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GPPinfoNET The Green Public Procurement Information Network (GPPinfoNET)
Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jan 30, 2012,
Background
Flows of material and energy in the socio-economic system must be dramatically reduced in order to achieve sustainable development objectives. Waste generation must also be reduced. Green public procurement (GPP) can play a role in this: it is a tool for changing consumption and production modes. When public authorities decide to adopt GPP prac ...
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Conservation and breeding of Italian cobice endemic sturgeon (COBICE)
Start date: Oct 1, 2004, End date: Sep 30, 2007,
Background
The Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a fish present only in the north-eastern Adriatic sea basin, migrates every year from seawaters to the Po, Adige, Piave and Brenta river basins, which are the largest part of its distribution range and its main reproductive areas. The species is at risk of extinction, however, due its limited distribu ...
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GPPnet Green Public Procurement Network (GPPnet)
Start date: Dec 1, 2002, End date: Nov 30, 2004,
Background
Public authorities are major consumers, spending around 16% of the EUâs gross domestic product. By using their purchasing power to favour goods and services that take into account environmental considerations, they have the potential to not only improve their own environmental performance, but even to influence the market for âgreenerâ go ...
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