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Enhancing Biodiversity by Restoring Source Areas for Priority and Other Species of Community Interest in Ticino Park (LifeTicinoBiosource)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Background The project targets a range of fauna species found in Ticino Park - 15 species listed in Annex I of the Birds Directive and Annex II, IV and V of the Habitats Directive. The park acts as a source of biodiversity for the whole Padana Plain, hosting most of the species of conservation interest related to this geographic area. Currently, it is the ...
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DEMOnstration of large SOFC system fed with biogas from WWTP (DEMOSOFC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Energy Context and EU positionThe “Europe 2020” strategy promotes the shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon economy to achieve sustainable growth. The European policies on energy and sustainability are thus contributing to the diversification of the primary energy mix and to the introduction of distributed power technologies with high efficiency and low carbon emissions. , From the point ...
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Biocontamination Integrated cOntrol of Wet sYstems for Space Exploration (BIOWYSE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Microbiological contamination can be attenuated, never eliminated. Space exploration requires development of reliable rapid significant and safe methods for preventing, monitoring and control the biocontamination within manned closed environments. These methods have to be automated, simple and conceived to decrease the (re-)supply mass from ground.Both space and terrestrial monitoring and preventi ...
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Space Assisted Water Quality Forecasting Platform for Optimized Decision Making in Water Supply Services (SPACE-O)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Satellite remote sensing has been evolved into a powerful tool for global monitoring of surface waters. Earth Observations (EO) and remote sensing are widely used for quantifying the physical parameters of reservoirs as well as for retrieving selected water constituents concentrations.Space-O aims at the integration of state of the art (EO) and in situ monitoring with advanced hydrological, water ...
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Habitat 1150* (Coastal lagoon) recovery by SEagrass RESTOration. A new strategic approach to meet HD & WFD objectives (LIFE-SeResto)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Background The project will be implemented in the Venetian Lagoon, which is the biggest transitional environment in Europe. Priority habitat no. 1150* (Coastal lagoons) covers an area of around 3 660 ha in the northern part of the lagoon and sea grass meadows play a crucial role in its preservation, supporting numerous biologic communities that characteri ...
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An integrated approach to the sustainable conservation of intertidal salt marshes in the lagoon of Venice (LIFE VIMINE)

Start date: Sep 2, 2013, End date: Sep 1, 2017,

Background Erosion from human and natural causes is intensely impacting the whole Venice lagoon. A progressive deterioration of boundaries, elevations, bottoms and vegetated surfaces is impacting all tidal landforms, and the surface of salt marshes has markedly decreased over recent decades. Even the most interior, best-conserved salt marshes are highly a ...
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GREEN LIFE: GREEN Leather Industry For the Environment (GREEN LIFE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2017,

Background The leather tanning process produces waste by-products equivalent to 50% of the raw material by weight. Approximately half of this is used to produce fertilisers and biostimulants. However a considerable part is not re-used or recycled. The disposed of tannery waste has significant environmental impact due to its high content of protein, contai ...
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From Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant to Self Sustainable Integrated Platform for Wastewater Refinement (WW-SIP)

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

Background The treatment of wastewater is a key element of environment conservation activities in Europe and, therefore, an important item on the European policy agenda. Several directives deal directly or indirectly with this issue. Directive 2000/60/EC establishes a new legislative approach that sets very ambitious objectives for the quality and protect ...
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RESEAU DURABLE TRANSFRONTALIER DE DEMOUSTICATION ET DE LUTTE ANTIVECTORIELLE (REDLAV 2.1)

Start date: May 31, 2013, End date: May 31, 2015,

Le projet est dédié aux thématiques de la prévention, de la lutte anti-vectorielle et de la crise des épidémies.Lobjectif général est de consolider la démarche de coopération transfrontalière initiée à travers le projet REDLAV, par lacquisition de biens matériels et immatériels, afin de rendre encore plus efficaces les actions de prévention et de lutte anti-vectorielle réalisées sur la zone de coo ...
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Implementation of a water saving and artificial recharging participated strategy for the quantitative groundwater layer rebalance of the upper Vicenza's plain (AQUOR)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: May 1, 2015,

