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Managing and adding value to three high-mountain Valencian habitats (Alta Montaña Valencia)

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

...ous data for the whole territory of the Valencian region. This number is expected to increase in future due to a new micro propagation technique that has been established by the Valencian Institute for Agronomic Research that accelerates the production of yew saplings from 2-3 years, to 1-3 months. Furthermore, up to 21,000 seedlings of 23 species have been planted to improve the conservation stat ...
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Wood Quality in Russia and Two-Way Information Service in Forestry (Interreg), Comparison of Harvesting Methods – Impacts on Wood Quality and Overall Performance of Wood Harvesting Companies (Tacis) (Wood Quality in Russia and Two-Way Information Service in Forestry)

Start date: Sep 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...n the Internet service in Russian at www.lesinfo.fi as well as the website in Finnish at www.idanmetsatieto.info. During the project, the cooperation relationships between the Finnish Forest Research Institute and the Faculty of Forest Engineering at Petrozavodsk State University were strengthened, and a cooperation network was created with the harvester companies of the Republic of Karelia.
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WARELA (Water Retention by Land Use) (WARELA)

Start date: Aug 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

...lvement of farmers, foresters, and residents, since changing both user habits and land use will have an impact on water retention and run-off. This technical water project, led by the German Research Institute for Forest Ecology and forestry (Rheinland-Pfalz), which brings together a total of 11 partners from Germany, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland over 4½ years, looks at preventative water re ...
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Training in Forest Road Planning and Building (Tacis)

Start date: Dec 20, 2007, End date: Jun 20, 2009,

...k in the Republic of Karelia is fairly limited, approximately 0.25 km/100 forest hectares. Only approximately 200 kilometres of new forest roads are built annually. According to the Karelian Research Institute of Forest Industry the forest road network covers only one fourth of the current need. In addition, the road structure is not strong enough to support year-round transport use. The most sign ...
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ROGRESS (Promotion and Guidance for Recreation on Ecologically Sensitive Sites) (PROGRESS)

...ve 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 the high level of demand for woodland recreation with wildlife conservation in two ma ...
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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,

...on ToSIA, all cases and the project is available on the Northern ToSIA website (www.northerntosia.org) and on the ToSIA webpage (http://tosia.efi.int). Northern ToSIA was lead by the European Forest Institute, and case studies were implemented together with the partners Forestry Centre of North Karelia (Finland), Forest Research / Forestry Commission (Scotland), Department of Forest Ecology and M ...
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MLEKO

...now-how and experiences, and to improve the quality of milk through life-long education of farmers. The cross-border cooperation was implemented through cooperation with the Agricultural and Forestry Institute Ptuj and farmers from Slovenia which ultimately results in an exchange of expert know-how, experience and examples of good practices regarding hygiene in milk production as implemented in th ...
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Impact of Russian Karelian forests on animal populations in the old-growth forests of Kainuu region

Start date: Aug 31, 2001, End date: Jun 29, 2004,

...ulations were counted extensively with the flight-line method, and the results were recorded in a database. A regional analysis on the forest nature was also purchased from he Finnish Forest Research Institute. Upon the analysis of the research results, it became evident that both the moth and bird populations were strongest by the eastern border in Kainuu and that the border region plays a key ro ...
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Guardians of Environment Framework: An Integrated Approach of Strategies for Prevention of Soil Pollution and Rehabilitation of Harmed Territories  (GuardEn)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

... and individuals of all categories and levels related to its fields of interest. Indicatively: National/Regional/Local Government entities involved in Environmental Protection, Research and Education Institutes, Agencies supporting Sustainable Development and Sustainable Treatment of Natural Resources, Chambers, Employers' Associations, NGOs, Voluntary Organizations, Experts/Consultants of the fie ...
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Local Partnerships for Greener Cities and Regions (GREEN PARTNERSHIPS)

...can be a strong contribution to more energy efficient cities and regions. The backbone of the project we were to develop was cooperation: as Lead Partner coming from the agricultural sector – the Institute for Agriculture and Forestry - maybe it was the historical cooperative approach that was important for the agricultural sector and is becoming a more and more popular and innovative way of conne ...
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Development of a technology transfer centre for fruit production (FruitTechCentre)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2012,

...ainable development of fruit gardening in supported regions by turning over the newest technologies developed and tested at research institutions to the producers.The primary goal of the Latvia State Institute of Fruit-Growing and the Institute of Horticulture under the Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture & Forestry, the project partners, was to establish a joint Technology Transfer Centre ...
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Developing the Pinus Sylvestris L resource 1.16 (DSP)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2010,

