemistry as a function of sediment burial age, which is equivalent to the geological evolution over time, in part of the Red River floodplain in Vietnam. The investigations comprise delineating the sedimentological development over the last 9000 yrs as well as reconstructin ...
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Prospecting Secondary raw materials in the Urban mine and Mining waste (ProSUM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...The EUIN enables interdisciplinary collaboration, improves dissemination of knowledge and supports policy dialogues. A consortium of 17 partners, representing research institutes, geological surveys and industry, with excellence in all above domains will deliver this ambitious project.
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