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Agricultural Need for Sustainable Willow Effluent Recycling

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

... nutrients and is therefore ideally suited to use for the biofiltratfion and bioremediation of effluents and sludges. All three regions (Northern Ireland, border areas of the Republic of Ireland and South West Scotland) have difficulties with the environmentally sustainable disposal of sewage effluents. There are numerous small inefficient treatment works, septic tanks etc. which are causing ser ...
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Living Rhine floodplain near Karlsruhe (Rheinauen Karlsruhe)

Start date: Dec 1, 2004, End date: May 31, 2010,

... At the end of the project, the number of mollusc species had almost doubled. One of the species (Pisidium pseudosphaerium) was recorded during the monitoring surveys for the first time in South-West Germany. (iii) The reshaping of the drainage ditches also had a very rapid positive ecological impact. At one ditch (Neugraben) the population size of the target species, Coenagrion mercuriale, was t ...
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Tiengemeten, restoration of freshwater tidal area in the Haringvliet estuary, the Netherlands (10GEMETEN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2003, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

Background Tiengemeten is an island estuary of the rivers Rhine and Meuse, just south of Rotterdam. Since the last embankment in 1860, Tiengemeten consists of 700 ha arable land and 300 ha reedbeds. As a result of the construction of a dam in 1970, the tidal ebb and flow in the estuary practically ceased. The effect has had serious consequences for the ve ...
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From degraded to active raised bogs pSCI Bargerveen (Bargerveen)

Start date: Nov 1, 2003, End date: Nov 1, 2006,

Background Bargerveen is located in the south-eastern part of the Province of Drenthe and is the most important remnant of the former large bog site, Boertangerveen, which formed the natural border between the Netherlands and Germany. Although the bog still harbours important areas of active raised bog (type 7110) and species-rich Nardus grasslands (type ...
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Demonstration of water saving for watering uses through the experimentation of artificial intelligence integrated in traditional systems of water control (OPTIMIZAGUA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2003, End date: Sep 30, 2006,

... The relevant policy objectives for water quantity are to ensure and promote sustainable water abstraction and sustainable use of surface and ground waters. With the exception of south-west Europe, total water abstractions have decreased over the last decade in Europe. Most sectors have cut their water use through measures such as greater water reuse and improved appliance eff ...
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Lake Pape - conservation, preservation and evolution (Lake Pape)

Start date: Oct 1, 2003, End date: Oct 4, 2007,

Background Lake Pape is an area rich in sensitive and important habitats. It sits in a remote region of south-west Latvia along the Baltic coast close to the border with Lithuania. The 6 800 ha area is a complex mosaic of coastal lagoons and meadows, natural forests, active raised bogs, species-rich grasslands, calcareous fens and coastal dunes. It is o ...
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Prevention of surface water pollution by mining activities (DIFPOLMINE)

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

...ed sites, but large sites require adapted solutions to tackle specific technical and economic challenges. The gold mining site of Salsigne, La Combe du Saut - located to the north of Carcassonne and south of the Black Mountains in South-West France – was the most important of its kind in Europe. Since early in the 20th Century, hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy were used to extract gold from m ...
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Management of Urban Nature 2000 areas in SW Finland (Urban Natura 2000 (Turku))

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

Background This project took place in the hemiboreal zone, a narrow strip along Finland's southern coast close to the cities of Turku, Kaarina and Salo. These areas have a growing population, related to increasing economic activity. Nokia, for example, is a major employer in Salo. Population growth has both direct and indirect impacts on the Natura 2000 s ...
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Conservation management in Strofylia-Kotychi (Strofylia-Kotychi)

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

...in Prokopos lagoon in order to monitor water parameters. The aquatic plant communities were studied since they are critical indicators of the conservation status of the lagoons. A canal was opened in south Kotychi. The dredgings were laid on Kotychi islet thus raising it to a height of 40 cm, thereby rendering the site dry for the nesting period of birds. Two large canals were opened inside Koty ...
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Conservation of european mink (Mustela lutreola) in Castilla y Léon (Visón Castilla y León)