Background One of the negative impacts of climate change in Mediterranean countries is water shortages. While only a minor reduction in the total amount of water that reaches the ground from the atmosphere has been recorded in the past few decades, significant hydrological changes are occurring. For example, weather events (such as rainstorms) have shorte ...
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SOFC CCHP WITH POLY-FUEL: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (SOFCOM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

"If we consider a new energy framework, based on the concepts of sustainability, energy security using local resources, maximization of the exergy efficiency of the whole system, a possible solution could be based on the following criteria:• Combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) plants;• Small-medium size plants locally distributed;• Plants with maximization of the energy recovery from the prima ...
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Energy valorisation in sewage sludge combustion by a flexible furnace allowing discontinuous operation (Enersludge)

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

Background Mounting difficulties in the use of sludge in agriculture and landfill disposal has made incineration an attractive solution for sludge disposal. In April 2000, the Commission published a work document on sludge that included new proposed limits of organic contaminants for the agricultural use of sludge. The implementation in Italy of the Landf ...
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Novel processing routes for effective sewage sludge management (Routes)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

The Routes project is addressed to discover new routes in wastewater and sludge treatment which allow:a) to prepare sludge for agricultural utilization by transforming it in a very clean and stabilized product regarding the presence of organic micropollutants (conventional and emerging ones) and of heavy metals, and with respect to hygienic aspects and to phytotoxicity;b) to minimize sludge produc ...
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Assessment of Climatic change and impacts on the Quantity and quality of Water (ACQWA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

As the evidence for human induced climate change becomes clearer, so too does the realization that its effects will have impacts on natural environment and socio-economic systems. Some regions are more vulnerable than others, both to physical changes and to the consequences for ways of life. The proposal will assess the impacts of a changing climate on the quantity and quality of water in mountain ...
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PREPARED “ENABLING CHANGE” (PREPARED)

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

IPCC climate change scenarios have a global perspective and need to be scaled down to the local level, where decision makers have to balance risks and investment costs. Very high investments might be a waste of money and too little investment could result in unacceptable risk for the local community. PREPARED is industry driven, 12 city utilities are involved in the project and the RDT carried out ...
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Pump And Leakage Management (PALM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Background Water is probably the world’s most precious and scarce natural resource. However, water networks in Italy typically lose around half of their supply through leakages. Furthermore, the processing and treatment of water is one of the largest environmental polluters. The most sustainable approach to improving water management is to make more eff ...
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WaterIZe spatial planning: encompass future drinkwater management conditions to adapt to climate change (WIZ)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 30, 2013,

Background Climate change is expected to increase both the frequency and the severity of extreme weather conditions. Under this scenario, natural resource management is required to assess vulnerability and to identify which actions need to be taken. In southern Europe the impact of climate change increasingly affects water resources, drinking water availa ...
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Local hydro-morphology, habitat and RBMPs: new measures to improve ecological quality in South European rivers and lakes (INHABIT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

Background One central aim of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) is to achieve good environmental status for surface water bodies by 2015. The WFD requires a River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) to be drawn up for each river basin district, which must be reviewed every six years. An RBMP sets out environmental objectives for all water bodies in the distric ...
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Advanced Purification Of Industrial And Mixed Wastewater By Combined Membrane Filtration And Sonochemical Technologies (PURIFAST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Background Innovative technologies that facilitate better reuse of wastewater can help to reduce consumption pressures on potable water supplies. Such technologies complement the aims of Europe’s Environmental Technologies Action Plan and can have significant positive environmental impacts when applied in ‘wet industries’ like the textile sector (wh ...
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Zone umide: sistemi gestionali per integrare le attività antropiche e la tutela della natura (ZOUMGest)