...ation between forest management and timber quality. The trip included visits to local pinewoods, processors and manufacturers using Scots pine, a forest nursery and the Forest Extension Institute. This institute offers practical forestry training to woodland owners and managers. A brief presentation about the tour is available on the website and an article was published in the June edition of Scot ...
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Wood Quality in Russia and Two-Way Information Service in Forestry (Interreg), Comparison of Harvesting Methods – Impacts on Wood Quality and Overall Performance of Wood Harvesting Companies (Tacis) (Comparison of Harvesting Methods – Impacts on Wood Quality and Overall Performance of Wood Harvesting Companies (Tacis))

Start date: Aug 3, 2006, End date: Aug 3, 2008,

...et service in Russian at www.lesinfo.fi as well as the website in Finnish at www.idanmetsatieto.info. During the project, the cooperation relationships between the Finnish Forest Research Institute and the Faculty of Forest Engineering at Petrozavodsk State University were strengthened, and a cooperation network was created with the harvester companies of the Republic of Karelia.
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Herb-Rich Forests, Forests of Dencrocopos Leucotus and Western Taigas in North Karelia (Pohjois-Karjala)

Start date: Apr 1, 2001, End date: Mar 31, 2005,

... The project developed new monitoring methods for Diplazium sibiricum and Cinna latifolia, for which the beneficiary received extra funding from the Finnish Environment Institute. Besides the full-time coordinator hired via LIFE, the project provided work for numerous local people on the basis of ad hoc contracts. In total 81,000 euros was spent on restoration work done by local entrepreneurs ...
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Habitat Management and Raptor Conservation in Nestos Delta and Gorge (Nestos)

Start date: Jul 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

...lent quality. Automatic water and sediment monitoring stations were installed at a lagoon and at the main river stream to provide continuous data which is sent automatically to the Fisheries Research Institute of the National Agricultural Research Foundation. A fenced feeding site was set up for birds of prey to replace natural prey that have declined in numbers. This was especially targeted at t ...
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Grouse and tourism in NATURA 2000 areas (Grouse + Natura 2000)

Start date: Nov 1, 2002, End date: Jan 1, 2005,

...ensively used for recreational purposes, such as skiing, and other outdoor sports. This LIFE Co-op project "Grouse and tourism in natura 2000 areas" was launched in 2002 by the State Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg, in co-operation with project partners from Finland, Scotland and Germany. Objectives The ...
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STRENGTHENING OF RESEARCH CAPACITY FOR POPLAR AND WILLOW MULTIPURPOSE PLANTATION GROWING IN SERBIA (STREPOW)

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

"The objective of the project is to strenghten the capacities of researchers to successfully participate in research activities at EU level, reinforcement research infrastructure of the Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, so that it could become the Center of Excellence in the region of Western Balkan Countries for growing of multi purpose poplar and willow plantations in Serbia, aimin ...
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Development of the Croatian soil monitoring programme with a pilot project (SOIL MONITORING)

Start date: Jan 1, 2006, End date: Dec 31, 2008,

... in January 2007 (300 printed copies and 300 CDs). A pilot project was set up to monitor the effects on different soil types on three crops: winter barley, winter wheat and oil seed rape. Croatia's Institute for Soil in Osijek was contracted to monitor six plots containing agricultural soils in the counties of Sisak and Moslavina; the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Zagreb monitored for ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT Our center is an institute where Higher Level Vocational Training, in the fields of Forestry and Natural Environment is taught. We understand that it is essential for specialties mentioned participation in European programs as part of the formation (education), in order to meet professional practice in other countries (research) and then incorporate it into th ...
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Harvesting with Marteloscope Methodology in a European Ring

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...ty of Tampere in Finland, the Vocational Forestry School of Ormea Baruffi in Italy and the training organization Forest Wallonne in Belgium are involved in the project. FCBA, a French Technological Institute will also be a partner in the project. The work programme includes various activities: - Some intellectual outputs such as a website, a virtual platform of marteloscopes called HAMMER and the ...
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New skills for the Landbased Industries

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...al forestry operations in Austria, Finland, Poland and Sweden. As intermediary partners are involved the Forest Entrepreneur Association of Lower Saxony, the forest district Lüneburger Heide of the Institute for Federal Real Estate (BIMA), the Berlin Forest Service and the forestry training centre Gehren in the state of Thuringia. At the NEWLAB project the trainees participated at a 4 week sessi ...
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Competențe europene pentru integrarea pe piata muncii din domeniul silvic

