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Conservation and restoration of the Allis shad in the Gironde and Rhine watersheds (Alosa alosa)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Background The Allis shad population in the Gironde watershed was the most important population in Europe until the beginning of the 21st Century with catches of several hundred tonnes/yr of fish. Since 2006 there has been a marked decline in the return rates of mature shads to the rivers for reproduction, the reasons for which are still not well underst ...
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benefit of governance in DROught adaPtation (DROP)

Start date: Feb 29, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

The aim of the DROP project is to increase the resilience of NWE catchments to periods of drought.. DROP will develop a governance toolkit to be used by NWE regional water authorities and will test a few pilot measures on drought adaptation. The objectives of the project are 1) to promote the use of a European governance assessment toolkit to define regional drought adaptation; 2) to improve the e ...
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Risques de barrages (RISBA)

Start date: Jan 14, 2013, End date: Jan 14, 2015,

Le projet vise à développer et partager des méthodes, outils et bases de données pour le contrôle et la prévention des risques liés aux barrages de stockage d'eau dans la zone transfrontalière, et à promouvoir des actions de sensibilisation, information, conception et gestion de ces ouvrages.
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NEWFOR - NEW technologies for a better mountain FORest timber mobilization (NEWFOR)

Start date: Aug 31, 2011, End date: Aug 30, 2014,

The role played by mountain forests is extremely varied. Their contributions to the stability and overall development of life and economic factors in mountainous regions are highly significant. Due mainly to topographic conditions, managing mountain forests is significantly more cost intensive than in plain ones. A good knowledge of forest biomass location, characteristics, mobilization conditions ...
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Monitoring for the Avalanche Prevision, Prediction and Protection (MAP3)

Start date: Aug 10, 2011, End date: Aug 10, 2014,

Le projet vise à suivre le fonctionnement de couloirs d'avalanches afin d'améliorer la connaissance des processus et des méchanismes de déclenchement et de propagation, en support à la prévion et à la prédiction du risque "avalanche" ainsi que de la protection paravalanche
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Red internacional en análisis de ciclo de vida y ecodesiño para la innovación ambiental de la tecnología (ECOTECH - SUDOE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

El objetivo del proyecto ECOTECH-SUDOE es desarrollar la capacidad de innovación en el campo de las tecnologías ambientales mediante el fortalecimiento de la educación e investigación en el Espacio SUDOE y el desarrollo de tecnologías ambientales y herramientas de evaluación propias de la ecología industrial. Todo ello persigue una utilización racional y eficiente de los recursos naturales, en esp ...
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Sustainable management of environmental issues related to water stress in Mediterranean islands (MEDIWAT)

Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: May 30, 2013,

The aim of MEDIWAT is to provide innovative and sustainable technical, operational and managerial solutions for tackling problems caused by water resources -quality worsening and -shortage in Med insular context. The main deliverables will be: 1) a web database and advisory platform through which realizing and maintaining an inter-islands network of expertises and cooperation 2) two strategic mas ...
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Evaluation of best available techniques to decrease air and water pollution in animal farms (BATFARM)

Start date: May 2, 2010, End date: Apr 29, 2013,

Livestock production contributes substantially to the economies of many European countries in terms of employment, export of products and use and maintenance of natural resources. Much of this production is from intensified schemes, as it is the case for pig, poultry and some cattle production. However, intensification is known to lead to a number of environmental effects, which include emissions ...
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Design, implement and assess an innovative and sustainable plan to minimise municipal organic waste in EU States (MINIWASTE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Background The increasing generation of waste and the limited capacity of waste-treatment installations make prevention a principal priority of waste management for European cities. Organic waste is a particular target, as it constitutes a very poor source of energy and can easily be diverted from incineration. Between 300 and 600 kg of municipal solid ...
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Redynamisierung des Restrheins (Vieux Rhin)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

Lobjectif du projet est de mener une réflexion prospective, à léchelle de la totalité de lespace fluvial rhénan compris entre Huningue et Neuf Brisach pour évaluer les conditions permettant de retrouver des fonctionnalités écologiques favorables à la biodiversité, en cherchant à rétablir une zone alluviale en tresses composée de chenaux multiples.Das Projektziel liegt in zukunftsorientierten Überl ...
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imProved Accessibility: Reliability and security of Alpine transport infrastructure related to mountainous hazards in a changing climate (PARAmount)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

Transport security and accessibility are essential for a balanced and sustainable development of ASP. Due to current climatic trends, the vulnerability of transport infrastructure to natural hazards has increased. But the specific threats to transport infrastructure have not yet been tackled in a systematic joint effort. Therefore the goal of PARAmount is to improve risk management strategies for ...
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MANFRED - Management strategies to adapt Alpine Space forests to climate change risks (MANFRED)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jul 30, 2012,

