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Partnership for Biodiversity Protection in Viticulture in Europe

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The loss of biodiversity, alongside climate change, is currently one of the largest and most important challenges. It is believed that the current rate of species extinction, due to human influences, is several times higher than the natural extinction rate. Agriculture is the most important land use in Europe, with around 50% of the surface used for agricultural production. The relationship betwee ...
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TOPTEN ACT aims at empowering consumers to ACT: to purchase top energy-efficient products that will save energy over their lifetime.TOPTEN ACT develops a comprehensive market transformation strategy targeting consumers, manufacturers, retailers, large buyers, consumer associations and other key actors in 16 European countries, covering a combined population of 447 Mio inhabitants. It works with th ...
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The general objective of the project is to empower private stakeholders and public authorities in adapting and enforcing EU and national energy efficiency policies in the sector of professional cold products. A specific objective is to ensure more energy efficient professional cold products enter the EU market and increase their market shares, thereby contributing to the EU’s energy efficiency goa ...
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...uture, the area will only be subjected to natural disturbances. The project’s results will directly reach 30 thousand people through the Quercus Ambiente newspaper (which has a bimonthly circulation of 10 thousand). The project will also target 10 thousand basic and high school students and teachers. Dissemination materials will include: 10 thousand flyers; 1500 brochures; 5000 posters; An ...
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Background Society’s consumption patterns continue to increase at a rate that is considered unsustainable in the longer term. Waste volumes remain a growing problem for EU Member States. For example, waste streams in landfills from used expanded polystyrene (EPS) have increased dramatically in recent years. EPS is not biodegradable and because of its lo ...
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MacLehose Press Publishing Programme

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

... the Creative Europe Programme because it will see works written in six lesser used languages (Swedish, Italian, Croatian, Dutch, Icelandic and Norwegian) translated into English. As MacLehose Press/Quercus Editions have strong links with book retailers across Europe, this will inevitably lead to wider circulation of the works within and around Europe.MacLehose Press is an imprint of Quercus Editi ...
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Our society of knowledge demands high quality training and education for everybody, which leads to a revision of our organizational and teaching methods at school, paying special attention to the pupils’ diversity and their context. Lower rates of school failure and the decrease of early dropouts from school must be priorities in our projects, especially when we come to the realization that citize ...
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This project aims to involve teachers and students of seven secondary schools from all over Europe in a common project about housing. The participants from Austria, German, Greece, Italy,Romania, Spain and Sweden will be made aware of how living conditions influence people in their personal and social lives. Comparing their own way of living with that of their partners’ they will get insights o ...
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Background Alder forests (Alnus glutinosa) commonly grow on the banks of rivers with permanent water flows. This habitat is at its optimum in the middle of river courses. Past human activity has led to a reduction of many alder forests and much of this habitat is now limited to thin rows of trees located in single lines directly at the riparian edge. ...
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...ransportation system and traffic flow. BirdWatch will also contribute to reduce pollution, fuel waste and stress thus providing environmental and economic benefits to the cities.The feasibility study Quercus intends to conduct will assess which markets are more inclined to accept the solution and will evaluate if our initial marketing plan is realistic and could be effectively implemented. Quercus ...
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Background The use of poisoned bait is forbidden under annex VI of the Habitats Directive. However, its use is deeply rooted in many European rural areas where natural predation by feral dogs and cats can have an effect on rural economic activities. Baits are commonly though not exclusively used in hunting (normally for small game). Some livestock owners, ...
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Background Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with heather (Erica ciliaris) and species-rich Nardus grasslands on siliceous substrates are common on the supra-temperate and supra-Mediterranean levels of granitic mountains in Northern and Central Portugal. These habitat types are usually found in a mosaic landscape, frequently on the edge of peat ecosystems. H ...
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Background Calcareous habitats are characteristically alkaline. Calcareous literally means being mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate, or in other words, containing lime or being chalky. Calcareous conditions are of vital importance for the conservation of several taxa and their habitats. The SCI of Serra de Aires e Candeeiros includes one of P ...
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The BIOCLUS objective is to boost the regional competitiveness and growth in five European cluster regions: Wielkopolska (Poland), Slovakia, Western Macedonia (Greece), Navarre (Spain) and Central Finland. The project promotes collaboration and integration and supports the sustainable development of research related communities by • Promoting expertise competence at the cluster and consortium leve ...
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...communication of concepts, ideas and universal values drawing on the wealth of the alternative languages of art: music, painting and sculpture.The partnership, coordinated by the Spanish school IESO QUERCUS, was made up by eight schools of different European countries, geographically and culturally distant: BULGARIA, FINLAND, GREECE, ITALY, NETHERLAND, ROMANIA, SPAIN and TURKEYEach school did re ...
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