Start date: May 17, 2009, End date: May 17, 2012,

The project aims to investigate the impacts of world agricultural and animal husbandry, fishery and tourist accommodation on the biodiversity of the natural value of wetlands, the ecosystem function and, in general, the environmental quality of the wetland. We propose to give directions that involve active management of the economic operators (farmers, fishermen, farmers, tour operators) in order ...
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Sistema integrato per il MOnitoraggio e il controllo dell'ambiente MARino (MOMAR)

Start date: May 3, 2009, End date: May 3, 2012,

Momar concerns the protection of waters and the marine ecosystem, (Directive 2000/60/EC) and plans to develop devices targeted, informational and organizational, to bridge the discontinuity (heterogeneity and poor integration of objectives, approaches and tools) of corresponding action in the area of ​​environmental PO Sea, contributing to its efficiency (better use resources) and effectiveness (t ...
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Governance and Integrated Observation on marine Natural Habitat (GIONHA)

Start date: Apr 13, 2009, End date: Apr 13, 2012,

The design theme is the protection and enhancement of the marine resources of particular natural cross-border environmental issues and awareness of protection of marine habitats that support the area of ​​the Pelagos Sanctuary. Reference area: marine-coastal area defined as "specially protected area of importance in the Mediterranean Pelagos Sanctuary" which covers about 90,000 km2 in north-wester ...
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VALORIZZAZIONE SOSTENIBILE DEI PRODOTTI ITTICI TRADIZIONALI ED INNOVATIVI DEI LAGHI INSUBRICI

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

The project involves the exploitation of fish products of the Lake District, where fishing has ancient traditions and today employs more than 400 fishermen by trade. Deals with methods The scientific fishing industry, defining sustainability in the medium to long term, the impressive in light of recent changes in lake fish communities, for the arrival of species exotic little value, and here w ...
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European network for the Security of Control and Real-Time Systems (ESCoRTS)

Start date: Jun 16, 2008, End date: Dec 15, 2010,

ESCoRTS is a joint endeavour among EU process industries, utilities, leading manufacturers of control equipment and research institutes, under the lead of CEN, to foster progress towards cyber security of control and communication equipment in Europe. ESCoRTS will be intersectoral, embracing the following industrial fields: power, gas, oil, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, manufactur ...
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Actions for systemic aquifer protection: implementation and demonstration of a Protocol to scale down groundwater vulnerability to pollution due to overexploitation (A.S.A.P.)

Start date: Oct 2, 2006, End date: Oct 1, 2009,

Background While demand for drinking water is increasing, the water levels of many catchment areas are dropping at an alarming rate. Groundwater exploitation rates are often over recharge capability and there is an increasing risk of source pollution, depletion and permanent hydrogeological damage. If systems are unstable, water dispersion and network fa ...
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A new technology for treating municipal and/or industrial wastewater with low environmental impact (PERBIOF)

Start date: Nov 15, 2005, End date: Nov 14, 2008,

Background Wastewater treatment plants face recurrent problems such as sludge production and the toxicity of treated effluents. Technological solutions have already been tested at research scale with significant results, particularly in terms of sludge production. When the technology was applied to municipal wastewater, the results showed a drastic reduct ...
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MEDDMAN

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

Le projet veut développer un système intégré, capable dévaluer l'état de leau de surface et des ressources de la nappe phréatique dans des régions MEDOCC. Dans le cadre de préserver et améliorer la croissance économique, l'accentuation sera mise sur le développement d'instruments efficaces pour une exploitation durable de ressources d'eau. Une attention spéciale sera portée sur les effets environn ...
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Mipais : Methodologies and Tools to the sustainable management of the irrigation in dryness conditions (Mipais)

