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Towards integrated management of freshwater Nature 2000 sites and habitats (FRESHABIT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2022,

Background Freshwater habitats are among the most threatened habitat types globally. In the 2007-2012 conservation status assessment of the EU Habitats Directive (Article 17), none of the freshwater, coastal, and groundwater dependent wetland habitats in Europe fully met favourable conservation status, and most are in unfavourable conservation status. Alm ...
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Light & Fire open the Doors for Biodiversity -LIFE (Light & Fire -LIFE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2020,

Background Under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive, EU Members States are required to periodically report on the conservation status of Annex I natural habitat types and Annex II species that fall within their territory. The Finnish country report for the period 2001-2006 assessed the overall conservation status of 18 out of 19 Annex I natural habit ...
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Safeguarding the Saimaa Ringed Seal (LIFE Saimaa Seal)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

Background Once widespread in Finland, the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is now found only in the Saimaa fragmented freshwater lake complex. With a small population of about 310 seals, it is probably the world’s most endangered seal species and is categorized by the IUCN as Critically Endangered. In Annex II of the Habitats Directive, it ...
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Increasing the ecological connections and coherence of the Natura 2000 network in South-west Lapland (NATNET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background The project area includes 32 Natura 2000 network sites (over a total area of 363 000 ha) located in south-western Lapland. The area is extremely valuable and vulnerable due to its unique biodiversity and rare limestone soil. Areas outside the Natura 2000 sites are mostly commercial forests, where mining districts and claims, peat industry and b ...
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Keidas - Urban Oases: Shaping a Sustainable Future through Environmentally Functional Landscape Features (Urban Oases)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background Watersheds in urban environments are largely invisible and altered from their natural state. Widespread impervious surfaces, such as concrete and asphalt, and underground stormwater sewer networks have adversely altered watershed boundaries and lead to the rapid flow of untreated stormwater and snowmelt water into receiving bodies of water. Bec ...
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Improving environmental assessment by adopting good practices and tools of multi-criteria decision analysis (IMPERIA)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Background Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has emerged as a formal methodology for fusing available technical information and stakeholder values to support decision-making in many fields. MCDA has many characteristics, such as the integration of diverse information and the handling of conflicting objectives, which make it a useful tool for suppor ...
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Safer Roads for Users

Start date: May 22, 2013, End date: Jul 21, 2015,

The main objective of the Project is to eliminate border effect expressed with difference in road accident risks for road users in EU and RF sides of Barents Region. Harmonisation of principles and instruments to manage accident risk for users, caused by factor "Road and its surrounding" is expected to be able harmonise road conditions both sides of the border, improve fluency of road transport fl ...
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The Barents Freeway

Start date: Sep 3, 2012, End date: May 30, 2015,

Economic and social development of local communities in the Kolarctic area through optimization of transport infrastructure development on a base of the common Barents Region Transport Strategy responding to new challenges arising in the Arctic and Northern periphery. Achievements: ...
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Trilateral cooperation on Environmental Challenges in the Joint Border Area (TEC)

Start date: Feb 29, 2012, End date: Jan 30, 2015,

Assessment tools for detecting the effects of harmful substances, water regulation and climate change will be developed in the Finnish, Norwegian and Russian border region within the project. The aim of the project is to develop tools used by environmental authorities and researchers when assessing the impacts of airborne emissions, regulation of waterways and climate change on the environment. Th ...
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Nuijamaa Border Crossing Development II

Start date: Jan 31, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

In order to increase border crossing throughput between Finland/EU and Russia, the project will improve transport area infrasructure and facilities on the Nuijamaa crossing point.
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Nuijamaa Border Crossing Development

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The project will enhance cross-border transport between Russia and Finland/EU by improving transport infrastructure at the Nuijamaa border crossing point.
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MULTIple Eco-Friendly FORest use: Restoring Traditions (MULTI EFFORT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Objective of the projectThe objective of the project was to to improve quality of life of the target groups and final beneficiaries through improved forest ecosystem services and more sustainable multiple use of forests in the region.Main activities• Landscape ecological planning and its implementation in practice. • Improving provisional and cultural forest ecosystem services.• Improving regulati ...
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Integrated landscape planning for sustainable use of nature resources and maintaining the biodiversity

Start date: Feb 4, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Integrated landscape planning will allow sustainable utilization of natural resources and maintaining biodiversity Achievements: The main result of the project is improvement of transport connections between Russia and Finland. The road section km 110 - km 160 of the Lo ...
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Improvement of the Vyborg - Lappeenranta road

Start date: Dec 31, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

To strengthen the local and regional sustainable economic development. The main outputs are better transport facilities for the traffic between Russia and Finland and the reliable uninterrupted route of international traffic on the border zone.
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Imatra Border Crossing Development

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The project will enhance cross-border transport between Russia and Finland/EU by improving border transport infrastructure as well as customs and border facilities at the Imatra border crossing point.
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Vainikkala - Simola Road Rehabilitation