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

...ows that has been carried in Sweden, France institutions specializing in this area. For the need of specialized teachers and staff mobility training has been organized training activities to Forestry Institute and research located in Biri, Norway. The project was based on the idea that skills and competencies learners from initial vocational training provides opportunities for greater integration ...
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Szakmai gyakorlat Finnországban és Lengyelországban

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

The goal of our institute is the continuous development. We want our teachers to become a methodologically prepared workforce being able to answer the challenges of the 21st century. To achieve it we have been and we are ready to participate in competitions. As most of the colleagues got their degrees decades ago they got totally different methodological education and worked with different ...
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Fly Europe 3

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

During the Fly Europe 3 project we will host 3 long-term volunteers, 2 in Eskola, in a small village´s kindergarden and one in Kannus at the Institute of agriculture and forestry as a free-time leader. Both places offer a diverse working environment and activities and a very wide experience of Finnish rural life and Green care. As Eskola is a very active village, operating it´s own social busines ...
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Güncel Arıcılık Sorunlarının Çözümünde Farklı Yaklaşımlar

Start date: Dec 31, 2015, End date: Dec 30, 2016,

...qualifications, and so their personal developments will be achieved. Hereby, the participants will deal with the titles such as the functioning pattern of the “Apiculture Center of the Hellenic Institute” in Greece from the countries of European Union, its working tehniques, its projects, the research organization laboratories and infrastructure, the public-university-private sector cooperation, t ...
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New Skills for the Landbased Industries

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

...ial forestry operations in Austria, Finland, Poland and Sweden. As intermediary partners are involved the Forest Entrepreneur Association of Lower Saxony, the forest district Lüneburger Heide of the Institute for Federal Real Estate (BIMA) and the Berlin Forest Service. At the NEWLAB project the trainees participated at a 3 or 4 week session at a training facility. The project IEFMO focused on you ...
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IMPROFARM -Improvement of Production and Management Processes in Agrigulture Through Transfer of Innovations

...ing e-learning, blended learning and software training tools. The training resources consist of text books, case studies and assessment tools.The project partnership consist of a university, research institute, professional agriculture body, training, research and consultancy organisations. Involved countries are Poland, Italy, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
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Centre of Excellence of Forest-based Industry (LignoSilva)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

...tre of excellence (LignoSilva) in the field of a forestry, wood-processing and a pulp-paper complex involving two major organizations, the National Forest Centre in Zvolen and Pulp and Paper Research Institute in Bratislava in cooperation with the European Forest Institute as a leading research organisations from high performance countries of the EU. LignoSilva will help to strategically transfo ...
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Collaboration to develop a business plan for the Centre of Agriculture and Forestry (SMARTAgriFor)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

... there is already strong support from important stakeholders including regional development authorities ensuring access to European structural funds. Further, 10 universities and 1 public research institute – representing the top performing organizations in the selected scientific domain in Portugal - will support FCT by helping develop SMARTAgriFor’s business plan in collaboration with WUR. This ...
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European Forest Research and Innovation (EUFORINNO)

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

European forests are critical to carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, water quality, socio-demographic stability and economic revenue. The Slovenian Forestry Institute (SFI) is the main national forest research institute in Slovenia with well established European partnerships. SFI’s vision is to become a reference centre for Central and South-Eastern Europe in the European Forest Research an ...
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Assessment and Monitoring of Forest Resources in the Framework of the EU-Russia Space Dialogue (ZAPÁS)

Start date: Aug 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

...ssessment and monitoring. The team consists of a balanced contribution of leading experts from Europe and Russia in the field of Earth observation for forestry and includes a Russian Forest Research Institute which also apply remote sensing techniques. ZAPÁS investigates and cross validates methodologies using both Russian and European Earth observation data to develop a worldwideobservation syste ...
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The implementation of research potential of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry in the European Research Area (WOOD-NET)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

"The project’s objective is to improve the research capacities and to reinforce the S&T potential of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LSIWC) in its scientific excellence with the aim of unlocking its capacity and make it accessible for ERA; to strengthen LSIWC as a central part, which ensures the smooth integration of researchers from convergence and outermost regions in a field vita ...
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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,

Background In Slovenia, problems caused by invasive alien species (IAS) have been overlooked for many years, partly due to the lack of systematic research and monitoring, which has so far only provided limited data to evaluate trends. A 2012 survey revealed that, between 2000 and 2011, the number of alien plant species increased by 11% while alien animal ...
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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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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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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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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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