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SAFEGUARDING HERITAGE AND RURAL ECONOMIES (SHARE)

Start date: Oct 6, 2010, End date: Jul 30, 2015,

SHARE aims to safeguard rural culture & heritage to preserve cultural diversity: a key economic driver & generator of social cohesion. Rural heritage is an asset & resource of EU territories; its quality plays a vital part in making rural areas sustainable & attractive. particularly in the town-country balance. SHARE will show crisis-hit European economies how to stretch public & private financ ...
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Sustainable MANAGEment and operation of major regenerated sites developed into attractive destinations (MANAGE+)

Start date: Apr 17, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The MANAGE+ project deals with the (post investment) management of regenerated cultural & industrial heritage areas developed into attractive destinations. The aim is to achieve sustainable management and operation of these areas which take advantage of their potential benefits. All project partners (from regions Ruhr and Rhine-Neckar [DE]. Manchester-Liverpool [UK]. West Flanders [BE] and Utrech ...
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Collaboration for identity-based economic development (COLLABOR8)

Start date: May 9, 2007, End date: Nov 29, 2013,

AIM To contribute to the economic prosperity. sustainability & cultural identity of NWE in increasingly competitive global markets. This will be done by forming & supporting new clusters in the Cultural. Creative. Countryside. Recreation. & Hospitality(CCCRH) sectors using uniqueness of place as a binding force & overcoming barriers to regional & transnational collaboration. THE PROBLEM Globa ...
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Restoration of Brackish Marsh for Root Vole, Waders and Terns (Brackish Marsh)

Start date: Jul 31, 2006, End date: May 31, 2011,

Background The estuarine habitats and species of the Eastern Scheldt in Zeeland are under serious pressure. The estuaries were once famous for their shallow tidal creeks, sand flats, salt marshes and inland brackish marshes and harboured important populations of terns, waders, geese, seals and root vole (Microtus oeconomus subsp. arenicola). However, the ...
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ISLA

Start date: Jun 30, 2003, End date: Jun 30, 2008,

The objective of the ISLA project is to prevent the economic and social decline of NW Europes peripheral islands via the protection and enhancement of their natural and cultural heritage. The project, which is being led by the Dutch Government Service for Sustainable Land and Water Management, aims to exploit these islands unique cultural and natural landscape by fostering sustainable island touri ...
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SDF (Sustainable Development of Flood Plains) (SDF)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

The bursting of river banks, flooding of towns and evacuation of communities, have, in recent times, brought about the need for drastic short-term measures including the construction of emergency dams and dykes. With flooding predicted to become ever more acute and ever more frequent, German and Dutch governments have been forced to take more drastic long-term action to cope with rising water leve ...
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SAND

Start date: Jan 6, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

River basins cross nation state boundaries, therefore action to tackle flooding must be undertaken on a transnational basis. The key objective of SAND is to alleviate flooding by making better use of the gravel pits that line many river basins. The five year project, which is being led by the Dutch Rijkswaterstaats East Netherlands Directorate, draws together five riverine authorities from three N ...
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Flood Risk Management in Estuaries: Sustainable New Land Use in Flood Control Areas (FRaME)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

The aim of the FR@ME project was to reduce flood risk in North Sea Estuaries by advancing and promoting innovative solutions involving sustainable new land uses whilst safeguarding the Natura 2000 series and to provide new opportunities for social, economic and environmental benefits. FR@ME assisted in the practical development of sustainable flood risk management strategies in the North Sea estua ...
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