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

Lobjectif du projet est de réaliser à léchelle expérimentale et dans différentes conditions représentatives du climat méditerranéen, et pour des cultures différentes, des «Méthodologies et Instruments pour la Planification et la gestion durable de lIrrigation en condition de Sécheresse» (MIPAIS). Ces méthodologies permettront de limiter le déficit de la disponibilité de ressources en eau, de rédui ...
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Wermed

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

Le projet désire développer un système de weatherrouting pour lespace Méditerranéen et y analyser les potentialités. Le weatherrouting est un moyen doptimisation des routes commerciales, basé sur les conditions météo-marines prévues. On sait que des conditions météo-marines défavorables causent souvent des retards considérables dans les parcours et augmentent aussi la consommation de combustible e ...
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Water-bearing characterization with integrated methodologies (CAMI)

Start date: Dec 1, 2004, End date: May 31, 2007,

Background Indiscriminate use of water and poor protection of resources pose dangers to future generations even in areas where water is plentiful. The combined challenges of population growth, pollution and climatic changes add urgency to the problem. The need to manage and conserve these resources in order to sustain life successfully in the future is a ...
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SEDEMED II: Dryness and Turning into a desert in the Mediterranean basin (SEDEMED II)

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Sep 29, 2006,

Le projet SEDEMED II a développé une approche intégrée et partagée pour fournir une évaluation fiable est basé sur une norme commune de qualité, concernant les mesures et la quantification des ressources en eau disponibles et prévus, ce système était fonctionnel pour fournir des méthodes et des manuels bonnes pratiques sur la collecte et le traitement des données, les modèles de prévisions à court ...
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RESTAURONET : Management and Gouvernment of the historical polycentrism in the Mediterranean (RESTAURONET)

Start date: Mar 31, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

« RESTAUROnet » sintéresse à laménagement et à la gestion des sites historiques en Méditerranée. Le projet vise à réaliser un réseau stable autour de la gestion et de laménagement des milieux historiques des régions du Bassin méditerranéen, à travers linstitution dun forum. Ce forum sera mis en place par le biais dun processus dopérations partenariales. Ces opérations seront regroupées sous trois ...
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ROGECO : Protection of a territory by ecologic engineering in a catchment area (PROGECO)

Start date: Apr 30, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

« PROGECO » sintéresse au génie écologique dans un contexte de protection du territoire. Le projet a pour but de tester, dans différents milieux du Bassin méditerranéen, lefficacité et les potentialités dutilisation du génie écologique pour la protection hydrogéologique et la restauration des habitats naturels. Les problèmes affrontés dans les cas détudes sont significatifs pour la région méditerr ...
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Definition of an EPD system that can be applied at international level and its implementation in two pilot countries (Sweden and Italy) (INTEND)

Start date: Jan 1, 2003, End date: Sep 1, 2005,

Background An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), as defined according to ISO TR 14025, gives the possibility of communicating objective, comparable and credible information relating to the environmental performance of products. At international level, a working group has been established within the ISO organisation (ISO/TC 207/SC 3) to define a Tec ...
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SEDEMED: Dryness and Turning into a desert in the Mediterranean basin (SEDEMED)

Start date: Jan 31, 2002, End date: Sep 29, 2004,

« SEDEMED » sintéresse au phénomèene de sécheresse et de désertification en Méditerranée. Le projet a pour objectifs de réaliser une base de données hydro-météorologique et détendre lanalyse du cycle hydrologique à toute la zone Medocc. Il sagit également dappliquer et de vérifier les méthodologies déjà existantes pour la surveillance des phénomènes de sécheresse et de désertification, de perfecti ...
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Gestione Eco compatibile degli insediamenti produttivi COstieri in Albania (G.E.CO.)

Il progetto prevede la creazione e l`implementazione di un sistema per una gestione eco-compatibile di strutture portuali nei siti costieri albanesi. Achievements: Il Progetto ha permesso il trasferimento di competenze in materia di gestione eco-compatibile di siti cos ...
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