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Establishing the European Geological Surveys Research Area to deliver a Geological Service for Europe (GeoERA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

The GeoERA proposal is put forward by the national and regional Geological Survey Organisations (GSO) of Europe. Its overall goal is to integrate the GSO’s information and knowledge on subsurface energy, water and raw material resources, to support sustainable use of the subsurface in addressing Europe’s grand challenges. The GeoERA consortium will organise and co-fund together with the EC a joint ...
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Tackling Water Challenges in the International Context (IC4WATER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

The Joint Programming Initiative Water Challenges for a Changing World, the Water JPI, is an intergovernmental initiative which strives to achieve sustainable water systems for a sustainable economy in Europe and abroad.IC4WATER’s objectives include supporting agencies in stepping up international cooperation: through the sharing of best practices, networking, closer coordination of existing activ ...
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The European network for observing our changing planet (ERA-PLANET)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2021,

In the last decade a significant number of projects and programmes in different domains of environmental monitoring and Earth observation have generated a substantial amount of data and knowledge on different aspects related to environmental quality and sustainability. Big data generated by in-situ or satellite platforms are being collected and archived with a plethora of systems and instruments m ...
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Water Works 2016-2020 in Support of the Water JPI (WaterWorks2015) - Sustainable water use in agriculture, to increase water use efficiency and reduce soil and water pollution (WaterWorks2015)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The WaterWorks2015 proposal responds to the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Societal Challenge 5 2015 Call topic Water-3 [2015]: Stepping up EU research and innovation cooperation in the water area.WaterWorks2015 aims at pooling resources from the 32 participating research programme owners / managers of 23 countries to implement a joint call for proposals, with EU co-funding in the area of sustainable water ...
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Methodologies fOr Noise low emission Zones introduction And management (LIFE MONZA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

Background Noise pollution is a growing environmental concern. It is a major environmental health problem in Europe, with an estimated 125 million people affected by high noise levels that cause serious health problems and stress. The EU has introduced the concept of low emission zones (LEZs), but this was mainly devised in the context of improving air qu ...
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Restoring the Pontine Archipelago ecosystem through management of rats and other invasive alien species (LIFE PonDerat)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Background The breeding success of bird species with unfavourable conservation status, such as Scopoli’s shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) and Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), is seriously threatened by the black rat (Rattus rattus), as demonstrated by international scientific literature. This negative trend is occurring in several Mediterranean ...
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Alien Species Awareness Program (LIFE ASAP)

Start date: Sep 30, 2016, End date: Mar 30, 2020,

Background The EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation highlights the benefits of preventing the spread of invasive alien species (IAS) in terms of biodiversity and cost. Increased public awareness and effective early warning systems and management are essential to this task. In Italy, there is a need for more public awareness of the problem, in particular o ...
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Water Works 2014-2019 in Support of the Water JPI (WaterWorks2014)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

Water is a critical resource for the European society. Beside its main life function, freshwater also provides many other functions essential to our economy. Water challenges cannot be successfully tackled through the isolated effort of individual national research and innovation programmes. This ERA-NET cofund proposal is submitted in the name of the Joint Programming Initiative “Water Challenges ...
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MAinSTreaming Experiences at Regional and local level for adaptation to climate change (LIFE MASTER ADAPT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Background Within the EU, southern Europe, and the Mediterranean basin in particular, will be most affected by global climate change. Strategies and plans for adaption to climate change are developed at national and regional level in the EU. Italy launched its National Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change (SNAC) in 2014, and officially adopted it in June ...
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EPOS Implementation Phase (EPOS IP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The nations of Europe are distributed around some of the most complex and dynamic geological systems on the planet and understanding these is essential to the security of livelihoods and economic power of Europeans. Many of the solutions to the grand challenges in the geosciences have been led by European scientists – the understanding of stratigraphy (the timing and distribution of layers of sedi ...
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ECOPOTENTIAL: IMPROVING FUTURE ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS THROUGH EARTH OBSERVATIONS (ECOPOTENTIAL)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,

Terrestrial and marine ecosystems provide essential services to human societies. Anthropogenic pressures, however, cause serious threat to ecosystems, leading to habitat degradation, increased risk of collapse and loss of ecosystem services. Knowledge-based conservation, management and restoration policies are needed to improve ecosystem benefits in face of increasing pressures. ECOPOTENTIAL makes ...
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Marine Knowledge Sharing Platform for Federating Responsible Research and Innovation Communities (MARINA)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

The Marina proposal overall aim is to create an all-inclusive Knowledge Sharing Platform (KSP) catalysing and organising the convergence of already existing networks, communities, on-line platforms and services providing an online socio-technical environment that facilitates and stimulates the direct engagement of researchers, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), citizens, industry stakeholders, po ...
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Creating a University-Enterprise Alliance for a Spatially Enabled Society

