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The rescue of endemic priority plant species Minuartia smejkalii (Life for Minuartia)

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

Background Minuartia smejkalii is a postglacial flowering plant that is endemic to the Czech Republic. A type of sandwort, M. smejkalii is nowadays only found in two Natura 2000 network sites in the country. However, its population has undergone a 65% decline in the last five years and in some parts of the project sites it is already extinct. The main cau ...
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Effective Management of Pests and Harmful Alien Species - Integrated Solutions (EMPHASIS)

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

EMPHASIS is a participatory research project addressing native and alien pests threats (insect pests, pathogens, weeds) for a range of both natural ecosystems and farming systems (field crops, protected crops, forestry, orchards and amenity plants).The overall goal is to ensure a European food security system and the protection of biodiversity and of ecosystems services while developing integrated ...
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Life in a cold climate: the adaptation of cereals to new environments and the establishment of agriculture in Europe (ADAPT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

"This project explores the concept of agricultural spread as analogous to enforced climate change and asks how cereals adapted to new environments when agriculture was introduced into Europe. Archaeologists have long recognized that the ecological pressures placed on crops would have had an impact on the spread and subsequent development of agriculture, but previously there has been no means of di ...
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Wheat and barley Legacy for Breeding Improvement (WHEALBI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

WHEALBI will combine genomics, genetics and agronomy to improve European wheat and barley production in competitive and sustainable cropping systems. Germplasm representing the species diversity will be selected and characterised in unprecedented detail by next-generation-sequencing. Life history and adaptive traits will be evaluated in both transnational field experiments and a state-of-the-art p ...
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BACterial Hosts for production of Bioactive phenolics from bERRY fruits (BacHBerry)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Plants synthesize a staggering variety of secondary metabolites, and this chemodiversity is a poorly used pool of natural molecules with bioactive properties of importance for applications in the pharma and food industries. BacHBerry focusses on phenolic compounds, a large and diverse class of plant metabolites, which are currently in the spotlight due to their claimed beneficial effects in preven ...
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PLANT AND FOOD BIOSECURITY (PLANTFOODSEC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

This project will focus on biological threats having the capacity to affect and damage agriculture, infect plants and ultimately affect the food and feed at any stage in the food supply chain.Traditional thinking and planning regarding bioterrorism has focused primarily on humans as the primary target. If the perpetrator’s objectives can be met solely through the creation of human illness, death a ...
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Seed health: development of seed treatment methods, evidence for seed transmission and assessment of seed health (TESTA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Healthy seed are key to high crop yields, underpinning European and global food security. A wide range of diseases and pests are carried by seed and as well as spreading and increasing old problems, new problems may be introduced into the European Community countries via this route. There are currently opportunities to improve seed quality control by implementing emerging novel methodologies. The ...
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Optimising plant polyphenols in LEGUMES for ruminant nutrition PLUS health PLUS environmental sustainability (LEGUMEPLUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Europe must face the Grand Challenges of climate change and global warming, which will seriously affect the production of foods, including animal feeds. Tightening supplies of energy, foods and feeds will further impact on food security. Feeding animals in Europe with large quantities of imported soyabeans is not sustainable. ‘Home-grown’ protein sources, such as forage legumes, offer a valuable a ...
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Establishment of the Pannon Seed Bank for the long-term ex situ conservation of Hungarian vascular wild plants (HUSEEDBANK)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

...annonian Seed Bank; Establish storage capacity capacities for duplicates at two geographically different locations: in a mine in the Aggtelek National Park, and at the Institute of Ecology and botany Botany in Vácrátót; Select seed bank samples to be used for pilot reintroduction in a typical sand steppe community with priority habitats in the Kiskunság National Park, a Natura 2000 site; and ...
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Impacts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Carbon Stocks (I-REDD+)

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

At COP15 in Copenhagen one outcome was a commitment to develop a mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing carbon stocks (REDD+). There is, however, only a limited research basis for such a mechanism particularly with regard to the need for understanding and monitoring the impact of REDD+ activities on climate effectiveness, cost effici ...
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Increasing Sustainability of European Forests: Modelling for Security Against Invasive Pests and Pathogens under Climate Change (ISEFOR)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

"European forests are under unprecedented threat from the combined forces of climate change and large increases in the numbers of alien invasive pests and pathogens resulting from changes in patterns of global trade. Interactions between climate change, including likely changes in both mean temperatures and precipitation, will have serious impacts on the susceptibility of forest ecosystems to dama ...
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Actions for the conservation of coastal dunes with Juniperus spp. in Crete and the South Aegean (Greece) (JUNICOAST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Background ‘Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.’ is a priority habitat (code 2250*) of the Habitats Directive. The habitat typically comprises juniper species of different morphological forms. The vegetation can vary from dense to sparse, and it may overlap with other coastal habitat types. Over the last decades, the habitat has been subjected to severe ...
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Origins and spread of agriculture in the south-western Mediterranean region (AGRIWESTMED)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