Start date: Jan 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2004,

...-populations. The eastern one, in north-eastern Russia, is rapidly disappearing due to the introduction of a competitor, the American mink (M. vison). The western sub-population, is only found in the south-west of France and northern Spain, where in the last few decades its area of distribution has shrunk by some 70%. When the project began there were only about 800 adults left in an area of 40 00 ...
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Integration of spatial environmental information across different themes, scales, resolutions and uses : added value of facilitating mechanisms (ENVIFACILITATE)

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

...d water bodies; and a viewer presenting coastal data from three countries. The project supported the networking of spatial information actors at regional level through the Lounaispaikka network in South-West Finland and developed an interactive service tool to allow the general public to engage in regional planning. The project directly contributed to the Finnish National Strategy of Spatial In ...
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Improvement of waste oil management in North-West Russia and South-East Finland (Clean Oil - CO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

The overall aim of the project is reduction of negative impact of oil waste on soil, water, air and quality of human`s life in the regions of South-East Finland and North-West Russia. Specific objectives are elimination of negative factors caused by imperfective system of collecting, transportation and recycling of waste oils in Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad Regions; Development of cross-border c ...
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CLIMAWAT

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

...tion et de la rétention des contaminants.- Evaluation des risques et gestion des ressources en eaux souterraines. ----------------Main objective :In South East England and North West France, temperatures have increased over the last century by about 1 C°/ 33.8°F: Periods of infiltration entering groundwater systems (recharge) higher or lower than normal can affect groundwater quality. The CLIMAW ...
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Maximising Green Heritage (MaxiGreen)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

...l conference on managing heritage landscapes with cross border recommendationsPlans and strategies- In the Province of Antwerp: one master plan for the project region- In Essex: a vision document for South Essex highlighting the main Green heritage sites and the integration of the Hadleigh farm site.- In Marck; the purchase of the quarry as part of the house of Nature, developments of a master pla ...
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Northern Environmental Education Development 1.3 (NEED)

Start date: Jan 6, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2010,

...an educational footpath with 26 signposts presenting geology and culture of the area.More information see: http://nppoutcomes.eu/, Title: Learning Environment for geo-education for schools at the South region of Vatnajökull National Park Courses and fieldtrips for schools to raise knowledge about geology and nature and a Masters Course in Management of Protected Areas and in Environmental and Cult ...
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artnership Centre for Clusters and Enterprises (PACCLE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Oct 30, 2011,

...d clusters generating common developments and investments.The target group of the project consists of the operating export-oriented clusters of Csongrád County and Bács-Kiskun County; North Bačka, South Bačka, West Bačka, North Banat and Central Banat, and those enterprises that Endeavour to establish partnerships with operators of the same sector.The services and trainings to be established in th ...
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Restoring Mineral Sites for Biodiversity. People and the Economy across North West Europe (RESTORE)

Start date: May 10, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

...lgium has been conducted by VLM which will inform the reed marsh restoration and water purification plan at the site. IKL undertook habitat management measures at abandoned historical quarries in South Limburg, NL to encourage midwife and/or yellow-bellied toad population growth. In addition, several small, temporary breeding waters for yellow-bellied toads were created and four breeding ponds for ...
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Sail West

Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

...tland and the island of Ireland that will benefit both sides of the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Approaches. These linkages are not only from the West but also in the case of Sligo and Donegal from the South. The programme is concerned with all aspects of the sea and marine leisure activities and builds on linkages that already exist in the zone.Areas of expertise have been developed in partner loca ...
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Szennyvízkezelés Panyidaróc És Szente Községekben/ Výstavba ČOV a kanalizácie v Panických Dravciach a Szente (Szennyvízkezelés Panyidaróc-Szente / ČOV a kanalizácia P.Dravce a Szente)

Start date: Nov 30, 2010, End date: Nov 29, 2012,

Municipality Panické Dravce lies in south-west part of Lucenec fold in the right side of Ipeľ river basin. People work mainly in agriculture and services. Between weeknesses of municipality belong poor infrastructure, low level of quality life, high unemployment rate and raising migration of inhabitants. Municipality is the member of Micro-region Pri Velických jazerách. The project for sewage t ...
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Wetlands, Algae and Biogas (WAB)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

...l cycles.The SB area has a strong tourism sector with high recreational values that are negatively influenced by algae accumulating along the coast. There is an obvious gap in the SB-area between the south-east and north-west when it comes to handling the problems with eutrophication. One important aim of the project is to reduce this gap by transfer of knowledge, ideas and techniques within the r ...
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Restoration of degraded lowland raised bogs on three Cumbrian SCI/SACs (Cumbrian BogsLIFE+)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