With the expected Climate Change (CC), the ecological conditions for forests in the Alpine Space will be fundamentally changing – with unknown effects on the forests essential protective, ecological, economical and social functions. Under different climate and land-use change scenarios only an adaptive management can provide the conservation of the natural heritage and the multiple functions. MANF ...
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Développement d'une méthode d'évaluation des risques de dégradation de la qualité des eaux dans les bassins versants agricoles au cours de crues transposable aux bassins versants du SUDOE (AGUA FLASH)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

Este proyecto de Investigación y Desarrollo tiene por objetivo desarrollar un prototipo que permita la evaluación de los riesgos de degradación de la calidad de las aguas en períodos de crecidas en las cuencas agrícolas del SUDOE, con el objetivo de conseguir: - La protección de la calidad de los ecosistemas acuáticos. - La protección de las captaciones de agua potable en zonas agrícolas. Este pro ...
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Usage de la télédétection pour la recommandation et le suivi des pratiques de l'irrigation dans l'Espace SUDOE (TELERIEG)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

El objetivo del proyecto TELERIEG es conseguir una mayor protección del medio ambiente a través de una gestión más eficiente y racional de los recursos hídricos en la agricultura y una más eficaz prevención y capacidad de respuesta ante los riesgos naturales en la zona SUDOE. Se pretende mejorar la capacidad de recogida y análisis de datos y toma de decisiones por parte de los usuarios y gestores ...
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Foreste di protezione / Forêts de protection

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Nov 29, 2011,

Il progetto tratta l'applicazione concreta degli indirizzi selvicolturali raccomandati daimanuali di selvicoltura delle foreste di protezione, attraverso la realizzazione di cantieripilota,la valutazione della loro efficacia e del loro costo. Inoltre si prevede di approfondiregli studi sui fattori biologici e di effettuare delle attività di scambio, formazione ecomunicazione.
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DYNAVAL - Dinamica delle valanghe / Dynamique des avalanches

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

Il progetto “Dinamica delle valanghe: distacco e interazione flusso/ostacoli” vuole studiare i processi che avvengono nelle zone di distacco e di deposito delle valanghe, con lo scopo di approfondire le conoscenze sui volumi di distacco e sulle interazioni flusso valanghivo - ostacoli nella zona di arresto, in modo da migliorare le procedure di perimetrazione delle aree esposte a fenomeni valanghi ...
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CRISTAL

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

Gestione delle piene attraverso l'integrazione dei sistemi transfrontalieri di previsione e prevenzione sui bacini alpini.Il progetto si focalizza sull'armonizzazione dei sistemi di prevenzione e previsione delle piene sui bacini alpini transfrontalieri e beneficia di un sistema di stima dei campi di precipitazione in tempo reale, comprese le aree in quota, grazie all'utilizzo radar in banda X. Ge ...
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Improving Ecological Connectivity in the Alps (ECONNECT)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

ECONNECT aims at the enhancement of ecological connectivity in the Alpine space. Protection of biodiversity and natural heritage – a central necessity to cope with the challenges of climate change – requires an integrated approach which beyond protected areas considers high biodiversity areas and corridors as linking elements of an Alpine ecological network. International umbrella organisations li ...
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Environmentally-friendly management of swine waste based on innovative technology: a demonstration project set in Aragón (Spain) (ES-WAMAR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2006, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

Background In the Spanish autonomous region of Aragón, almost 10 million pigs are produced annually. Pig production and related activities have major economic and social relevance for the region. However, pig farming generates a slurry volume of 13.5 million m3 per year in the region and is responsible for pollutant emissions from non-point sources to ...
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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,

Background Allis shad (Alosa alosa) is a herring-like fish species which lives in saltwater, but migrates up European rivers to breed in freshwater. Historically, the eastern Atlantic and North Sea were densely populated with the fish. Only 150 years ago, several hundred thousand Allis shads were caught annually in the Rhine system and they were an import ...
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Mitigation of agricultural nonpoint-source pesticide pollution and phytoremediation in artificial wetland ecosystems (ArtWET)

Start date: Oct 1, 2006, End date: Sep 30, 2010,

Background Pesticides are one of the main sources of water pollution and aquatic environment degradation in agricultural areas. Approximately 320 000 tonnes of pesticides are sold every year in the EU, mainly to the agricultural industry. Agricultural pesticides find their way into water and sediments, threatening the sustainability of Europe’s water re ...
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Collaborative Technological Plateform for implementation for WDF within agricultural context (CONCERT"EAU)

Start date: Oct 1, 2006, End date: Sep 30, 2009,

Background The impact of agriculture on Europe’s water resources will have to be reduced if the quality of surface and groundwater is to be improved. The agricultural soils of EU countries contain large nitrogen surplus that can potentially pollute both surface and groundwater. Furthermore, in many European countries pesticides contaminate the drinking ...
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Reducing pesticide-related water pollution by improving crop protection practices: The use of embedded ICT technologies. (AWARE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2005, End date: Feb 28, 2009,

Background The 2000/60/EC Water Framework Directive states that aquatic environments throughout the EU will have to achieve good ecological status by 2015. Pesticides are one of the main sources of water pollution and aquatic environment degradation. At present, no affordable or simple means exists to trace pesticide application by farmers. GPS geo-refere ...
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Installation of a network of Indicators of abundance and colonization on the european Eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the south of the central part of its distribution surface (INDICANG)

