[PDF] Top 20 LIFE. Environment projects 2006

... The magnitude and frequency of floods are likely to increase in the future as a result of climate change. Floods regularly cause heavy environmental and eco- nomic damages and recent flood incidents in Europe have ... See full document

... DG Environment (June 2011) shows that although 100% of the Cypri- ots surveyed consider environmental protection to be personally important to them, only 31% chose biodiver- sity loss as one of the five most ... See full document

... The Daugava River, which flows through Riga, is some 500–700 m wide and around 6-7 m deep. The water regime of the river is largely dependent on the op- erations of the Riga Hydropower plant. This is located some 30 km ... See full document

... The olive oil extraction industry is important for the Mediterranean region. Spain, Italy and Greece are the largest olive oil producers in the world. In the Medi- terranean, most of the olive oil mills (OOM) are small ... See full document

... The main steps of this cycle are - Raw ilmenite treatment by the slag process with Separation of the iron as molten pig iron • production of slag 70% Ti0 2 - The main step of sulfate pr[r] ... See full document

... conservation projects through- out the EU, as well as in some candidate, acceding and neighbouring ...1992, LIFE has co-financed some 2,500 projects, contributing € 1,500 million to the protection of ... See full document

... The project aims to implement an integrated informa- tion campaign for the prevention/reduction of smoking- related litter in coastal areas of Greece. Given the ex- tended coastline and the number of visitors it ... See full document

... Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), and waste arising from these appliances, give rise to environ- mental impacts throughout their life cycle. This is compounded by the fact that in recent years, EEE has ... See full document

... Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up a large part of Europe’s economy. All but 1% of Europe’s companies are SMEs, and SMEs generate 57% of eco- nomic activity in the EU. SMEs thus have a primary role to play ... See full document

... Good water management is necessary for human de- velopment to be sustainable: factors affecting rivers have led to the disappearance or decline of important species and to a loss of biodiversity. Water manage- ment, in ... See full document

... Communication projects dis- seminate information and raise the profile of envi- ronmental issues, and provide training and aware- ness-raising for the prevention of forest ...10 projects from a range of ... See full document

... In its biodiversity communication in 2006, the Europe- an Commission identified the engagement of the pri- vate sector in partnerships for biodiversity conserva- tion as a key action. It is believed that the ... See full document

... The conservation status of the bottlenose dolphin (Tur- siops truncatus) is considered of low concern in Madei- ran waters. This species of dolphin, however, is being found more frequently in the low-depth inshore area ... See full document

... Table No 4 Annual averages for LIFE II 1996 to 1997 Projects received 867 Projects considered valid 321 Cost of valid projects in ECU million 180 Projects co-financed 184 Community cont[r] ... See full document

... Following a review of several analytic strategies for integrating the two strands during analysis rather than when making conclusions, the appropriate analytic strategy, proposed by Brewer and Hunter (2006) and ... See full document

... al, 2006; Cooper and Symes, 2008; Schweber, ...built environment is a profit and return driven sector so it follows that any project feasibility appraisal adopts a monetary unit of analysis to compare ... See full document

... The natural environment and biodiversity on Skyros are some of the best preserved in the region. The land- scape is characterised by steep slopes, wet meadows, and seasonal wetlands, scrublands and pasturelands of ... See full document

... characterised by large amounts of organic chemi- cals and colouring agents, low biodegradability and high salinity. Currently, no company implements an integrated full-scale recovery of effluents for reuse in production, ... See full document

... of life were lost due to fine particle pollution in 32 Eu- ropean countries (European Environment Agency Technical report ...in life can increase the risk of carcinogenesis in ... See full document

... Forest fires are one of the major environmental prob- lems faced by southern European countries. Apart from the destruction of natural areas, deforestation and land desertification, they lead to other serious damages ... See full document