"This project focuses on one of the most fascinating events of the long history of the human species: the origins and spread of agriculture. Research over the past 40 years has provided an invaluable dataset on crop domestication and the spread of agriculture into Europe. However, despite the enormous advances in research there are important areas that remain almost unexplored, some of immense int ...
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Nature and Nurture of the Northern Baltic Sea (NANNUT)

Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

The coastline of the Northern Baltic sea constitutes of a mosaic of islands and bays with a very heterogeneous submerged landscape.The archipelago of Finland,Åland and Sweden is naturally nutrient rich and very productive with unique and species rich flora community.The shallow bays and shelterd archipelago areas are also important for the reproduction of a number of fish species and provide the f ...
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Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases for Life (4D4Life)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

A coherent classification and species checklist of the world's plants, animals, fungi and microbes is fundamental for accessing information about biodiversity. The Catalogue of Life provides the world with a unique service: a dynamically updated global index of validated scientific names, synonyms and common names integrated within a single taxonomic hierarchy.The Catalogue of Life was initiated a ...
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Genomics for Triticeae improvement (TriticeaeGenome)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2012,

For many years the size and complexity of the wheat, barley and rye genomes have hampered the development of genomics and its application to produce Triticeae crops with improved composition and characteristics. Recently, however, new and more efficient scientific capabilities and resources have been developed that allows robust genomic programs to be established for the Triticeae. TriticeaeGenome ...
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Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region (COHIBA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

...f the EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy.The project had 22 partners in 8 Baltic Sea region (BSR) countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) was the lead partner. Partners presented various branches including national authorities, municipalities, research institutes, NGOs and an intergovernmental organisation - HELCOM. The d ...
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Novel flavour and fragrance molecules from native chinese flora (NFFM)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2010,

...l be supplemented with training in general and scientific project management. With these new skills and techniques the fellow will return to the State Key Laboratory for Phytochemistry at the Kunming Institute of Botany, where she is currently an Assistant Professor, to establish a new research group to investigate the aromatic plants of Yunnan for species with economic potential.The project provi ...
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ECOlogical NETwork for the promotion of convergent conservation strategies in COastal HAbitatS of CommuniTy significance (ECONET COHAST)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Mar 30, 2008,

...ologies in ARCHIMED region to assess landscape scale processes and deliver guidelines for conservation management of coastal habitats in the long term. Objectives: • Establish a network of research institutes and local authorities involved in coastal habitats management • Establish a common knowledge base on Environmental Impact Assessment and Decision Support for coastal habitats • Training of re ...
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FOWARA (Problems in the Realisation of Forested Water Retention Areas : Natural and Social Scientific Studies in the River Rhine Catchment) (FOWARA)

Start date: May 31, 2002, End date: Jul 30, 2006,

The project addresses problems in the realisation of forested water-retention areas by way of natural and social-scientific studies in the river Rhine catchment area. Its objective is to develop and test strategies for the sustainable management and formulate recommendations for decision-makers. Involving ten partners from Germany, France and the Netherlands, and led by the University of Freiburg, ...
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Conservation of Abies nebrodensis (Lojac) Mattei in situ and ex situ (Nebrodensis)

Start date: Sep 1, 2001, End date: Aug 31, 2005,

Background The area of Polizzi Generosa in the Parco delle Madonie in northern Sicily – situated within two proposed Sites of Community Interest (pSCI) – is host to the only population in the world of Sicilian firs (Abies nebrodensis), a species endemic to Sicily (and a priority species within the meaning of the Habitats Directive). This population, h ...
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Partnership and Participation for a Sustainable Tomorrow

The Comenius network "Partnership and Participation for a Sustainable Tomorrow",SUPPORT, has been established in order to address the need to enhance the quality ofeducational practices and material in line with the challenges of sustainabledevelopment (SD). The overall objective is to promote education for sustainabledevelopment (ESD) in European schools. The project will bring concepts and issue ...
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Development of best practice model Doctoral Schools for structured PhD programme implementation in Ukraine and Georgia

Start date: Oct 15, 2010,

Asp2PhD aims to reform doctoral education in Ukraine and Georgia by establishing two national best practice model doctoral schools that operate in real world university environments, efficiently and effectively administering a minimum of 5 structured PhD study programmes that each conform to EHEA principles and standards. Academic faculty and research staff will be trained in PhD supervision, rese ...
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Conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity in Lake Druksiai: transboundary wetland complex of international importance (Conservation, cooperation, biodiversity)

High biological diversity is characteristicof Lake Drūkšiai (shared by Lithuania andBelarus). It is the largest lake in Lithuaniaholding numerous rare and protectedspecies and habitats as well as more than30 protected bird species.The project safeguards and enhances the biodiversity of this territory throughconservation and sustainable managementof the critical species and their habitats,and impro ...
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