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Smart net metering for promotion and cost-efficient grid-integration of PV technology in Cyprus (LIFE+ SmartPV)

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

Background Two interrelated and universal problems and challenges remain for those involved in energy production. The first concerns the excessive and unsustainable use of conventional fossil fuels, and the second is the low penetration of clean, sustainable energy sources, in particular PV, in the energy mix of many countries. The rapidly increasing glo ...
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Improving the conservation status of the priority habitat types *1520 and *5220 at the Rizoelia National Forest Park (LIFE-RIZOELIA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

Background The Natura 2000 site, Rizoelia National Forest Park, covers only 0.001% of the surface area of Cyprus, yet it is a reservoir of threatened plants (a so called ‘biodiversity hot spot’). The site contains four habitat types that are protected under the Habitats Directive, three of which are priority habitats (1520 * Iberian gypsum vegetation ...
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Sustainable management of livestock waste for the removal/recovery of nutrients (LIFE LIVE-WASTE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Background Intensive livestock farming has greatly affected the use of manure to replenish the soil, leading to the accumulation of macro-nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and heavy metals (in particular, copper and zinc), and consequently to the increased risk of water and atmospheric pollution. Animal farming is responsible for odor ...
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Improving the Conservation Status of Fauna Species in Cyprus: from microhabitat restoration to landscape connectivity (ICOSTACY)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

Background Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean and boasts a rich biodiversity as a result of its biogeographical isolation and 10 000-year civilisation. The LIFE project targeted 20 fauna species and their habitats that are threatened by factors that include land-use changes, destruction of habitat, wildfires, water demand and overexpl ...
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Enabling access to geological information in support of GMES (PANGEO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

PanGeo is a service proposed in response to FP7 GMES Downstream Call 3 (released July 2009). The objective of PanGeo is to enable free and open access to geohazard information in support of GMES. This will be achieved by the generation of a validated Geohazard Data Layer supported by a Geohazard Summary for 52 of the largest towns listed in the GMES Land Theme’s Urban Atlas involving all 27 coun ...
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Upgrading quality and Promoting Olive Oil Commerce (ΑΠΠΕΕ)

Start date: Aug 17, 2011, End date: Aug 17, 2013,

Η ελαιοκομία αποτελεί κλάδο στρατηγικής σημασίας για την Κρήτη και συνεχώς ανερχόμενης αξίας στην Κύπρο.Το Κρητικό ελαιόλαδο είναι εξαιρετικής ποιότητας, ενώ η κατά κεφαλή κατανάλωση είναι από τις υψηλότερες στον κόσμο. Στην Κύπρο η κατά κεφαλή κατανάλωση είναι χαμηλότερη κι η ποιότητα του θέλει βελτίωση ώστε να γίνει πιο ανταγωνιστικό. Σκοπός του έργου είναι η αναβάθμιση της διεθνούς ανταγωνιστικ ...
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Creation of a transnational network of innovation and experimentation pools for agriculture in the Mediterranean islands (AGRISLES)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

The general objective of the project is the creation of a new frame of cooperation between islands for innovation in agriculture, mobilizing the « pools of competencies » scattered in the insular MED area. The project belongs to Axis I – Strengthening innovation capacities, Objective 1.2 of the MED Program: « Strengthening strategic cooperation between economic development actors and public author ...
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