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Borderless Wilderness Border – Multimedia Education and Production Project

Start date: Jul 31, 2004, End date: Jul 14, 2006,

This project was an education and production project, and was a joint effort by companies, communities andeducational institutions in the communications industry. The project was to gather experience and knowledgeregarding creating and implementing a bilingual cross-border multimedia product. The goal was to distribute theproduct created during the project, in the same format in Finnish and Russia ...
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Developing and furnishing the Zipringa Wilderness Center

Start date: Sep 17, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

The project consisted of two simultaneous projects, of which one included investments and the other development. The Zipringa Wilderness Center, located on the Russian side of the border, was constructed on the isthmus between Lake Paanajärvi and Lake Zipringa, near the village of Niska. Idän Revontulet Oy planned to implement investments in both Finland and Russia through a joint-venture company ...
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Oulanka-Paanajärvi – wilderness, experiences and well-being (Tacis)

Start date: Jul 31, 2006, End date: Jul 31, 2008,

The project was created from the need to secure and strengthen the status of the Oulanka-Paanajärvi twin park, bothdomestically and internationally, as an attraction and a resource. By improving the conditions for nature tourism, thelocal development could be positively influenced by creating opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship.The sustainability of functions is a prerequisite for th ...
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LIFE+ Wilderness Wetland Wachau (LIFE+ Wilderness Wachau)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

...orests and to improve the conservation status of several species protected under the Habitat and Birds Directives. In order to achieve this aim, the project plans to: Establish the protection of the wilderness areas of the islands of Schönbühel and Pritzenau; Restore alluvial forests in areas currently used as orchards and dominated by non-native tree species; Create a free-flowing side arm ...
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Oulanka-Paanajärvi – wilderness, experiences and well-being (Interreg)

Start date: Aug 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The project was created from the need to secure and strengthen the status of the Oulanka-Paanajärvi twin park, bothdomestically and internationally, as an attraction and a resource. By improving the conditions for nature tourism, thelocal development could be positively influenced by creating opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship.The sustainability of functions is a prerequisite for th ...
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Protection of aapa mire wilderness in Ostrobothnia and Kainuu (Olvassuo)

Start date: Dec 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

...onsists of priority habitats: aapa mires (65 percent), virgin forests, raised bogs and bog woodlands. Olvassuo is one of Europe's most impressive bird nesting areas, and Litokaira is the last natural wilderness area south of the Arctic Circle in Europe for aapa mires, boreal virgin forests and bog woodlands. The fauna of the area includes the flying squirrel (Pteromys volans), brown bear (Ursus a ...
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Wilderness ventures – A Training on Outdoor Educat

Start date: Dec 1, 2012,

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Through the river valleys – through the wilderness of culture (Zawady-Šalčininkai)

Start date: Jan 3, 2010, End date: Nov 2, 2011,

The project consists of many cultural events combining Polish and Lithuanian traditions and contemporary forms. It aims at strengthening social coherence on both sides of the border and supporting sustainable development of the region, which is known for its natural valuable areas. The representatives of the Zawady commune, school in Zawady and gymnasium in Šalčininkai will take part in several jo ...
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Wilderness ventures – challenging youth at risk

Start date: Aug 1, 2011,

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Grote NeteWoud: wilderness on a human scale (LIFE Grote NeteWoud)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Background Wet and dry heath vegetation, bogs, mires and lowland river systems covered much of the Campine region in north-eastern Belgium, until the early 20th century, when industrialisation, urbanisation and intensification of agricultural practices largely destroyed this natural landscape mosaic. The project area lies within the southern limit of the ...
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Kuterevo – coexistence of wilderness and civilization

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

Mathilde, from France, and Zuzana, from Slovakia, spent 6 months as EVS volunteers with Velebitska udruga Kuterevo, in the small village of Kuterevo, in Velebit mountains, Croatia. During their service, they contributed to activities of the organisation, in the Kuterevo Bear Refuge and the Volunteers’ Station. They helped with daily needs of the project, maintaining the facilities, guiding visitor ...
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Jordskott

Start date: Nov 9, 2013, End date: May 8, 2017,

Jordskott is a chilling ten-episode drama/mystery thriller using the Swedish wilderness as a backdrop. The series deals with themes such as how far we are willing to go to protect the ones we love the most, and what the consequences are if we allow ourselves to be governed by selfishness and greed. The driving plot is about the protagonist Eva Thörnblads struggle to find out what happened to her d ...
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Strengthening Knowmads' international learning partnerships and further professionalise staff in management and teaching capacities

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

...sting Transformation" Conference (Croatia) "Multisensual Facilitation" at the Academy for Visionautics (Germany, IPTL member) Job Shadowing at The European Academy of Healing Arts (Germany) "Hands-On Wilderness Living" at Paradiso Ritrovato ReWild (Italy) As mentioned in this application, the methodology used will be thorough, varied and always aligned with our values of innovation, openness, tran ...
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Ljudi i medvjedi - Kuterevo