... Objectives The Cumbrian BogsLIFE+ project targets the restoration of degraded lowland raised bog within three Natura 2000 network sites: Bolton Fell Moss, South Solway Mosses, and Roundsea Wood and Mosses. These sites have a combined area of 2 807 ha, representing around 50% of lowland raised bogs in Cumbria. The project sites have been particularly dam ...
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Role of the Indian Monsoon on Global Climate Change (Monsoon)

Start date: Jul 22, 2011, End date: Jul 21, 2013,

The monsoon system in the Indian Ocean exerts a strong influence upon the climatic conditions in south and Southeast Asia and the associated monsoon rainfall have great impact on the socio-economic and agriculture development in the densely populated south Asia. Therefore, understanding and predicting the monsoon behavior in response to global change is a high scientific priority. Most of the mons ...
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Vegetation dynamics and ecosystem services provision in a fragmented landscape in response to global change (DYVERSE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2014,

...tool by adapting and coupling BIOMOVE, an existing landscape modelling shell, to existing ecosystem services models, in order to simulate vegetation dynamics in the Monteregie (a case study region in south west Quebec), a biodiversity-rich area with a highly fragmented landscape. The model will be combined with projections from regional climate models and planned land use changes in the Monteregie ...
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Development of a tri-generation solar heating and COOLing System including the Use of the heat extracted from the adsorptioN chiller re-cooling circuit (COOLSUN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

...r energy injection on demand. The proposed concept has the potential to enable the full thermal autonomy to any inhabited building under the Mediterranean climate. This is why 5 SMEs from different southern European countries have asked Enersun, Honeywell, SWT, InvenSor and LNEG, acting as RTD Performers, to validate the technical and economical potential of this new solar heating and cooling syst ...
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Balanced European Conservation Approach – ICT services for resource saving in social housing (BECA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

...is achieved by addressing not only energy but water, by including all key energy forms - electricity, gas and heating - and by including strong activities in Eastern Europe as well as in the North, South and West of the EU.Social housing organisations in 7 European countries (Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Serbia) and their partners are cooperating in the project to provi ...
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Improving Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserves

Start date: Oct 5, 2015, End date: Feb 4, 2017,

...eel this would be a perfect opportunity to meet the needs of both Scottish Wildlife Trust and the volunteer. The objectives of our new project are to work with EVS volunteers in 2 areas (North East & South West Scotland) and to focus on improving a number of reserves for the medium to long term. We aim to make volunteers much more employable by providing 12 month placements with varied work expe ...
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Acteurs du territoire pour une éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale

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

...formal and non-formal education. Their goal was sustainable development and international solidarity. Our new partnership is enriched by the participation of a Romanian region, the Judet of Dolj (South-West Oltenia region).Our objectives are clear and easily measurable. We wish to improve the quality of educational programs by developing an innovative approach and new teaching practices in order t ...
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ONEWORLD- CULTURECAFE

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

...heir stories, listen, play and sing their music, see films, do acrobatics eat their food and drink coffee and tea together. In the first project part from 22.02-22.03.2015 taking place in South Siberia (Russia) 3 groups of Young people from Russia and Germany build the material basics for this mobile Cafe : One Yurt in lightweight bamboo style, One little Block house , furnitures and Interieurs f ...
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Conservation and restoration of alluvial forests and bog woodland in Brandenburg (LIFE Feuchtwälder)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2022,

Background The LIFE project is located in the north, north-west and south of Berlin and takes in 10 Natura 2000 sites located within three riverine systems. Bog woodlands are important stepping stones and hotspots of biodiversity habitats within the otherwise rather species-low environment. The limited occurrence of this habitat hinders its functionality ...
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Sustainable land use management for the conservation of the freshwater pearl mussel (LIFE Kerry)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

...and nutrients from forestry and farming. Objectives The KerryLIFE project is taking place in Natura 2000 network areas in south-west Ireland, within the Killarney National Park, which includes Macgillycuddy's Reeks and the Caragh River catchment, and the Blackwater River site in Kerry. The project’s objectives are: T ...
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Quantifying sources and residence time of contaminated sediment in human-impacted river basins: an integrated approach (SedSRes)

