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EU-based Production and Exploitation of Alternative Rubber and Latex Sources (EU-PEARLS)
Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2012,
"Natural rubber is a widely used raw material essential to industry, medicine, transportation and defence, whose major source, the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, is currently both sustainable and environmentally beneficial. However, increased worldwide demand for natural rubber and latex means that alternative sustainable sources are urgently required. In order to meet this challenge, we propose ...
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Coordination Action for Research Activities on Life in Extreme Environments (CAREX)
Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2011,
"Life in Extreme Environments (LEXEN) is an emerging area of research in which Europe has considerable expertise but a relatively fragmented research infrastructure. The science of such environments has enormous relevance for our knowledge of the diversity and environmental limits of microbial, plant and animal life and the novel strategies employed for survival and growth. Such studies are esse ...
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Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques (PRATIQUE)
Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,
"PRATIQUE (Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques) will carry out all the key work listed in the call and address the major challenges for pest risk analysis (PRA) in Europe. This will be achieved through three principal objectives: to assemble the datasets required to construct effective PRAs valid for the whole of the EU, to conduct multi-disciplinary research that enhances the techniques ...
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