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Innovative management strategies for climate change adaptation of mixed subhumid Mediterranean forests (LIFE MixForChange)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

Background Mixed sub-humid Mediterranean forests are ecosystems with great relevance at European level and worldwide. The foreseeable effects of climate change are expected to have a strong impact on the value and functions of such forests. These effects will be aggravated by a number of factors, including: the prevalence of species poorly adapted to sev ...
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Life+ SUBER: Integrative management for an improved adaptation of cork oak forests to climate change (Life+ SUBER)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Background Cork oak (Quercus suber) forests are listed in the European Union’s Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC) as an important habitat for conservation. This (Annex I-listed) West-Mediterranean habitat grows over approximately 20 000 km2 in the EU – with 65% found mainly in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy. Climate change and cork p ...
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Sustainable management for conservation of Black pine (Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var pyrenaica) forests in Catalonia (Life+ Pinassa)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2018,

Background The priority habitat (sub-)Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines (Pinus nigra) only occurs in a limited number of fragmented sites in medium and high mountain zones in southern EU countries. Spain hosts more than half the EU total of 169 sites. This forest habitat has suffered a great reduction of its distribution area during the ...
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Life+ Cost-efficient integration of megafire prevention into forest management in the Mediterranean (LIFE+ DEMORGEST)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background Forest fires are the greatest natural threat to the forests of southern Europe. Although fire is an intrinsic disturbance to Mediterranean forests, the abandonment of rural areas, along with measures to eradicate certain species, has led to increased forest cover and biomass undergrowth. These developments are responsible for the emergence of s ...
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Farms for the future: Innovation for sustainable manure management from farm to soil (LIFE+Farms for the future)

Start date: Sep 10, 2013, End date: Sep 9, 2017,

Background Pork industries are important to many local economies in Spain. However, pig farming generates slurry waste containing high levels of nutrients, such as nitrogen. Inappropriate management of this waste stream can lead to pollution of surface water, ground water and air, especially in areas of high production. This can cause significant damage t ...
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Frondosas nobles para la restauración y revalorización en áreas rurales : (PIRINOBLE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

Las áreas rurales pirenaicas presentan actualmente un interés económico y productivo inferior a su potencial, siendo vulnerables al abandono con la consecuente pérdida de valores sociales y ambientales que tradicionalmente han generado. Una alternativa productiva de interés en estas áreas es la realización de plantaciones de frondosas productoras de madera de calidad, especialmente en aquellos ter ...
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MODELIZACIÓN, VALORIZACIÓN Y ANIMACIÓN DE LOS RECURSOS FORESTALES PRIVADOS TRANSFRONTERIZOS (MOVAFOREST)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

En la actualidad, el desarrollo económico del sector de la madera pirenaico requiere una dosis de coherencia, en ambos lados de la frontera, con respecto a los documentos de gestión forestal en bosques privados, así como una metodología de aproximación más adecuada por parte de los propietarios forestales privados. Asimismo, deben mejorarse las acciones de animación para que un mayor número de est ...
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DINAMIZACIÓN Y ESTRUCTURACIÓN PARA LAS ENTITADES PROPIETARIOS DE BOSQUES PÚBLICOS TRANSFRONTERIZOS (DYNAFOREST)

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

Teniendo en cuenta la gran cantidad de bosques pertenecientes a entidades públicas existentes, es necesario poner en marcha con carácter de urgencia acciones que permitan reunir a los elegidos de las dos vertientes del macizo con el fin de sensibilizarlos sobre los distintos aspectos de la gestión multifuncional y sobre las distintas soluciones conjuntas susceptibles de ser llevadas a cabo para ha ...
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