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Action Plan for the Improvement of Habitats of Threatened European Species in the Demer Valley through Broad Cooperation (LIFE Delta)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2022,

Background The Demer is an 85 km long river that runs through the Belgian provinces of Limburg and Vlaams Brabant. The project area is a broad and flat inland ‘river polder’ hosting vegetation that is unique within the Atlantic biogeographic region. The Demer Valley is particularly important for several plant and bird species of Community importance ...
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Establishing the European Geological Surveys Research Area to deliver a Geological Service for Europe (GeoERA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

The GeoERA proposal is put forward by the national and regional Geological Survey Organisations (GSO) of Europe. Its overall goal is to integrate the GSO’s information and knowledge on subsurface energy, water and raw material resources, to support sustainable use of the subsurface in addressing Europe’s grand challenges. The GeoERA consortium will organise and co-fund together with the EC a joint ...
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Grote NeteWoud: wilderness on a human scale (LIFE Grote NeteWoud)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Background Wet and dry heath vegetation, bogs, mires and lowland river systems covered much of the Campine region in north-eastern Belgium, until the early 20th century, when industrialisation, urbanisation and intensification of agricultural practices largely destroyed this natural landscape mosaic. The project area lies within the southern limit of the ...
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Open geo-data for innovative services and user applications towards Smart Cities (GeoSmartCity)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

GeoSmartCity contributes to the Smart City implementation by establishing a cross-platform, re-usable and open hub able to publish open geographic information and to provide specialized services based on open standards. GeoSmartCity leverages the use of open (geo)data as recommended by the EU Open Data Strategy and starts from PSI and INSPIRE Directives data infrastructures, with an emphasis on Mu ...
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Large scale habitat restoration in the valley of the Kleine Nete (LIFE Kleine Nete)

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

Background The ‘Kleine Nete’ is a lowland river situated in the Flemish Campine region and runs from the edge of the Campine plateau to the Schelde bassin. The valley is characterised by high geomorphological and well-preserved natural diversity. The area is unique in western Europe, featuring heathland and moors in higher areas and valley ecosystems ...
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eEnvironmental services for advanced applications within INSPIRE (eENVplus)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The aim of this pilot is to integrate a huge amount of environmental data put at disposal by the involved national/regional environmental agencies and other public and private environmental stakeholders through the integration and harmonisation of existing services in order to answer to the requests of environmental monitoring and reporting drafted by the European, national and local policies and ...
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Joint Air Quality Initiative (Joaquin)

Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

Air pollution (AP) constitutes a risk to human health. It is thought that lung conditions. exacerbated by AP cost the EU €50 billion per year and reduce life expectancy by an average of 6 months. Contrary to popular believe. air pollution is increasing. Factors such as rising industrial activity. energy production and increased traffic have all contributed to increased AP. Furthermore. air poll ...
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benefit of governance in DROught adaPtation (DROP)

Start date: Feb 29, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

The aim of the DROP project is to increase the resilience of NWE catchments to periods of drought.. DROP will develop a governance toolkit to be used by NWE regional water authorities and will test a few pilot measures on drought adaptation. The objectives of the project are 1) to promote the use of a European governance assessment toolkit to define regional drought adaptation; 2) to improve the e ...
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Scheldt Transnational Water management aimed at Improving and Integrating Innovative measures for groundwater. sediments and surface water in the International Scheldt River Basin District (ScaldWIN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

The general aim of the project is to contribute to a better quality of surface and groundwater bodies in the Scheldt International River Basin District (IRBD). This will be done by developing and implementing a set of cost-effective. innovative and transnational actions aimed at attaining a good status of surface and groundwater bodies. By monitoring the transnational effect of these actions. the ...
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Climate Adaptation Mainstreaming through Innovation (CAMINO)

Start date: Feb 8, 2013, End date: Jan 2, 2015,

CAMINO reconciles economic growth (Europe2020) and climate adaptation. It delivers innovative governance approaches and business cases that support mainstreaming climate adaptation in local investment projects and product/service development. CAMINO builds upon results of MARE, SKINT, SAWA (NSR), FRC (NWE) & BaltCica (BSR) and enriches its 5 regional Partnerships with industry and (inter)national ...
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Adaptive Land use for Flood Alleviation (ALFA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The general project aim is: to protect the North West Europe region against the effects of (the risk of) flooding due to climate changes. This will be done in the project by creating new capacity for storage or discharge of peak floods within river catchments. For example. new floodplains will be created in areas that have not been flooded recently. The need for the creation of new capacity for ...
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Policy support system for atmospheric pollution hot spots (ATMOSYS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Background Even though air quality in Europe has improved in recent decades, many areas still fail to meet standards set in the European Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC). This is particularly the case in so-called air pollution hot-spot regions, which are characterised by markedly higher-than-average atmospheric pollution levels, mostly caused by the hi ...
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improved integration of increased urban development and flood risks in major cities - FloodResilienCity (FloodResilienCity)

Start date: Apr 30, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

To integrate the increasing demand for more houses and other buildings with the increasing need for more and better flood risk management measures in North West European cities along rivers. Objectives to achieve that aim: 1. Awareness: To enhance the awareness and engagement in all aspects of flood risk and the means of managing it at: - the Policy level (politicians/decision makers). - amo ...
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Water Adaptation is Valuable for Everybody (WAVE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Oct 30, 2013,

The overall challenge of the WAVE project is to create conditions for a sustainable. regional development in which the different (land use) functions are approached in an integrated manner and opportunities are used in such a way that the region is equipped to set off the consequences of climate change. The strengthening of the value of water in the region forms a leading principle within this con ...
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The Water Emissions Inventory, a planning Support System aimed at reducing the pollution of water bodies (WEISS)

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

Background Despite significant investments made over the past decade in the treatment of wastewater from industries and households, challenges remain in achieving a good water quality across the whole of Europe. While the most discernible polluting sources are now being tackled, there is still a need for a more detailed analysis to determine remaining pro ...
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Aquadra

Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2013,

Améliorer la qualité de l’eau tout en réduisant la pollution de celle-ci est une priorité, tant en Belgique qu’aux Pays-Bas. Parce que les problèmes d’eau ne tiennent pas compte des frontières, une collaboration en vue d’une gestion transfrontalière semble logique, mais celle-ci n’est pourtant pas toujours chose aisée. Le projet transfrontalier AQUADRA a pour objectif d’améliorer la qualité de l’e ...
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Invasieve Exoten

Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

De laatste jaren is er een toename van planten en dieren die van nature niet in onze streken voorkomen. Sommige uitheemse soorten vermeerderen zich zo massaal dat ze een bedreiging vormen voor de inheemse flora en fauna. Naast ecologische veroorzaken deze invasieve exoten ook economische schade. Soms leiden ze bovendien tot veiligheids- of gezondsheidsproblemen.In dit project wordt voor het eerst ...
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SCALDIT ( From Collective Testing to a Transnational Analysis of the International River Basin District of the Scheldt... (SCALDIT)

Start date: Dec 31, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

This four-year project, SCALDIT, led by the Flemish region, involves six partners from three Member States. The projects objective is to make an essential contribution to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Scheldt (Escaut) river basin district; the basic principle of the WFD is that transnational cooperation is a sine qua non for achieving a good water status for internatio ...
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