Start date: Apr 30, 2004, End date: Jul 10, 2008,

INDICANG is a project to maximise both knowledge and the transfers of know-how, with a pooling of this knowledge and know-how among the actors of the administration of eel resources. The project has the aim of slowing the loss of eel populations on the coasts and in the rivers of the Atlantic Area. Plans for restoration of the species will be put together at the level of each river basin. These pl ...
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Red de acciones concertadas en horticultura para un riego preciso y económico en el SUDOE (PRECIRIEG)

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

El SUDOE tiene una gran parte de tierras agrícolas irrigadas, en particular, las de producción de frutas y de hortalizas que se caracterizan por una dependencia total de los recursos hídricos abundantes y de calidad. No obstante, la agricultura irrigada es frecuentemente denunciada no sólo como despilfarro de un recurso hídrico limitado, sino también por el deterioro que causa la contaminación gen ...
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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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Data Infrastructure for the Alps: Mountain Orientated Network Technology (DIAMONT)

Start date: Feb 28, 2005, End date: Mar 30, 2008,

Conceived with the steering bodies of the Alpine Convention (AC), DIAMONT aims to give a vital impulse to the relaunch of SOIA (System for Observation of and Information on the Alps). In consistence with SOIA’s new aims and the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), DIAMONT will take into account the expectations of experts for regional development as well as the needs of the Alpine popu ...
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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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Novel Technology to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (NOTRE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2005, End date: Sep 30, 2007,

Background In the refrigeration sector, the control of temperature and relative air humidity during storage and transport of goods, consumes large amounts of energy. In fact, when applying best available technologies to control temperature and relative humidity of air, a large amount of electrical energy is needed because water vapour in air causes ice fo ...
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KnowForAlp - Knowledge Network Forestry in the Alpine Space (KnowForAlp)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

In view of the various challenges affecting forests and forest ecosystem management (natural & climate change, natural hazards, econom. crisis..), the precious natural heritage of forests & the forestry sector in alpine spaces are becoming increasingly endangered. In order to deal with these challenges, the self-organised cooperation & coordination of all involved partners in the field is indispen ...
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Association of Waste Stabilization Ponds, Sand Filters and Sludge Dewatering Red Beds: treatment plant for rainwater, wastewater and primary sludges (LILIPUB)

Start date: Sep 1, 2002, End date: Oct 31, 2005,

Background The use of Waste Stabilisation Ponds (WSPs) to treat wastewater has increased greatly since the end of the seventies and is frequently chosen by small communities. There are now some 2,500 and 3,000 WSP systems in France which meet the limits for effluent quality set by national regulations (i.e. French quality level D3). However, level D4 ( ...
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The protection of RIVER LIFE by mitigation of flood damages (RIVERLIFE) (RIVERLIFE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2001, End date: Jul 31, 2004,

Background The Timis-Bega River Basin is a large and ramified trans-boundary river system, with a population of over one million people. The major floods of the late 1990s caused loss of human life and substantial damage. The impact of the floods was heightened by the lack of real-time water level monitoring and forecasting, as well as a failure to take ...
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Gestion durable des forêts de montagne à fonction de protection

Renforcer les liens, les échanges et la formation conjointe. Créer un réseau de personnes-relais à un niveau local. Réaliser un état des connaissances transfrontalères. Améliorer la diffusion d’informations et de documents techniques de référence. Sensibiliser les propriétaires, les élus et les milieux scolaires. ...
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FRAMEA

Améliorer l’estimation de la pluie et des lames d’eau sur les bassins versants. Améliorer la visibilité en zone montagneuse (par réduction des échos de terrain), -- permettre l'identification du type de précipitation (distinction pluie/neige). Conduire au développement d'un radar "compact", d’un meilleur rapport efficacité/cout que les radars en bandes C ou S en zone montagneuse. ...
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Training in the Correct Use of Farm Machinery – FO.MA.AGRI

The FO.MA.AGRI project aims to develop a training programme focusing upon the correct use of farm machinery, as regards safety and proper handling, thus contributing to a reduction in the high number of workplace accidents in the farming sector. Target groups for the training programme include SME’s, self-employed workers, young people and immigrants employed in farming. Project partners will init ...
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a (Porta)

Le transfert de technologie dans le secteur agraire dépend de plus en plus de l'interdépendance et de la bonne communication entre le secteur de la recherche, le secteur de la production, le secteur de la manufacture et le secteur de la communication et du marketing. Le dossier envisage la création dun pole de services qui integre les centres technologiques et de recherche agraires, agroalimentair ...
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ion de la viabilité alpine (PROVIALP)

Valoriser l'espace montagnard définis par les programmes communautaires et favoriser le développement dinstruments de gestion du territoire afin d'améliorer et développer l'utilisation des zones au paysage exceptionnel comme les aires alpines frontalières. Achievements: ...
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