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Saving wooded Natura 2000 habitats from invasive alien fungi species on the Island of Gotland, Sweden (LIFE- ELMIAS)
Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2018,
...dian wooded meadows, Fennoscandian old broad-leaved deciduous forests, Fennoscandian wooded meadows. Elm (Ulmus spp.) and ash (Fraxinus excelsior), makes up almost 70% of the old growth tree layer on Gotland and is significant even in a national context given that 17% of the Swedish population of old elms and 24% of the old ash are on Gotland. If no action is taken, and taken soon, there is a subs ...
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YE-Leirbål og Legender del I
Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Aug 1, 2015,
...orway, Sweden, Poland and United Kingdom with an interest for theatre and history. The Project is first part of a cultural exchange which ended with the project "Legends and camp fires - part II" in Gotland, Sweden, in August 2015.
The project consists of 49 participants. During the Medieval Festival of Tønsberg 3.-8. June, they came toghether for an intense period of living and working together. ...
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Damage risk assessment, economic impact and mitigation strategies for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage in the times of climate change (CLIMATE FOR CULTURE)
Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2014,
Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our time which also threatens cultural heritage. As a non-renewable important resource to the European identity, sustainable adaptation strategies are required for long term preservation. For this purpose and for the first time ever, the CLIMATE FOR CULTURE project will couple completely new high resolution (10x10km) climate change ev ...
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Sustainable Management of Historic Rural Churches at the Baltic Sea Region (SMC)
Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,
Historic rural churches are common landmarks to all states around the Baltic Sea. Once busy centres of the communities historic churches have lost their focal position, especially in rural areas. Their use is decreased and some buildings are even neglected. Yet, most of these historic buildings are listed and considered to be valuable cultural assets with strong indirect economic potential as tour ...
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Fungi and Beetles in Buildings on Islands of Baltic Sea (FaBBi)
Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Oct 30, 2013,
The project is aimed at the preservation of wooden buildings and structures on islands of the Baltic Sea and in coastal regions through improving the awareness of local inhabitants and specialists about the damage caused by fungi and beetles as well as the introduction of new environment-friendly and sustainable methods. The project guarantees jobs for wooden construction masters and small entrep ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation (BERAS IMPLEMENTATION)
Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,
BERAS Implementation offers a response to the challenges to achieve a good environmental status in the Baltic Sea, reinforce sustainable agriculture and enhance rural development in the region.Objectives:Contribute to solving the problem of excessive nutrient losses from agricultural through introduction of conversion to Ecological Recycling Agriculture (ERA) in all countries of the BSRDevelop a s ...
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Healthy and Energy-efficient Living in Traditional Rural Houses (HELTH)
Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,
In the course of time, the use of traditional and historical rural houses has changed. Modern people have different requirements for comfort, function, and energy-efficiency of houses. Traditional houses are usually heated with fireplaces or other types of biomass based heating. This type of heating is based on sustainability, but it is not energy-efficient and satisfactory from the point of view ...
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Rehabilitation of the Baltic coastal lagoon habitat complex (BALTCOAST)
Start date: May 1, 2005, End date: Dec 31, 2012,
Background
Coastal lagoon is a priority habitat of the EU Habitats Directive. Coastal lagoons are particularly well developed in the Baltic region. Together with various dune habitats, cliffs and stone beaches, salt meadows and various types of grasslands, the Baltic coastal lagoons form an extremely varied habitat complex, associated with high levels of ...
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Natureship (Integrated planning and management in the Baltic Sea Region) (NATURESHIP )
Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2012,
...sified. Project has separate administrative WP1. In WP2 is aimed to execute innovative practical plans giving land use recommendations on selected coastlines and key areas in SW Finland, Estonia and Gotland Sweden. In the end shall be made comparison of different approaches to gain synthesis (publication) of best possible kind of integrated participatory planning (water protection, recreation, bi ...
