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Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service (SWOS)
Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,
The objective of the project SWOS is to develop a monitoring and information service focussing on wetland ecosystems.Globally wetlands are the ecosystems with the highest rate of loss. This is alarming, considering their significance as biodiversity hotspots and ecosystems with a central role in the water cycle, including improving water quality and reducing water scarcity, in climate regulation a ...
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Quantifying projected impacts under 2°C warming (IMPACT2C)
Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,
Political discussions on the European goal to limit global warming to 2°C demands that discussions are informed by the best available science on projected impacts and possible benefits. IMPACT2C enhances knowledge, quantifies climate change impacts, and adopts a clear and logical structure, with climate and impacts modelling, vulnerabilities, risks and economic costs, as well as potential respons ...
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Local solutions for future challenges: Community Owned Best practice for sustainable Resource Adaptive management in the Guiana Shield, South America (COBRA)
Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,
Novel funding initiatives are on the cusp of implementation across the developing world. Community owned solutions for the management of ecosystem services have the potential to act as showcases for determining the most effective and efficient use of these emerging funding streams in order to maximise social justice and ecological sustainability. The COBRA project brings together key South America ...
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Africa at a meso-scale: Adaptive and integrated tools and strategies for natural resources management (AFROMAISON)
Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2014,
Threats to the environment and natural resources, coupled with poor management, have serious implications for both poverty reduction and sustainable economic development. Degrading natural resources in Africa therefore result in an inreased vulnerability of the poor as a result of ecosystem stress, competition for space, soaring food and energy prices, climate change and demographic growth. Nowada ...
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RESTORE - Rivers: Engaging, Supporting and Transferring knOwledge for Restoration in Europe (RESTORE)
Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
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River ecosystems throughout Europe have been severely impacted by engineering projects for flood protection, navigation, water supply and hydroelectricity. It is estimated that less than 20% of Europeâs rivers and floodplains are in their natural state. Sustainable river restoration, which re-establishes ecosystems and their functions, serves ...
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Improved Drought Early Warning and FORecasting to strengthen preparedness and adaptation to droughts in Africa (DEWFORA)
Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
The principal aim of the DEWFORA proposal is to develop a framework for the provision of early warning and response to mitigate the impact of droughts in Africa. The proposal has been built to achive three key targets:1. Improved monitoring: by improving knowledge on drought forecasting, warning and mitigation, and advancing the understanding of climate related vulnerability to drought – both in t ...
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Enhancing the role of wetlands in integrated water resources management for twinned river basins in EU, Africa and South-America in support of EU Water Initiatives (WETwin)
Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,
The overall objective of the WETwin project is to enhance the role of wetlands in basin-scale integrated water resources management, with the aim of improving the community service functions while conserving good ecological status. Strategies will be worked out for: • utilizing the drinking water supply and sanitation potentials of wetlands for the benefit of people living in the basin, while main ...
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