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Development & demonstration of management plans against -the climate change enhanced- invasive mosquitoes in S. Europe (LIFE CONOPS)
Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,
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Invasive species are defined as non-native species that have been introduced and established in new geographic regions and have the potential to have an adverse impact on the environment, economy and human health. Globalisation of trade and travel has facilitated the spread of such non-native species and climate change has enhanced their surviv ...
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European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime (EFFACE)
Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,
Environmental crime is a threat to environmental, social and economic sustainability and is in conflict with key commitments and strategies of the European Union, including the Europe 2020 Strategy. EFFACE will propose effective and feasible policy options for the EU to combat environmental crime. The recently adopted Environmental Crime Directive, the Ship-Source Pollution Directive, and the new ...
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Assessing subsurface potentials of the Alpine Foreland Basins for sustainable planning and use of natural resources (GeoMol)
Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,
To meet the EU’s ambitious targets for carbon emission reduction, renewable energy production must strongly be upgraded and made more efficient and capable for grid energy storage. Alpine Foreland Basins feature a unique geological inventory which can contribute substantially to tackle these challenges. Deep ‘Molasse’ basins at the fringe of the Alpine mountain range offer an abundant geothermal p ...
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Local solutions for future challenges: Community Owned Best practice for sustainable Resource Adaptive management in the Guiana Shield, South America (COBRA)
Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,
Novel funding initiatives are on the cusp of implementation across the developing world. Community owned solutions for the management of ecosystem services have the potential to act as showcases for determining the most effective and efficient use of these emerging funding streams in order to maximise social justice and ecological sustainability. The COBRA project brings together key South America ...
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INCA Central Europe - Integrated nowcasting system for the Central European area (INCA-CE)
Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2013,
Weather and especially severe weather is responsible for many natural disasters causing damage and loss of life. Weather forecasts are an essential part of early warning systems and consecutive actions within civil protection schemes, road management and flood protection. In the last years nowcasting, which is the forecast for the next hours, has improved significantly. Disasters at small time and ...
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Chemical Munitions Search & Assessment (CHEMSEA)
Start date: Jun 8, 2011, End date: Mar 7, 2013,
...risk, hydrotechnical installations and other sea-bottom activities such as trawler fishing are increasingly claiming space within the contaminated areas.CHEMSEA is a cooperation of leading scientific institutes and maritime decision makers,established in order to assess and minimise risks related to sea-bottom activities near CWA dumping sites.CHEMSEA will increase safety of underwater activities, ...
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RISK-Advanced Weather forecasting system to Advice on Risk Events and manage-ment (RISK AWARE)
Start date: Apr 30, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,
Meteorological hazards, especially flooding, cause the loss of lives and the destruction building and infrastructure. This demands for improving forecasts and timely warnings of such hazards in order to protect lives and properties. The project general objectives are the prevention of geo-hydrological natural disaster at regional, national and trans-national level forced by meteorological situatio ...
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The MinBioRest project aims to develops modules and accompanying documentation in a variety of training formats to retrain redundant, or soon-to-be redundant, staff in the mining and mineral processing industry as regards technical subjects connected with the protection and restoration of post-mining environments. New competence will improve employability in new environment-related activities acro ...
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