Start date: Aug 1, 2011,

People and bears – Kuterevo is a 12-month long EVS service that is taking place in a mountain village – Kuterevo, where people live together with bears and wilderness also called Kuterevo. The goal of the EVS project is to provide a unique learning experience for Amelie, Zoe and local community, to empower the organization’s capacities and to promote volunteering, and cultural and biological diver ...
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Call of the Wild North

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

The intention of the project was to develop a well-functioning and effi cient business partnership network to produce nature and wilderness tourism services in Russian Karelia. Th e central parties of the network would be Wild North and its partnership entrepreneurs that operate in North Karelia along with their networks, the Tourism and Sports Committee of the Republic of Karelia, and Russian ent ...
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Adventureship

Start date: Jan 1, 2011,

.... It focuses on participating in activities with perceived risks. Adventure education includes cooperative games, trust-building activities, problem solving initiatives, high adventure activities and wilderness expeditions as a part of an educational pursuit. Physical and mental challenges are designed as metaphors for professional challenges in the organisations. The unfamiliar settings and tasks ...
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New Norway

Start date: Dec 2, 2015, End date: Jun 1, 2018,

This creative documentary is a “Wild West” story set in the raw beauty of the Finnish Lapland wilderness. With humour and irony the film explores the conflict between Sami reindeer herders, Norwegian adventure snowmobilers and tourist development through the eyes of Ingá-Máret, a young Sami woman.Ingá-Máret has to fight not only against the arriving foreigners to protect her reindeer but also aga ...
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The Borderless Sky / Der grenzenlose Himmel

Start date: Nov 28, 2014, End date: May 27, 2018,

...he world where the artificial lights of civilization have yet to intrude. They travel by day and work through the night, gather food and supplies, locate trustworthy guides, and trek far into the wilderness – all while the universe’s merciless clock is ticking. Astronomical phenomena are fleeting, and never wait for human endeavour. Can they make it there in time?(see a trailer at https://vimeo.c ...
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In@natura - bridleways: connecting structures and tourist enhancement in the Cormor valley

Start date: Jan 31, 2004, End date: May 30, 2007,

...with new entertainment opportunities by means of itineraries that can be enjoyed on foot, by bicycle, mountain bike or on horseback. Specifically, In@natura is a naturalistic track winding across the wilderness for around thirty km, along the Cormor stream in the municipalities of Tavagnacco, Pagnacco, Tricesimo, Colloredo di Monte Albano, Cassacco, Treppo Grande and Buja. This project also connec ...
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Wasser - Wildnis - Optimisation of NATURA-2000-habitats in the National Park Eifel (Wald)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...rtance). The SCIs of the project area are characterised by deciduous forests, meadows rich in species, rocks with pioneer-vegetation and stream water-systems. The characteristic water, forest and wilderness habitats support a number of rare or endangered animal and plant species. The conservation status of four important forest habitat types – “Luzulo-Fagetum beech forests”, “Asperulo-Fa ...
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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,

... freshwater tidal landscape. Three spheres would be created, where nature, recreation and the cultural remains of the history all have their place. Nature dominates the largest part called ‘the Wilderness’ (Wildernis). The central and easily accessible part demonstrates the richness of the ecology called ‘the Wealth’ (Weelde). These two spheres were part of the LIFE-project. Parallel to t ...
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Bringing Regional Protected Areas of the Leningrad region (Russian Federation) into European Context (PAs for LIFE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2005, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

...ly. In some cases, regional PAs do not have on-site management, developed infrastructure or an operational centre. Improving the effectiveness of regional PAs is important for the preservation of wilderness and the development of an operational network of PAs. Objectives The objective of the project was to achieve the s ...
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Testing and scaling of an electro-magnetic power on line generator for remote areas (POLG)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

...n many locations due to harsh environment or the extreme weather conditions they encounter. The use of diesel generators raise environmental issues due to pollution and transportation of fuel across wilderness. All the above mentioned power solutions can cause operational problems. Competitors have developed devices that can measure parameters such as the voltage level, temperature, sag or predi ...
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YE - Building Identity Capital 3

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

BIC3 (Building Identity Capital3): Youth and Community empowerment through facing the individual wilderness and individuals in the wilderness: Ballangen kommune in rural North Norway invites young people from urban areas in the Piemonte region to BIC3; an eight days long workshop combining identity, nature and media.The project provides a unique intercultural experience to 35 young people ( ...
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Environmental Humanities for a Concerned Europe (ENHANCE)

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

...three major research areas––natural disasters and cultures of risk, history of science and technology, and environmental ethics––and will address a series of core interlocking issues: wilderness and conservation; flooding and drought; waste, environmental justice, and environmental health. ENHANCE offers a unique framework for bridging the arts and the sciences by training ESRs to integrate ...
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The Character of Monastic Landscapes in Early Medieval Europe (ChroMoLEME)

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

...yed a key role in establishing the church’s centrality to medieval society. Scholars have traditionally accepted the medieval hagiographers’ descriptions of these sites as remote foundations in a wilderness known as the desertum. This interdisciplinary project will contrast these textual sources with an emerging body of archaeological evidence to question the traditional narrative. It will show th ...
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Searching the Outdoor Potential

