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Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development (SPARE)
Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,
Description (EN): The Alps are Europes WATER-TOWERS, providing MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES such as water for human consumption, agriculture, industry, energy and maintaining tourism, recreation & quality of life not only for the residents but also for surrounding lowlands & big metropolitan areas. Alpine rivers are the BLUE BACKBONES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, but only healthy rive ...
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SHARE - Sustainable Hydropower in Alpine Rivers Ecosystems (SHARE)
Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jul 30, 2012,
Hydropower is the most important renewable resource for electricity production in alpine areas: it has advantages for the global CO2 balance but creates serious environmental impacts. RES-e Directives require a renewable electricity enhance but, at the same time, the Water Framework Directive obliges member States to reach or maintain a water bodies "good" ecological status, intrinsically limiting ...
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Implementation of MONITRAF (Monitoring of road traffic related effects in the Alpine Space and common measures) (iMONiTRAF!)
Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,
...on strategies for transalpine traffic and to put them into action. A long-lasting political network shall be established, which serves as common voice of the Alpine regions and which is recognised on regional, national and EU level. It pushes innovative measures for more sustainable regional development.iMONITRAF! will develop a broad political network to find common strategies. Evaluation instrum ...
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Adaptation to Climate Change in the Alpine Space (AdaptAlp)
Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,
...l hazards. The uncertainties and the increase of natural hazards due to the impacts of CC requires concerted management in the Alpine Space. AdaptAlp will improve information on impacts of CC esp. on regional level (e.g. high resolution modeling,design events) and evaluate different methods of risk assessment,hazard mapping & risk management in the Alpine Space.The activities concentrate on identi ...
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maNET - Permafrost long-term monitoring network (PermaNET)
Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jul 13, 2011,
Permafrost is highly sensitive to climatic changes. Permafrost degradation and related natural hazards affect traffic routes, tourism areas, settlements and infrastructures. The main problem is a lacking strategy for the consideration of these newly observed specific impacts of climate change in risk prevention and territorial development. With the joint development of a common strategy for dealin ...
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