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A New Life for Mar Piccolo (Life4MarPiccolo)
Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,
Background
The Mar Piccolo is a coastal basin extending over more than 20 km2 to the north of the city of Taranto (Puglia). It is characterised by the presence of many plant and animal species, a reason for which it has been recognised as an environmental priority area within the Habitats Directive. Its importance for the national fishing industry has als ...
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Climate Governance: Implementing public policies to calculate and reduce organisations' carbon footprint (LIFE Clim'Foot)
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,
Background
The European Union has a set of objectives and policies to mitigate climate change and to shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. These objectives require the involvement of all European stakeholders with the support of national policymakers.
The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) has led to the development ...
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Introducing innovative precision farming techniques in AGRIculture to decrease CARbon Emissions (LIFE-AGRICARE)
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2017,
Background
It is widely recognised that the primary sector has significant potential to mitigate climate change, given that it has been responsible for around a third of all carbon emissions since 1850 from land use. Though agriculture in the EU accounts for only about 2% of GDP and 5% of employment, it is responsible for 45% of total land use and 9.6% of ...
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Low cost sorbent for reducing mercury emissions (SOREME)
Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2014,
Background
Every year, more than 2 000 tonnes of mercury are released into the air through human activity; some 340 tonnes/year of this comes from Europe. The most toxic form of mercury released into the environment is elemental or methyl mercury (MeHg), a bioaccumulative neurotoxin. Elemental mercury is insoluble in water and cannot be captured effective ...
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Environmentally friendly natural products instead of chloroparaffines in the fatting phase of the tanning cycle (ECOFATTING)
Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
Background
Chloroparaffin has been widely used in the leather-fatting process owing to its chemical stability, low cost and good performance. Today, however, the requirement to meet high environmental standards means that its use is limited. Chloroparaffin has low biodegradability and a high chlorine content. The EU produces some 150 million m2/year of ca ...
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