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Enhancement of Oil Spill Response System by Establishing Oil Database

Start date: Jun 28, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...es in the Arctic. Achievements: The project has helped to reduce the environmental risk from accidents involving oil spills. Laboratory data makes it possible to more accurately predict the behavior of oil at sea, under varying weather conditions. It also provides the ...
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Sustainable InteGral Management Approaches for Water areas (SIGMA for Water)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Mar 20, 2013,

The problem that all partners in this project face is twofold: due to past human activity water quality and environmental quality of selected areas within the partnership decreased significantly; in addition all partners wish to be able to deal with anticipated changes in the climate which poses the partnership with the challenge to deal with future changes in water quantity (the effect can differ ...
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Transnational Ecological Networks in Central Europe (TransEcoNet)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

...erritorial development.The project partners are working in the fields of remote sensing, geoinformatics, nature protection, landscape ecology, history of architecture and arts as well as regional and environmental sciences. They analyse and assess transboundary landscapes regarding their topologies, histories, natural and cultural potentials. Thereupon they elaborate recommendations and strategies ...
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Climate Change: Impacts, Costs and Adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region (BaltCICA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

Climate change was recognized not only in terms of mitigation but also because of the need of adaptation as a major challenge that cannot be solved solely by single actors and territorial restricted actions, but asks for a coordination and support at a higher level. This is highlighted by the EU Green Paper on Adaptation to Climate Change, but also by other documents such as the EC Thematic Strate ...
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Sustainable Traffic Development in Tirana (SUSTRAFFTIA)

Start date: Jan 31, 2005, End date: Feb 1, 2009,

Background Traffic volumes have increased significantly in Albania since the early 1990s. This has caused environmental challenges concerning traffic congestion and air pollution, especially in Tirana. Objectives The project’s main objectives focused on improving understanding ...
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Spatial Planning in Coastal Zones (PlanCoast)

Start date: Mar 31, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

...hin the next few years, tourism, transport, aquaculture and energy use will increase in these regions. Particularly in enclosed seas or coastal zones close to big urban agglomerations, conflicts with environmental protection occur as the environment is more vulnerable than on the open sea or on less densely populated coasts. An Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) can help to provide instrume ...
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Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (ASTRA)

Start date: Jun 5, 2005, End date: Jan 4, 2008,

...hange. The project points out the impacts of a changing climate as a challenge for the entire Baltic Sea Region and assesses the results and develops adaptation strategies to maintain the sustainable environmental and socio-economic development in the region.Astra's partners comprise various research institutes and regional planning offices around the Baltic Sea Region, broken down to 19 inner and ...
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Baltic SeaBreeze (BSB)

Start date: Dec 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The goal for the Baltic SeaBreeze (BSB) project was to increase awareness of the marine pollution situation in the target sectors of fishing, shipping, and leisure craft owners. Focus areas have been environmental issues in guest harbours and marinas, Blue Flag activities, courses for fishermen and seamen, and a media campaign. The ultimate goal of Baltic SeaBreeze was to change the attitudes and ...
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AGORA -Network Sustainable Tourism Development in the Baltic Sea Region (AGORA)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The BSR is characterised by large areas of unspoilt countryside. Because of strong economic problems just in these rural areas tourism seems to be a promising opportunity to support regional development. Sustainability considered as a guiding principle can ensure that such a development will lead to economical benefits without threaten the nature and the social structure. Consequently a lot of sus ...
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Network of pioneering communities and regions working on innovative heat energy solutions (REGENERGY)

Start date: Mar 31, 2005, End date: Sep 29, 2007,

...ts. Overall objective / Objectif général The overall objective of Regenergy - Network of Pioneering Communities and Regions Working on Innovative Heat Energy Solutions is to contribute to a secure, environmentally sound, and affordable provision of heat energy. Partners from ten countries aim at creating an interregional support and information network of regional and local authorities, utilities, ...
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Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic Sea Region / COASTMAN (COASTMAN)

Start date: Jun 13, 2004, End date: Sep 12, 2007,

The COASTMAN project is aimed on developing approaches for conflicts resolution in coastal zone areas. The project partners’ group with representatives from Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Russia aimed at investigating conditions under which spatial conflict resolution in coastal zone management can be handled in a bottom up perspective in different countries around Baltic Sea. The ...
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CAPACITY BUILDING ON CONSERVATION OF ALBANIAN WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS (ALWET) (ALWET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

...sts, and Water Administration, five educational and research institutes, and two non-governmental bodies. The project trained 35 people representing government, scientific institutions, and environmental agencies on inventory and mapping issues, data management and GIS,using MedWet methodology. A detailed inventory was implemented in three pilot areas, at catchment, site, and habitat level ...
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art II: Wind energy in the BSR - Planning, Construction and Investment (Part II: WEBSR)

Start date: Nov 23, 2004, End date: Dec 22, 2005,

The aim of the project was to establish a BSR-wide wind energy association with a secretariat and national contact points, co operation groups, permanently growing contacts, integration into BSR panels, to start and continue of wind energy internet-platform for information and as a tool for over-regional BSR-wide telematik co operation and for awareness raising, as well as to develop the wind ener ...
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Sea Level Change Effecting the Spatial Development in the Baltic Sea Region (SEAREG )

Start date: Jun 21, 2002, End date: Mar 31, 2005,

The project aimed at supporting local and regional planners by transforming existing data sets from natural scientific research projects into an applicable format for spatial planning. The main objective was to create a tool for regional planners and natural scientists how to cooperate in the light of climate change in long term spatial planning. The tool was going to be designed as a decision sup ...
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Eco Forum Baltica (Eco Forum Baltica )

Start date: May 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2004,

Eco Forum Baltica has two main objectives; to promote the development and knowledge on Environmental Management Systems (EMS) in companies (mainly SMEs) and authorities in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and to develop the Spatial planning process (starting in the Harju region) and integrating Waste management/EMS perspectives in this process. The project is based on Eco Forum St Petersburg, ...
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Wind energy in the BSR - Planning, Construction and Investment (WEBSR )

Start date: Jan 23, 2003, End date: Nov 22, 2004,

The aim of the project was to establish a BSR-wide wind energy association with a secretariat and national contact points, co operation groups, permanently growing contacts, integration into BSR panels, to start and continue of wind energy internet-platform for information and as a tool for over-regional BSR-wide telematik co operation and for awareness raising, as well as to develop the wind ener ...
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KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE: Bridging the Environmental Divide through a Trans-European Water Management Network of Knowledge

...e Akteure und Beteiligten in deren beruflicher Aus- und Weiterbildung. Ziel von KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE ist die Förderung der beruflichen Bildung im Bereich des Wassermanagements zur Überbrückung des "environmental divide".
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KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE: Bridging the Environmental Divide through a Trans-European Water Management Network of Knowledge

...e Akteure und Beteiligten in deren beruflicher Aus- und Weiterbildung. Ziel von KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE ist die Förderung der beruflichen Bildung im Bereich des Wassermanagements zur Überbrückung des "environmental divide".
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