Start date: Jul 11, 2011, End date: Jul 10, 2013,

...and residence times of contaminated sediment in river basins affected by industrial, mining and agricultural pollution. Development of the integrated approach will be undertaken in the River Tamar in south-west England, which is a predominantly agricultural basin with an extensive metal mining history. As such it offers a natural laboratory for exploration of key sediment-associated pollutants. Th ...
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ECOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF ACID DRAINAGE (LIFE-ETAD)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background Social and economic development in the south-west of the Iberian Peninsula - mainly Huelva, Spain - has been strongly associated with intensive mining in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). This belt of land - approximately 250 km long and 30-50 km wide – is a notable source of volcanic and sediment-hosted deposits of sulphide. Its original reserv ...
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improved HEAt Recovery in clay roof Tiles an bricks production (LIFE HEART)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

...low temperature and corrosion resistant heat exchanger (on the kiln fumes) and an industrial ammonia heat pump (on the dryer fumes). The pilot system will be installed in a roof tile factory in south-west France. The recovered heat will pre-heat the air inflow into the dryer. The water condensed by the heat pump will be reused to moisturise clay for the shaping of the products in place of the us ...
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Restoration and conservation of Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior in the Kaszo area (KASZO-LIFE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Background The basic threat to the project area, the Natura 2000 network sites of the West-Inner-Somogy natural micro region (south-west Hungary), is a decrease in groundwater levels caused by diminishing total annual rainfall; the earlier demolition of natural water-retaining landforms; and forced drainage of land as a flood prevention measure. With th ...
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Development of an urban green infrastructure in the Chanteloup loop (SeineCityPark)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

... create an active 1.4 km strip where an ecological transition will be implemented between park and city. The project will develop ecological infrastructure to link the Park to the Seine in the south and the rest of the green network in the north - the Hautil Massif. This aims to allow the free movement of land animals, birds, insects, amphibians and dragonflies across the urbanised territory. It ...
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Establishment of Impact Assessment Procedure as a tool for the sustainability of agroecosystem: the case of mediterranean olives (SAGE10)

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

...ible to summer fires similar to the 2007 fires that devastated large areas of the Peloponnese. Such land also becomes an easier target for unsustainable development. There are already examples in the South-West Peloponnese of ancient olive groves being replaced by water-thirsty golf courses in order to promote tourism. The lack of a systematic and focused advisory service is a contributory factor ...
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Restoration of habitats in the Federsee bog (ReHa Federseemoor) (ReHa Federseemoor)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

... The Federsee bog, in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg, covers an area of 2 920 ha and is designated a Natura 2000 site. It is the largest bog in south-west Germany and includes several habitats listed in Annex I of the Habitats Directive: Molinia meadows on chalk and clay (6410), eutrophic tall herbs (6430), alkaline fens (7230), raised bogs sui ...
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The re-introduction of allis shad (Alosa alosa) in the Rhine System (LIFE-Projekt Maifisch)

Start date: Jan 1, 2007, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

...med to achieve a self-sustaining population that would return to the same river to breed in the future without the need for ongoing restocking activities. It aimed to develop a breeding programme in South-West France, where the fish is still found naturally. It then planned to transport the larvae and restock the Rhine and its tributaries in Germany. The project sought to meet the following sign ...
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Connecting 3 pSCI around the Hoeksche Waard for Root Vole (Vlietmonding)

Start date: Feb 23, 2006, End date: Dec 23, 2008,

Background The island of Hoeksche Waard in the south-west of the Netherlands contains three pSCIs: Haringvliet, Hollandsch Diep and Oude Maas. All three are important areas for root vole (Microtus oeconomus subsp. arenicola). This subspecies is endemic to the low-lying parts of the Netherlands. It is estimated to be a relic of the Ice Age and is found in ...
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Restoration and Management of Biodiversity in the Marine Park Site Arrábida-Espichel (Biomares)

Start date: Jan 1, 2007, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

Background The Natura 2000 site Arrábida-Espichel is located just south of Lisbon, on the west coast of Portugal. The site was classified as an SCI due to the high marine biodiversity of the area, including more than 1 100 marine species of fauna and flora. Seagrass meadows in the site guaranteed shelter and food to the juveniles of many species of marin ...
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