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Controlling invasive riparian plants and restoring native biodiversity
Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2014,
This project will control and if possible eradicate invasive alien plants in demonstration river catchments in Ireland and western Scotland using best practice in a cross-border context. It has been developed to address the key environmental priority of biodiversity and also meets objectives of the water priority, responding to the requirements of the Water Framework Directive and the Habitats Di ...
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Water Quality in Harbours (PORTONOVO)
Start date: Nov 15, 2009, End date: Feb 14, 2012,
Nowadays, ports are introducing changes in the management policies, moving towards the use of models in which economic and environmental factors are considered indicators of development. The conflict between the need to prioritise the development of specific economic activities and the fulfilment of the environmental objectives of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) was solved by the introduction ...
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Older People for Older People 1.4 (O4O)
Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2010,
O4O will utilise the capacity of older people as community assets, applying their skills to provide services that will help maintain other older people in their communities. O4O will: map the context; identify new opportunities for providing locally-relevant services; test the feasibility of innovative organisational models; develop a toolkit to develop O4O organisations transnationally; evaluate ...
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Water-Renew : Wastewater polishing using renewble energy crops (Water-Renew)
Start date: Dec 1, 2004, End date: Dec 1, 2008,
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The cleanliness of Europe's lakes and other bodies of fresh water is threatened by effluent discharges and excessive fertiliser usage. Currently, most domestic wastewater is treated using physical and/or biological processes to remove large particles (primary treatment) and decrease the oxygen demand on receiving waters (secondary treatment). A ...
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Intercultural Dialogue & Linguistic Diversity via MobLang
Start date: Dec 1, 2009,
Language barriers between individuals of different ethnic groups living in the same country, or Europeans visiting other countries for business or pleasure, hinder natural interaction. Communication in a foreign language can hold back the development of friendships and closer relationships, thus preventing fruitful intercultural exchange and dialogue. Basic language knowledge of one’s conversation ...
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