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

According to current discussion within the community of stakeholders, there is in the Geographic Information (GI) sector a gap between the knowledge currently being offered by the European universities and the knowledge and skills requested by the enterprises and public authorities. This is partly due to a fast technological development but also due to recent societal changes, for instance the EU ...
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Island conservation in Tuscany, restoring habitat not only for birds (RESTO CON LIFE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Several habitat and species found on the islands of the national park are seriously threatened by alien animal species (e.g. rodents, feral cats, hedgehogs, game birds) and by alien plant species (e.g. Carpobrotus spp., Eucalyptus camaludulensis). Control measures to eradicate these alien species are necessary in order to restore the natural is ...
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Management of grey squirrel in Umbria: conservation of red squirrel and preventing loss of biodiversity in Apennines (LIFE U-SAVEREDS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Oct 1, 2018,

Background The Umbria region is located in the heart of the Italian peninsula. It is threatened by the presence of the non-native Eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) that has spread since it was accidentally released in the city of Perugia in the early 2000s. The introduction of the grey squirrel in Europe is one of the most well-known and studie ...
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Soil Administration Models 4 Community Profit (LIFE SAM4CP)

Start date: Jun 3, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Background Soils provide seven main ecological functions: carbon sequestration; water purification; erosion prevention; support of biodiversity; habitat for pollinators; production of wood/fibre; and food production. Most of these ecological functions provide economic as well as ecological benefits to local communities. However, these functions are inhib ...
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Conservation of Red Deer Cervus elaphus corsicanus in Sardinia and Corse (One deer two islands)

Start date: Sep 9, 2012, End date: Mar 9, 2018,

Background The Corsican red deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus Erxeleben, 1777) is a sub-species of the European red deer and is endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. This sub-species is found in the project target areas - sites on both islands. It is considered a priority for conservation in Annex II of the Habitats Directive. It is also included on the IUCN red ...
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Strengthening cooperation in European research on sustainable exploitation of marine resources in the seafood chains- ERANET (COFASP)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Research and innovation are central elements in the Europe 2020 Strategy and it is recognised that bioeconomy is an important element of the Strategy. DG RTD has issued a European Strategy “Innovating for sustainable growth: a bioeconomy for Europe” paving the way to a more innovative, resource efficient and competitive society that reconciles food security with the sustainable use of renewable re ...
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The development of tools for tracing and evaluating the genetic impact of fish from aquaculture: “AquaTrace” (AQUATRACE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The genetic changes associated with domestication in aquaculture pose an increasing threat to the integrity of native fish gene pools. Consequently, there is a bourgeoning need for the development of molecular tools to assess and monitor the genetic impact of escaped or released farmed fish. In addition, exploration of basic links between genetic differences among farmed and wild fish and differen ...
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The Urban Sound Planner (SONORUS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

"Traffic noise pollution in urban areas is a major environmental problem within the European Union. Creating an acceptable acoustic outdoor environment is a big challenge of high need. Creating as well as preserving environments, which are supportive for health and well-being in a sustainable manner is an even bigger but unavoidable task. In order to succeed, specialists are required with a broad ...
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Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe (BASE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Climate change can disrupt ecological, social and economic systems, with some regions and sectors suffering significantly. Therefore, adaptation plays a paramount role in responding to climate change. Progress has been made, but there are still important obstacles. Knowledge of the benefits and costs of adaptation is sparse, unsystematic and unevenly distributed across sectors and countries. Plan ...
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Tackling European Water Challenges (WATEUR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Water is a critical resource for the European society. Beside its main life function, freshwater also provides many other functions essential to our economy such as transport, energy provision, heat exchange, cleaning, washing, and constitutes a necessary raw material for many industries. Water availability in sufficient quantities and adequate quality is an issue of highest priority and represent ...
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eEnvironmental services for advanced applications within INSPIRE (eENVplus)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The aim of this pilot is to integrate a huge amount of environmental data put at disposal by the involved national/regional environmental agencies and other public and private environmental stakeholders through the integration and harmonisation of existing services in order to answer to the requests of environmental monitoring and reporting drafted by the European, national and local policies and ...
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"Innovative Multi-purpose off-shore platforms: planning, Design and operation" (MERMAID)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

"European oceans will be subject to massive development of marine infrastructure in the near future. The most obvious is the energy facilities e.g. offshore wind farms, exploitation of wave energy, expansion of electricity connections, and also further development and implementation of marine aquaculture. This will also lead to an increased need for marine infrastructure to support installation an ...
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REstoring rivers FOR effective catchment Management (REFORM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

REFORM is targeted towards development of guidance and tools to make river restoration and mitigation measures more cost-effective and to support the 2nd and future River Basin Management Plans (RMBPs) for the WFD. Aims of REFORM are (1) to provide a framework for improving the success of hydromorphological restoration measures and (2) to assess more effectively the state of rivers, floodplains an ...
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Minerals Intelligence Network for Europe (MINERALS4EU)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The Minerals4EU project is designed to meet the recommendations of the Raw Materials Initiative and will develop an EU Mineral intelligence network structure delivering a web portal, a European Minerals Yearbook and foresight studies. The network will provide data, information and knowledge on mineral resources around Europe, based on an accepted business model, making a fundamental contribution t ...
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Chemical Assessment according to Legislation Enhancing the In silico DOcumentation and Safe use (CALEIDOS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Background REACH (Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 on the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals), which came into force in 2007, sets out a new regulatory regime for chemicals in Europe. It requires manufacturers and importers of chemicals to submit hazard assessments and safe-use information, and it is based on the principle that the use of ch ...
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Pre-Operational Marine Service Continuity in Transition towards Copernicus (MyOcean FO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2015,