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Environmental and Safety Management Cooperation on Shoreline Oil Spill Response (EnSaCo Oil Spill )
Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,
Oil transportation and other traffic in the Central Baltic Sea are growing steadily, increasing the risk of pollution from ships. The project aims to reduce negative environmental and socio-economic impacts of an oil spill accident through rapid and efficient shoreline oil spill response. Authorities responsible for shoreline (including archipelago) oil spill response recognize that their readines ...
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Maritime safety - Transport and Environment in the Baltic Sea Region (Baltic Master II)
Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,
The Baltic Sea’s unique ecology is under a lot of pressure. Fishing, maritime pollution from ships and substantial additions of nutrition from e.g. sewage and farming all pose a threat to the inland sea where the water is estimated to take 30 years to renew. At all times there are some 2000 ships in movement, and each year we see 120-140 collisions and groundings in the Baltic Sea – both traffic a ...
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Maritime Safety - Transport and Environment in the South Baltic Sea Region (Baltic MaSTER)
Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,
The aim of Baltic Master was to improve maritime safety by integrating and bringing forward local and regional perspectives. This included measures to improve the prevention and the preparedness for ship accidents as well as methods for managing the coastal zones.The issues concerning safe transportations, oil combatting and coastal management has a clear transnational link as they deal with the e ...
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REGIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER STRATEGIES (WIND-TECH-KNOW)
Start date: Dec 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,
Through exchanging technology and experience, WIND-TECH-KNOW aims to increase the knowledge about the generation and implementation of wind energy. This helps regions that still lack sufficient regional planning and technical experience to catch-up to the standards of experienced wind energy regions and thus, contributes to a reduction of development gaps in the EU. ...
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art II: Wind energy in the BSR - Planning, Construction and Investment (Part II: WEBSR)
Start date: Nov 23, 2004, End date: Dec 22, 2005,
The aim of the project was to establish a BSR-wide wind energy association with a secretariat and national contact points, co operation groups, permanently growing contacts, integration into BSR panels, to start and continue of wind energy internet-platform for information and as a tool for over-regional BSR-wide telematik co operation and for awareness raising, as well as to develop the wind ener ...
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Coastal Meadows and Wetlands in the Agricultural Landscape of Ãland (Ãland)
Start date: Nov 1, 2000, End date: Jun 30, 2005,
Background
The southern part of Swedenâs Baltic Sea Ãland island was declared a World Heritage Site in the year 2000 due to its characteristic landscape, which has been shaped by a long history of animal husbandry. Hay-making and grazing activities on the island support important habitats listed under the Habitats Directive. These include the boreal Ba ...
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Destination Viking - Baltic Sea (VIKINGS! )
Start date: Jun 30, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2005,
...s have been held at Avaldsnäs in Rogaland (Norway) and in Stockholm (Sweden). An extra production-planning meeting took place in Foteviken (Sweden) in the autumn of 2004. The last meeting was on Gotland (Sweden) Themes that have been discussed at the partner meetings include reconstructions (of Viking houses), replicas (of Viking artefacts), The guidebook, SWOT, Viking music and poetry, and re-ena ...
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Wind energy in the BSR - Planning, Construction and Investment (WEBSR )
Start date: Jan 23, 2003, End date: Nov 22, 2004,
The aim of the project was to establish a BSR-wide wind energy association with a secretariat and national contact points, co operation groups, permanently growing contacts, integration into BSR panels, to start and continue of wind energy internet-platform for information and as a tool for over-regional BSR-wide telematik co operation and for awareness raising, as well as to develop the wind ener ...
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Business training in education : The project aims to foster stronger links between the fields of business and education. It is doing this by creating a database of best practices in the area of work related learning, which are then analysed with a view to creating themed training packages. This project started in 2002 and lasted 18 months.
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In December 2008 EU leaders adopted a comprehensive package of measures to reduce the EU's contribution to global warming and ensure reliable and sufficient supplies of energy. To increase the use of renewable energy sources the EU has set itself the objective of increasing the proportion of renewable energies in its energy mix by 20% by 2020. Wind Power is by far the most important energy source ...
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