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Enhancing prediction of tropical Atlantic climate and its impacts (PREFACE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

Tropical Atlantic climate recently experienced pronounced shifts of great socio-economic importance. The oceanic changes were largest in the eastern boundary upwelling systems. African countries bordering the Atlantic strongly depend upon their ocean - societal development, fisheries, and tourism. They were strongly affected by these climatic changes and will face important adaptation challenges a ...
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The Voices of Venice. Anthro-Ecological Perspective on the Making of Medieval Europe (VOICESOFVENICE)

Start date: Sep 10, 2014, End date: Sep 9, 2017,

VoicesOfVenice aims to provide the principal researcher, a landscape archaeologist focused on medieval Europe, with comprehensive training in anthropology and ecology in order to re-write the “Origin of Venice”. The research will stimulate a critical reappraisal of the one of the most well studied European historical and social phenomenon, the birth of the Serenissima. The proposed project will de ...
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SUSTAINABLE NANOTECHNOLOGIES (SUN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

SUN (Sustainable Nanotechnologies) is the first project addressing the entire lifecycle of nanotechnologies to ensure holistic nanosafety evaluation and incorporate the results into tools and guidelines for sustainable manufacturing, easily accessible by industries, regulators and other stakeholders. The project will incorporate scientific findings from over 30 European projects, national and inte ...
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How long have human activities been affecting the climate system? (EARLYHUMANIMPACT)

Start date: Jul 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Human activities are altering the global climate system at rates faster than ever recorded in geologic time. Ample observational evidence exists for anthropogenic climate change including measured increased in atmospheric CO2, temperature and sea level rise. Biomass burning causes CO2 emissions of ~50% of those from fossil-fuel combustion and so are highly likely to influence future climate change ...
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Ecological application of nanosorbents on the base of natural and synthetic ionites and carbons (ECONANOSORB)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

"The proposed research project brings together European universities and research centres from Spain, Italy and Germany and three participant institutions from Russian Federation and Ukraine. It builds on existing international projects under the Seventh Framework programme and will enhance the already active collaboration in the field of environmental protection. The main aim of the proposal is t ...
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Network-based Expert-Stakeholder Framework for Sustainable Remediation (NEXSUS)

Start date: Oct 10, 2014, End date: Feb 8, 2016,

The management of contaminated land has moved through different stages over the last few decades, each stage being characterized by a specific approach. The most recent stage is that of sustainable remediation, whereby decisions on the management of contaminated sites have to be sustainable across all the three pillars of sustainable development (environmental, economic and social). In particular, ...
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Global contaminated land management (GLOCOM)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

"Complex hazardous contamination of soil and water are obstructing sustainable re-development of previously industrialized urban land in Europe as well as in China. Although several significant efforts have already been developed, a systematic and integrated approach for the sustainable management of contaminated sites is still lacking.The main objective of this program is to strengthen the qualit ...
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Managing Risks of Nanoparticles (MARINA)

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

While there are standard procedures for product life cycle analysis, exposure, hazard, and risk assessment for traditional chemicals, is not yet clear how these procedures need to be modified to address all the novel properties of nanomaterials. There is a need to develop specific reference methods for all the main steps in managing the potential risk of ENM. The aim of MARINA is to develop such ...
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The FUture of FUlly integrated human exposure assessment of chemicals: Ensuring the long-term viability and technology transfer of the EU-FUNded 2-FUN tools as standardised solution (4FUN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The assessment of risks to human health from chemicals is of major concern for policy and industry and ultimately benefits all citizens. In this process, exposure assessment is generally considered to be the weakest point, as currently available tools show major flaws:(a) lack of integrated approach for assessment of combined stressors (i.e. a number of potential pollutants);(b) widespread use of ...
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Semantic EnrichmEnt of trajectory Knowledge discovery (SEEK)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

A flood of data pertinent to moving objects is available today, and will be more in the near future, particularly due to the automated collection of data from personal devices such as mobile phones and other location-aware devices. Such wealth of data, referenced both in space and time, may enable novel classes of applications of high societal and economic impact, provided that the discovery of co ...
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Evaluating Policies for Sustainable Energy Investments: towards an integrated approach on national and international stage (EPSEI)

Start date: Apr 15, 2011, End date: Apr 14, 2015,

Fundamental trends in the European Union and the world at large provide an increasingly important policy agenda for financing sustainable energy in terms of energy efficiency, innovation in energy exploitation and development of renewable resources. The long-range forecasts for investments and energy market are determined by highly interconnected environmental, geological and technological researc ...
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Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Indicators for North Africa (MEDINA)

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

MEDINA is designed to enhance Northern African Countries’s monitoring capacity of their coastal areas ecosystems, including fish stocks resources, and consequently their capacity to implement environmental policies, conventions and protocols. In response to this Call for proposal and supported by a strong European partnership, MEDINA focuses on the Mediterranean coasts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia ...
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An Integrated Framework of Methods, Technologies, Tools and Policies for Improvement of Brownfield Regeneration in Europe (TIMBRE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Brownfield regeneration is essential for sustainable land management in European Member States. Currently, the success in brownfield regeneration is unsatisfying in terms of financial and eco-efficiency or social acceptance. Many useful and innovative technologies site clean-up as well as methods to support decision making processes exist, but they are only rarely applied using their full potentia ...
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Fisheries and aquaculture-Oriented Research Capacity in Egypt (FORCE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"FORCE ""Fishing and aquaculture-Oriented Research Capacity in Egypt"" project is designed to enhance the capacity of the Egyptian National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, NIOF to carry out research activities aimed at supporting the implementation of sound and science-based policies for the sustainable development of fishery and aquaculture in Egypt, as well as in the whole Mediterranean ...
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Bridging the gap between science and producers to support the European marine mollusc production sector (EUROSHELL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"Under the acronym EUROSHELL, this proposal will provide solutions to identified challenges that may constrain the transfer of knowledge to the shellfish sector and thus affect its sustainable development.It will focus on identification of the underlying factors that inhibit effective knowledge management in the sector and provide regional forums to facilitate dialogue between shellfish companies ...
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RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES (ENPRA)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

Engineered Nanoparticles (ENP) are increasingly produced for use in a wide range of industrial and consumer products. Yet it is known that exposure to some types of particles can cause severe health effects. Therefore it is essential to ascertain whether exposure to ENP can lead to possible health risks for workers and consumers. We have formed a consortium of well-known scientists from European U ...
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