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Habitat Restoration of alluvial forests and creeks within the flood controlled Scheldt estuary site Kruibeke-Bazel-Rupelmonde. (LIFE+SCALLUVIA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Sep 1, 2017,

...forest management plan for Kruibeke-Bazel-Rupelmonde, with a view to the establishment of a Flemish nature and forest reserve. - Conclusion of a management agreement between the owner of Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV and the administrator ANB, in order to achieve long-term conservation objectives. Control of recreational activities will include: - Refining the visitor’s management plan for woods ...
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Developing. Testing and Promoting Tidal Energy in coastal and estuarine zones (Pro-Tide)

Start date: May 10, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

This project (Pro-Tide) aims to further develop and use tidal and stream power in NW-Europe by testing and comparing several technical systems at various sites and in various circumstances. There will be a specific focus on innovative systems operating at sites with small differences in tide levels and/or low flow rates. In this way this project will contribute to: - the Europe 2020 Strategy. foc ...
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A flexible and environmentally friendly pusher/barge watertransport concept for freight transport on small waterways. complementary to traditional navigation (WATERTRUCK)

Start date: Oct 7, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

WATERTRUCK (WT) aims at introducing a new and environmentally friendly transport concept for inland navigation on small waterways (from CEMT Class I - 300tonnes - up and including CEMT Class IV - max 1500tonnes). The WATERTRUCK navigation concept is based on the deployment of small barges (up to 1500t) and small innovative pushers. The two most important characteristics and advantages in compariso ...
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sitive water management in lowland areas facing climate change (FLOODCOM)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

The FLOODCOM project gathers together 5 partners from the 2 Seas programme area with similar topography: lowland areas, affected by the North Sea with a possibility of flooding from inter-tidal and fluvial events or even severe rainfall events. Traditional flood defense methods, such as concrete canals and sea walls, are no longer fit to meet the increased threat of flooding. Therefore, new techni ...
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Development of innovative concepts of nautical service clusters: Yacht Valley (Yacht Valley)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

Services such as maintenance, repairs, upgrades and the sale of boat accessories are economically and functionally a key part of the nautical sector. They are also of vital importance for employment and the local economy in the 2 Seas area. Facing a growing market demand, the Yacht Valley project aims to develop new nautical service centers to group these services in one location where several com ...
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Sustainable Tourism in Estuary Parks (STEP)

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

...e executed actions are; nature organisations: Staatsbosbeheer and Agentschap voor Bos en Natuur; nature and recreation authorities: Parkschap NP De Biesbosch and The Broads Authority; water managers: Waterwegen en Zeekanaal; municipalities: Dordrecht, Drimmelen, Norwich, Kruibeke, Rupelmonde, Basel; provinces: Zuid-Holland and Noord-Brabant, Antwerpen, Norfolk and Suffolk as well as the tourist in ...
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Innovative Inland Navigation (INLANAV)

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

The aim of the project is to address the attractiveness of small waterways in NWE. To do this we aim at building on to the results of the ECSWA-project (also called WATERSLAG in Dutch) which was financed by INTERREG III-B. ECSWA demonstrated the feasibility of transporting containers and bulk in two coupled barges. The economic advantages and societal benefits of coupling existing barges were prov ...
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Revitalisering Oude Industriehavens (ROI)

Start date: May 31, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

Acht steden in de grensregio met een grote industriehaven zoals Antwerpen, Gent, Oostende en Vlissingen willen hun binnenstedelijke vitaliteit, de kwaliteit van de leefomgeving en de sociaal-economische dynamiek versterken door de revitalisering van hun oude industriehavens. Daarom brengen zij en Revitalisering Oude Industriehavens publieke vliegwielinvesteringen, innovatieve planontwikkeling, gre ...
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Enhancement of containerised freight flows on small waterways

Start date: Apr 25, 2005, End date: May 29, 2008,

ECSWA seeks to enhance the attractiveness of small waterways for freight transport by developing a push barge concept for transnational services. This will make it possible to make full use of the existing waterway capacity for transport without large infrastructure investments. Achie ...
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