The main objective of the MyOcean Follow On project will be to operate a rigorous, robust and sustainable Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting component of the pre-operational Copernicus Marine Service delivering ocean physical state and ecosystem information to intermediate and downstream users in the areas of marine safety, marine resources, marine and coastal environment and weather, climate and s ...
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Fostering sustainability and uptake of research results through Networking activities in Black Sea & Mediterranean areas (IASON)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2015,

IASON Project has the ultimate goal to establish a permanent and sustainable Network of scientific and non-scientific institutions, stakeholders and private sector enterprises belonging in the EU and third countries located in two significant areas: The Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions. The main focal points of the project will be the usage and application of Earth Observation (EO) in the f ...
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Bridging the gap between science, stakeholders and policy makers Phase 2:Integration of evidence-based knowledge and its application to science and management of fisheries and the marine environment (GAP2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

GAP2 is about making a difference to an issue of significance to the whole of society; the wellbeing of the marine environment and the sustainability of fisheries upon which society depends for food. It builds on the relationships, processes and plans arising from GAP1 by enabling Mobilisation and Mutual Learning (MML) actions that promote stakeholder participation in the debate on and development ...
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Biodiversity and Sustainable Development in the Strait of Sicily (BIODIVALUE)

Start date: Jul 23, 2012, End date: Jan 22, 2015,

The project idea is to create operational tools to support local administrators and operators of maritime traffic, useful to limit the harmful effects of operating pollution generated by shipping industrial, commercial, recreational fishing and the Strait of Sicily. These instruments, including a system for measuring biophysical risk of loss of biodiversity of the Strait of Sicily and economic eva ...
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MyWave: A pan-European concerted and integrated approach to operational wave modelling and forecasting – a complement to GMES MyOcean services (MyWave)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The main goal of MyWave is to lay the foundation for a future Marine Core Service that includes ocean waves. The proposal has identified four target areas where concerted research is needed to establish a high quality GMES Marine Core Service for ocean waves:1. increase the use of earth observations by improving data processing algorithms and data assimilation systems,2. improve the physics in cur ...
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SCIence Data Infrastructure for Preservation – Earth Science (SCIDIP-ES)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The aim of this initiative is to address priorities a) and c) of the call INFRA-2011-1.2.2: Data infrastructures for e-Science. It is about delivering long-term preservation services as part of the data infrastructure for e-Science.We aim to deliver generic infrastructure services for science data preservation that address the persistent storage, access and management required by the call and to b ...
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Prototype Operational Continuity for the GMES Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting Service (MYOCEAN2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

The main objective of the MyOcean2 project will be to operate a rigorous, robust and sustainable Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting component of the GMES Marine Service (OMF/GMS) delivering ocean physical state and ecosystem information to intermediate and downstream users in the areas of marine safety, marine resources, marine and coastal environment and climate, seasonal and weather forecasting.Th ...
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Montecristo 2010: eradication of invasive plant and animal aliens and conservation of species/habitats in the Tuscan Archipelago,Italy. (Montecristo 2010)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Background Habitats on the small island of Montecristo, one of seven islands in the Tuscan Archipelago of Italy’s Tyrrhenian Sea, are seriously threatened by the invasive alien tree of heaven species Ailanthus altissima. Meanwhile, the nests and eggs of the shearwater Puffinus yelkouan and other sea birds are vulnerable to black rats (Rattus rattus). Co ...
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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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Harmonised European Land Monitoring (HELM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"The land surface is a decisive factor regarding the state of the environment and human well-being. To manage it well, regularly obtained up do date information on land use and land cover is needed. Land monitoring provides this information through thematic maps based on the interpretation of areal photography, satellite imagery and further sources. These maps aid spatial planning, nature protecti ...
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Innovative coastal technologies for safer European coasts in a changing climate (THESEUS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

Coastal areas are vital economic hubs in terms of settlement, industry, agriculture, trade and tourism to mention some key sectors. There are already many coastal problems including erosion, flood risk and long-term habitat deterioration. As economies continue to develop the asset base at risk will grow, while accelerating climate change will increase the likelihood of damaging extreme events, as ...
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CO-ordinated Approach for Sediment Treatment and BEneficial reuse in Small harbours neTworks (COAST-BEST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

Background The presence of contaminated sediment in coastal environments may lead to significant alteration of marine and coastal ecosystems. Since marine disposal is forbidden by national and international regulations, an alternative solution needs to be found to prevent the disposal of dredged sediment as landfill. Furthermore, the identification of pro ...
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Harmonization of Urban noise reduction Strategies for Homogeneous action plans (H.U.S.H.)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Background In many respects, the European Union can be seen as a Union of cities; about 1 600 settlements are home to over 50 000 inhabitants and are thus considered functional urban areas. According to the European Urban Audit published by the Directorate General for Regional Policy (European Commission) in June 2007, almost three quarters of European ci ...
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