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Partnership for Biodiversity Protection in Viticulture in Europe

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

The loss of biodiversity, alongside climate change, is currently one of the largest and most important challenges. It is believed that the current rate of species extinction, due to human influences, is several times higher than the natural extinction rate. Agriculture is the most important land use in Europe, with around 50% of the surface used for agricultural production. The relationship betwee ...
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Enabling consumer action towards top energy-efficient products (TOPTEN ACT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

TOPTEN ACT aims at empowering consumers to ACT: to purchase top energy-efficient products that will save energy over their lifetime.TOPTEN ACT develops a comprehensive market transformation strategy targeting consumers, manufacturers, retailers, large buyers, consumer associations and other key actors in 16 European countries, covering a combined population of 447 Mio inhabitants. It works with th ...
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ProCold: Empowering stakeholders to deliver highly energy efficient professional cold products (ProCold)

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

The general objective of the project is to empower private stakeholders and public authorities in adapting and enforcing EU and national energy efficiency policies in the sector of professional cold products. A specific objective is to ensure more energy efficient professional cold products enter the EU market and increase their market shares, thereby contributing to the EU’s energy efficiency goa ...
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TAXUS – Restoring yew thickets [9580 * Mediterranean Taxus baccata woods] (LIFE TAXUS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

...uture, the area will only be subjected to natural disturbances. The project’s results will directly reach 30 thousand people through the Quercus Ambiente newspaper (which has a bimonthly circulation of 10 thousand). The project will also target 10 thousand basic and high school students and teachers. Dissemination materials will include: 10 thousand flyers; 1500 brochures; 5000 posters; An ...
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Collection and recycling of expanded polystyrene (EPS) in the urban zone of Valladolid (LIFE COLRECEPS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2016,

Background Society’s consumption patterns continue to increase at a rate that is considered unsustainable in the longer term. Waste volumes remain a growing problem for EU Member States. For example, waste streams in landfills from used expanded polystyrene (EPS) have increased dramatically in recent years. EPS is not biodegradable and because of its lo ...
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MacLehose Press Publishing Programme

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

... the Creative Europe Programme because it will see works written in six lesser used languages (Swedish, Italian, Croatian, Dutch, Icelandic and Norwegian) translated into English. As MacLehose Press/Quercus Editions have strong links with book retailers across Europe, this will inevitably lead to wider circulation of the works within and around Europe.MacLehose Press is an imprint of Quercus Editi ...
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INTERNATIONAL TEAMWORK AS A METHOD TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS INCLUSIVE OF DIVERSITY

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

Our society of knowledge demands high quality training and education for everybody, which leads to a revision of our organizational and teaching methods at school, paying special attention to the pupils’ diversity and their context. Lower rates of school failure and the decrease of early dropouts from school must be priorities in our projects, especially when we come to the realization that citize ...
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“Brick stones – made in Europe”- The way housing influences our lives in a common Europe

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

This project aims to involve teachers and students of seven secondary schools from all over Europe in a common project about housing. The participants from Austria, German, Greece, Italy,Romania, Spain and Sweden will be made aware of how living conditions influence people in their personal and social lives. Comparing their own way of living with that of their partners’ they will get insights o ...
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ECOTONE – Management of riparian habitats towards the conservation of endangered invertebrates (ECOTONE)

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

Background Alder forests (Alnus glutinosa) commonly grow on the banks of rivers with permanent water flows. This habitat is at its optimum in the middle of river courses. Past human activity has led to a reduction of many alder forests and much of this habitat is now limited to thin rows of trees located in single lines directly at the riparian edge. ...
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BIRDWATCH, The first integral and modular mobility and security solution for smart parking management (BIRDWATCH)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

...ransportation system and traffic flow. BirdWatch will also contribute to reduce pollution, fuel waste and stress thus providing environmental and economic benefits to the cities.The feasibility study Quercus intends to conduct will assess which markets are more inclined to accept the solution and will evaluate if our initial marketing plan is realistic and could be effectively implemented. Quercus ...
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Innovative actions against illegal poisoning in EU Mediterranean pilot areas. (Innovation against poison)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Background The use of poisoned bait is forbidden under annex VI of the Habitats Directive. However, its use is deeply rooted in many European rural areas where natural predation by feral dogs and cats can have an effect on rural economic activities. Baits are commonly though not exclusively used in hunting (normally for small game). Some livestock owners, ...
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HIGRO – Demonstrative Actions for the Conservation of Priority Habitats in Northern Mountain Areas in Portugal (HIGRO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Background Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with heather (Erica ciliaris) and species-rich Nardus grasslands on siliceous substrates are common on the supra-temperate and supra-Mediterranean levels of granitic mountains in Northern and Central Portugal. These habitat types are usually found in a mosaic landscape, frequently on the edge of peat ecosystems. H ...
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Conservation of Natural and Semi-natural Habitats in the "Serras de Aire e Candeeiros" (Habitats Conservation)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Background Calcareous habitats are characteristically alkaline. Calcareous literally means being mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate, or in other words, containing lime or being chalky. Calcareous conditions are of vital importance for the conservation of several taxa and their habitats. The SCI of Serra de Aires e Candeeiros includes one of P ...
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Developing Innovation and Research Environment in five European Regions in the field of Sustainable Use of Biomass Resources (BIOCLUS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

The BIOCLUS objective is to boost the regional competitiveness and growth in five European cluster regions: Wielkopolska (Poland), Slovakia, Western Macedonia (Greece), Navarre (Spain) and Central Finland. The project promotes collaboration and integration and supports the sustainable development of research related communities by • Promoting expertise competence at the cluster and consortium leve ...
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BEYOND WORDS: The communication of concepts, ideas and universal values through the alternative language of art.

...communication of concepts, ideas and universal values drawing on the wealth of the alternative languages of art: music, painting and sculpture.The partnership, coordinated by the Spanish school IESO QUERCUS, was made up by eight schools of different European countries, geographically and culturally distant: BULGARIA, FINLAND, GREECE, ITALY, NETHERLAND, ROMANIA, SPAIN and TURKEYEach school did re ...
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