Start date: Jun 17, 2014, End date: Jan 1, 2015,

...ng specific exercises and group workshops. Through the activities we got to know other people and their cultures in a succesful way. - During the exchange we organised a canoe - expedition in the wilderness. This needed a lot of training and preparation for survive in circumstances of water. It was a common challenge and we made it great. - Later on we found out that the outdoor activities were ...
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Icelandic National Parks Conservation

Start date: May 1, 2008,

...and trail construction and maintenance. Other task include repair and maintenance on heritage sites within the parks and GPS mapping and the removal of invasive plant species (lupine) from protected wilderness areas. The EVS volunteers will work closely with international conservation volunteer teams and local UST staff on practical nature conservation projects throughout Iceland's national parks ...
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Into the Wild - Young leadership in Urban & Rural environments

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

...they are put in a rural area in north Sweden? And how will 10 young people from the north of Europe come to turns if they are put in an urban city in the south of Europe? Both groups will go into the wilderness – urban or rural.Through sports, dance and film making the 20 participants (10 from Sundsvall and 10 from Lisbon) will discover leadership in different forms together as a group; how to lea ...
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motion of Nature Tourism in Oulanka and Paanajärvi National Parks (Promotion of Nature Tourism in Oulanka and Paanajärvi National Parks)

Start date: Dec 31, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2004,

...xtent that the area is without comparison elsewhere in North Europe. Th e cooperation between Oulanka and Paanajärvi national parks is based on an agreement between the nations. Th e nature in the wilderness area is unique and the twin park is internationally a signifi cant wilderness entity and an important nature tourism destination. Th e product selection of the area has been homogeneous in rel ...
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Environment and Cultural Project of the Karelian Youth (see Youth House Karelia) (Nuokka)

Start date: Oct 31, 2005, End date: Oct 30, 2007,

... During the project, 18 environmentally themed nature and experience camps and 11 camps themed around craftsand culture were organised in Finland and Russia. The content of the camps varied from wilderness skills to paddlingand from recycling to craft; all activities considered environmental issues as well. The participants were young peopleinvolved in open youth work, school pupils and young ...
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Environmental education cherishing the traditions (Return to the Sources)

Start date: Jan 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2004,

...hers, the Lentua nature cottage exhibition and the transformation and furnishing of the nearby Koski camping centre into a nature and school camp centre. Additionally, the exhibition at the Levvaara wilderness farm in Elimyssalo and the school camp structures were completed. In the beginning of the Lentuankoskentie road, the structures, information and guide materials of the nature school forest o ...
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Green Karelia

Start date: Jun 17, 2014, End date: Sep 16, 2014,

...new friendships, initiative, weekday control, Partisipants also learn: individual choices and influence in nature, What can I do? biodiversity of nature, creative recycling, ecologigal thinking and wilderness skills.
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Improving Tourism Actions in Cadses Area (ITACA)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

...private investments to create ecological corridors correlating them to specific eco-tourism products concerning forests and wetlands, -Improved conservation management and reduced human impact on the wilderness and parks through further promotion of management plans, -Raising the awareness of natural sites in the general public.
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Kalevala Parks

Start date: Feb 28, 2003, End date: Oct 30, 2005,

...was also to create an operational model and entrepreneurial network that supports sustainable ecological and cultural values between the Hossa Hiking Area and actors in Russia. In addition, a unique wilderness area was to be created in Kainuu and Viena Karelia and the associated lifestyle was to be made known to the public. ...
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Okuyarak Yenilenen Türkiye

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

...ion which will be taken in Europe. At first in Akdagmagdeni borough and then in Yozgat and other cities and regions, we aim to have the literacy education become widespread. To prevent cultural wilderness, and to be a developed country is difficult and it requires plenty of time of work. Our plan is composed exponentially with our project and without wasting time, we are working for our people to ...
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Do Evropy za vzděláním

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

...t in couses in Turkey (" Listening to Istanbul"), in Italy ("Sicily - a Chain of Civilisations", course of Italian language), in Slovenia ("Developing Effective Communication Skills") and in Sweden ("Wilderness First Aid"). To create a high quality team of teachers is a long-term project. It will result in improving the quality of education services which are provided at our grammar school.
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New Connection

Start date: Dec 31, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2004,

...re organised for Finnish youngpeople and, additionally, 31 camps/meetings in Finland with young people from Russia as well. The themes of thecamps and meetings were the scout tradition, dance, music, wilderness, adventure and fishing activities, ecology, civicactivities and craft. The project also organised 6 music and dance courses and 5 bigger events centred round danceand music. A rap-music eve ...
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Sustainable Outdoor Activities

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

...nce, History etc. Students will do research on nature reserves and recreation areas and do volunteer work in all aspects of practical conservation management in nature protection areas including wilderness and heritage management projects in cooperation with the environment authorities. The general aims of the project are: • To make students and teachers aware of the concept of sustainable outdoo ...
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Go Green & Care

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

...s. There is a growing movement towards green care in many contexts, ranging from therapeutic applications of green exercise activities, social and therapeutic horticulture, animal assisted therapies, wilderness therapy, ecotherapy and care farming. Green Care can also provide new livelihood opportunities for farms and other rural enterprises, and also contributes to rural viability and the qualit ...
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