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The project will enhance cross-border transport between Russia and Finland/EU by improving the road connection to the Vainikkala railway border crossing point from the South-East and Southern regions in Finland and especially cities of Lappeenranta and Imatra.
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Restoration of transborder salmonid rivers

Start date: Apr 9, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The idea of the project is to create conditions for restoration of the salmonid stocks in the Lieksa, Tohmajoki, Hiitola and Lososinka rivers by means of research, planning and education.A new business model will provide a platform for commercial synergy of the companies operating in the timber, bio energy and construction industries in the programme region.The activities include developing a prod ...
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Repair of Automobile Road Loukhi-Suoperya, km 110 - km 160

Start date: Nov 9, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Objective of the projectTo bring the above-mentioned section of the automobile road to standard transporting and operational condition, to increase the average traffic speed in which connection increase of the traffic intensity on the automobile road and the activation of external economic relations at near-border territories are forecasted. Increase of traffic safety, decrease of cargo delivery p ...
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Reconstruction of the road Kandalaksha-Alakurtti-Salla checkpoint

Start date: Jun 26, 2012, End date: Dec 25, 2014,

The project reconstructs the section 100-130km of the road Salla-Alakurtti. The road is a cross-border route between Russian Federation and the European Union Achievements: The project has reconstructed a 30 km road section between Salla in Finland and Kandalaksha in Ru ...
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Arctic Biological, Cultural and Geological heritage (ABCGheritage)

Start date: Mar 22, 2012, End date: Dec 21, 2014,

... topics geotourism, nature protection in the Green Belt and environ-mental education- Common monitoring system of phenological processes in nature by schools- Plan of exhibition for the new nature centre on Lake Tsuna in Lapland Reserve- Development plan of geotourism in Pyhä-Luosto NP and Khibiny Tundra- Overall development plan of cooperation under the Green Belt for 10 years
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Cross-Border Move for Health

Start date: Feb 4, 2013, End date: Dec 4, 2014,

Objective of the projectThe objective was to increase the knowledge of health and wellbeing of the children and the youth in North Karelia and in the Republic of Karelia and to increase the physical activity of adapted physical activity -groups in the area. Main activities1. Developing new practices for increasing overall physical activity.2. Producing education materials and reports of seminars.3 ...
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Widening of Road 89 Vartius-Paltamo, road stretches 10-13 and 13-17

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

Objective of the projectThe aim of the project is to support the growth of cross-border transport between Finland/EU and Russia via border crossing point of Vartius.Main activities• Preparation of technical documentations and tendering documents.• Procurement of Contractor.• Implementing the construction plans (opening the slopes, adding new structural layers, paving the road). ...
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Intelligent Road

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

The aim of the project is to come up with the concept of a sustainable Intelligent Road System that would offer updated local information as to the road surface conditions for those who are on the road. Such a system should also be easy to promote from a marketing point of view. Another aim is to support the development of the traffic operating environment in the northern parts of Scandinavia, to ...
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Restoration of the freshwater pearl mussel population with new methods

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

The objective of the project is to: 1) Find new methods and solutions to stop decline of the sterile mussel population as well as test critical factors for its propagation. 2) Provide updated information about the preservation of the mussel population to both public and private sectors that through their decision-makers and through their activities can influence the situation of the fluvial enviro ...
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Eco-efficient tourism

Start date: Apr 18, 2012, End date: Apr 17, 2014,

Objective of the projectTo make Euregio Karelia region more attractive for tourists through gradual leveling of quality of the services provided to tourists on two sides of the borderMain activities• Development of models for sustainable management of actively visited tourism destinations• Development and introduction of environmentally sustainable technological solutions for facilitation of speci ...
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Rivers and fish - our common interest

Start date: Mar 21, 2011, End date: Mar 20, 2014,

To achieve, by means of a number of measures, a good ecological condition and increased biological diversity in the RIFCI project's target rivers River Mustajoki/Tchornaja, River Rakkonlanjoki/Selesnevka, River Gladyshevka (former Finnish name Vammeljoki), their tributaries and the surrounding nature, including the coastal area of the eastern Gulf of Finland. To enhance environmental awareness and ...
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Development of cooperation between administrative authorities in Tana river valley 2011-2013

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The project aims to deepen and develop the cross-border agency cooperation and improving co-operation network between actors in the region. The project collects data and experiences from Norway and Finland on erosion control and landscape adjustment. The project brings together material about the current state of the field, which may for example be of assistance in land use planning. The project w ...
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Benchmarking on contaminated sites (BECOSI)

Start date: Nov 30, 2010, End date: Nov 29, 2013,

The industrial heritage of the Central Baltic countries has caused countless areas with contamination from chemicals and from waste. The contamination is a severe threat and because of that there is a direct need to decrease the risks for environment, human health and economy caused by contaminated sites. Finding solutions is a joint issue for all Central Baltic countries. The environmental sta ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation (BERAS IMPLEMENTATION)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

