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Sustainable Integrated Management FOR the NEXUS of water-land-food-energy-climate for a resource-efficient Europe (SIM4NEXUS)
Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2020,
Land, food, energy, water and climate are interconnected, comprising a coherent system (the ‘Nexus’), dominated by complexity and feedback. The integrated management of the Nexus is critical to secure the efficient and sustainable use of resources. Barriers to a resource efficient Europe are policy inconsistencies and incoherence, knowledge gaps, especially regarding integration methodologies and ...
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Sustainable oceans : our collective responsibility, our common interest. Building on real-life knowledge knowledge systems for developing interactive and mutual learning media (Respon-SEA-ble)
Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,
The project will develop well-targeted and sound communication material that raises awareness on our (individual and collective) responsibility and interest in ensuring the sustainability of the ocean and of its ecosystems. The project builds on critical assessments of: (1) existing communication strategies, material and governance that focuses on the ocean; (2) the values, perceptions and underst ...
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Knowledge, Assessment, and Management for AQUAtic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aCROSS EU policies (AQUACROSS) (AQUACROSS)
Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2018,
AQUACROSS aims to support EU efforts to enhance the resilience and stop the loss of biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems as well as to ensure the ongoing and future provision of aquatic ecosystem services. It focuses on advancing the knowledge base and application of the ecosystem-based management concept for aquatic ecosystems by developing cost effective measures and integrated management practice ...
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Alsace Life hamSTER : Demonstration project to preserve european biodiversity in Alsace (LIFE ALISTER)
Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2018,
Background
The common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) is a protected species emblematic to the biodiversity of the Alsace region. Since 2000, specific actions have been undertaken to provide the right conditions for its development. However, the viability of hamster populations remains under threat as a consequence of many pressures, including farming practic ...
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Innovation Demonstration for a Competitive and Innovative European Water Reuse Sector (DEMOWARE)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,
The ability of Europe’s communities to respond to increasing water stress by taking advantage of water reuse opportunities is restricted by low public confidence in solutions, inconsistent approaches to evaluating costs and benefits of reuse schemes, and poor coordination of the professionals and organisations who design, implement and manage them. The DEMOWARE initiative will rectify these shortc ...
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Evaluating Economic Policy Instruments for Sustainable Water Management in Europe (EPI-WATER)
Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
Economic policy instruments (EPI) have received widespread attention over the last three decades, and have increasingly been implemented to achieve environmental policy objectives. However, whereas EPI have been successfully applied in some policy domains (such as climate, energy and air quality), their application to tackle water management issues (drought/water scarcity, floods, water quality co ...
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