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Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies (Hybrid Parks)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...ces. Finally parkswill be part of risk prevention strategies such as green corridors to mitigate climate change.It is the projects key objective that parks can fully be used for sustainable local and regional development and for policies to mitigate climate change by enhancing their abilities to better serve economic, social and environmental purposes; by combining the improved capacities to creat ...
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Participatory monitoring, forecasting, control and socio-economic impacts of eutrophication and algal blooms in river basins districts (GISBLOOM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

Background Eutrophication and algal blooms in lakes, rivers and estuaries constitute a major environmental challenge. This is a particular problem in Finland’s inland and coastal waters, which do not currently meet environmental standards despite increasing efforts to reduce nutrient loading in river basins. Climate change may exacerbate this situation ...
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Common Mediterranean strategy and local practical Actions for the mitigation of Port, Industries and Cities Emissions (APICE)

Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: Nov 29, 2012,

APICE proposes a decision-making approach & related set of mitigation measures that assume the impact of air pollution sources as driver for the coast management in port-cities. This model is based on a stronger coordination of environmental and spatial planning policies, leading to curb emissions and preserving economic potentialities of port-cities. Results will be owned by some of the main MED ...
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Transnational Ecological Networks in Central Europe (TransEcoNet)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

...sustainable territorial development.The project partners are working in the fields of remote sensing, geoinformatics, nature protection, landscape ecology, history of architecture and arts as well as regional and environmental sciences. They analyse and assess transboundary landscapes regarding their topologies, histories, natural and cultural potentials. Thereupon they elaborate recommendations a ...
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Baltic Challenges and Chances for local and regional development generated by Climate Change (BalticClimate)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

...rection of action developed on the international or national level are a first step but do not equal implementation. Concrete action in dealing with climate change issues is required on the local and regional level, for both mitigation and adaptation. However, the local and regional level lack support in many respects on how to deal with climate change regarding a long term sustainable development ...
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Sustainable and Equipped Productive Areas (SEPA)

Start date: Jan 31, 2009, End date: Jul 30, 2011,

...elop consistent policies, plans and pilot projects targeting sustainable growth and jobs in the SEPA functional areas. It shall also target cooperative marketing activities in support of economic and regional development, attracting investments through a trans-national network of regions. Moreover, raising awareness on the concept of sustainable equipped productive areas shall be the subject of a ...
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Restoration of dune and coastal habitats in the Vattaja Military Area (Vattajan dyyni LIFE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2005, End date: Mar 31, 2009,

Background The state−owned Vattaja Natura 2000 area covers 1 200 ha. It accounts for 37% of Finland's grey dunes and is the largest boreal dune area in Europe. It is characterized by crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), willow (Salix repens), and the endemic Juncus balticus. The area contains six priority habitats - mainly dunes and coastal lagoons - and eight ...
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Greening Regional Development Programmes (GRDP)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Oct 30, 2007,

...llaborate and share best practice on how the environment can be better integrated into all programmes benefiting from Structural Funds. This is intended to lead to the development of more effective regional programmes that deliver sustainable results for local people. GRDP will also draft a common European methodology for integrating the environment into regional development programmes, based on t ...
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Baltic Balance - Integrated settlement structures (Baltic Balance)

Start date: Sep 3, 2003, End date: Jan 2, 2007,

During the latest 10-15 years the negative effects on rural areas on both settlement and social structure have been evident. Questions have been raised about possibility to maintain a living countryside, which can be attractive for both living and work. Can the depopulation be stopped? And can we guarantee a continuous agriculture management? What happens with nature and culture values in rural ar ...
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Bothnian Arc - Arctic Coastal Tourism Region (BothnianArc-ACTion )

Start date: Jun 25, 2002, End date: Sep 24, 2005,

...tioning of the area. At the same time the Karelian and Swedish-Finnish coastal regions create together an exciting tourism concept, “Arctic coastal and archipelago tourism”. The Danish Centre for Regional and Tourism Research will contribute with theoretical backup in the development of tourism concepts. An important aspect is the planning of strategic coastal/archipelago trails with different rel ...
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Crossing Fences - The Green and Natural Heritage of Gardens & Parks goes Tourism (Crossing Fences )

Start date: Jan 15, 2002, End date: Apr 14, 2005,

The main objective of the whole project was to build up a permanent network of gardens and parks on a regional and transnational level and to market them together in order to increase the interest in gardens and parks among decision makers, visitors, tourists and inhabitants. The goals and objectives of the local projects differ from each other. However, the overall objective for all partners is t ...
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Integrated Management System for the Bothnian Bay (Bothnian Bay Life)

Start date: Aug 1, 2001, End date: Jan 31, 2005,

...mental authorities was also a goal. The project was to develop guidelines for integrated management and monitoring through the creation of a comprehensive data base consisting of the existing local, regional and national databases. One goal was to offer information, environmental data and practical tools for monitoring and managment purposes via Internet. The project was intended to contribute t ...
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The Baltic Palette II (Baltic Palette II )

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: Nov 30, 2004,

...planning programmes and courses have been published. A training course about the best practices in spatial planning within the BP II themes was arranged in autumn 2004.Transport Corridors; Regional reports describing the needs of investments in infrastructure related to transport corridor networks have been published as well as reports on different transport modes. The results have been disseminat ...
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ENV-Inter - The integrative applied environmental programme

This project addresses the need for a cross-scientific approach to further training in environmental management. Training in this area needs to change its focus from repairing damage and cleaning up polluted areas to preventive measures at operational level. This will be done by incorporating environmental issues into the daily production process of companies and providing on-going training for pe ...
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