...cale that contributes to rural developmentExchange and build competence in the whole food chain with a focus on market driven development of the ecological sectorMain outputs:One BERAS Implementation Centre (BIC) including Market Cluster and network demonstrating Ecological Recycling Agriculture and local food chain system established in each of the partner countriesA number of new ERA farms and r ...
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North East Cargo Link II - NECL II (NECL II)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

The transport routes, particularly in northern continental Europe, are over burdened. The ever increasing amount of goods on the roads is worsening an already acute situation in terms of traffic congestion, pollution and long delivery times, which results in serious delays and high costs. A Mid Nordic Corridor (MNC) would provide a viable alternative for some of the goods presently moving southwar ...
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Sustainable Uses of Baltic Marine Resources (SUBMARINER)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

The Baltic Sea faces significant challenges: fishery declines, severe marine pollution, the effects of climate change as well as an increasing competition for space. At the same time new scientific and technological developments provide opportunities for innovative uses of marine resources which do not only have the power to generate sustainable regional economic development but also proactively c ...
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Barents Low Volume Road Management

Start date: Jan 4, 2011, End date: Jul 4, 2013,

The overall objective is in the project: harmonisation of regional practices on the voluntary basis rather than by directives. Developing the economy of Kolarctic core regions through improving of their currently non-adequately managed low volume road networks resulting in better economic activity and improved access to their regional, national and international markets. The specific objectives ar ...
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Healthy fish stocks -indicators of succesful river basin management (HEALFISH)

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

Healthy, self sustaining migratory salmonid (trout and salmon) stocks and lampreys are excellent indicators of good condition of river environment. A good salmonid river must be free of obstacles for migration. There must be enough spawning and nursery areas and they must be free of silt and other suspended solids. The aim of the project is to spread the best practices of river catchment managemen ...
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Ground water supply in Sortavala district

Start date: Apr 12, 2011, End date: Apr 11, 2013,

Objective of the projectThe objective of the project was to improve the drinking water quality in two settlements of Karelia and to transfer this experience to other territories of the Barents region and Russia. Main activities• Studying the benefits of water supply from ground sources in Finland in the conditions similar in geological structure to the territory of Russian Karelia.• Improvement of ...
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Concepts for using reed biomass as local bioenergy and building material (COFREEN)

Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

Interreg IIIA interdisciplinary ”Reed Strategy in Estonia and Finland” project brought out the concept of integrated coastal planning and Reed Strategy in 2007. It created a framework for wider utilization and gave an idea for the new project, which focuses on the bioenergy production with reed, and looks for new ways to use reed in the construction industry. COFREEN-project delves deep into utili ...
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Climate Change Adaptation Tools for Environmental Risk Mitigation of Acid Sulphate Soils (CATERMASS)

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

Background From an environmental point of view, acid sulphate soils (AS-soils) are regarded as the most problematic soil types in the world. Finland has Europe's largest areas of AS-soils (c. 1 000-2 000 km2). Land uplift has caused these sulphide-bearing sediments to emerge above the current sea-level. Through reclamation, burning of the peat cover and h ...
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hosphorus from the seabed and water quality in archipelagos - modeling attempt (SEABED)

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

Despite of extensive water protection measures, the state of the Baltic Sea is poor. Nutrients levels in the water and sediments are high, and anoxic dead bottoms are widespread in the sea floor. Even shallow archipelago waters are suffering from oxygen deficiency, though effective water protection measures have cut nutrient discharges from coastal areas. The phenomenon is supposed to be caused by ...
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Applications of ecological knowledge in managing oil spill risk (OILRISK)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

All EU countries benefit from increased international commerce because trade and consumption generate welfare. The EU solidly supports free trade, and maritime traffic is the most efficient way to transport goods among countries. However, heavy maritime traffic and oil transportation, both rapidly expanding in the Gulf of Finland and in the Baltic Sea, cause a significant environmental risk. Shoul ...
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Natureship (Integrated planning and management in the Baltic Sea Region) (NATURESHIP )

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

Sustainable and balanced planning, management and utilisation of coastal areas and key areas of biodiversity and water protection is a crucial challenge in the CB-area. Different sectors are executing various plans but interdisciplinary cross-sector and cross-border approaches and comparison of scenarios are almost missing. It requires effort to identify and enhance ecosystem services that coastal ...
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Nature and Nurture of the Northern Baltic Sea (NANNUT)

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

The coastline of the Northern Baltic sea constitutes of a mosaic of islands and bays with a very heterogeneous submerged landscape.The archipelago of Finland,Åland and Sweden is naturally nutrient rich and very productive with unique and species rich flora community.The shallow bays and shelterd archipelago areas are also important for the reproduction of a number of fish species and provide the f ...
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