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L I F E +

Environment Policy & Governance

Projects 2010


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Introduction to LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance 2010

LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance in2010

The Environment Policy & Governance strand o LIFE+supports pilot projects that contribute to the develop-ment o innovative policy ideas, technologies, meth-ods and instruments. O the 399 proposals received,the Commission selected 104 projects or undingrom a wide range o public and private sector organi-sations. The winning projects, situated in 18 MemberStates, represent a total investment o 286 million, owhich the EU will provide 109 million.

Projects targeting waste and natural resources accountor the lions share o this unding (some 143 millionor 51 projects). The Commission will contribute morethan 16 million to 14 projects directly tackling cli-mate change, with a total budget o 40 million. Inaddition, 12 projects ocusing on other issues will alsohave an indirect impact on greenhouse gas emissions.Water is another important area o ocus, with nineprojects selected. The remaining projects cover vari-ous topics including air, chemicals, environment andhealth, orests, innovation, noise, soil protection, stra-tegic approaches, and the urban environment.

Background

LIFE is the EUs fnancial instrument supporting envi-ronmental and nature conservation projects through-out the EU and in certain non-EU countries. Since

1992, LIFE has co-fnanced some 3 500 projects, con-tributing approximately 2.7 billion to the protectiono the environment. LIFE+ is the new European fnan-

cial instrument or the environment with a total budg-et o 2 143 billion or the period 2007-2013. Duringthis period, the Commission will launch one call orLIFE+ project proposals per year.

LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance is one o threethematic components under the LIFE programme. Theother two components, LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversityand LIFE+ Inormation & Communication, ocus re-spectively on improving the conservation status o en-dangered species and habitats; and on disseminatinginormation and raising the profle o environmentalissues or providing training and awareness-raising orthe prevention o orest fres.

More inormation on each LIFE+ project is available at:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/lie/project/Projects/index.cm

It is also possible to contact the relevant nationalauthorities:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/lie/contact/nationalcontact/index.htm

LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance 2010:

Commission unds 104 innovation projects

in 18 countries with 109 million

The European Commission has approved unding or 104 new environmental innovation projects in

18 countries under the LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance programme 2010. These projects will

demonstrate new methods and techniques or dealing with a wide diversity o Europes environmental

problems. The projects are led by benefciaries, or project promoters, based in Belgium, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland,

Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. They represent a total investment o 286

million, o which the EU will provide some109 million.
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Location Project number Title o project

LIFE10 ENV/DE/000158HWC - Jenelder Au

Hamburg Water Cycle - Jenelder Au

GREECELIFE10 ENV/GR/000594

WASTEREUSE

Best practices or agricultural wastes treatment and

reuse in the Mediterranean countries

LIFE10 ENV/GR/000596CONDENSE

The condense managing system: production o novelertilisers rom manure and olive mill wastewater

LIFE10 ENV/GR/000601CHARM

Chromium in Asopos groundwater system: remedia-tion technologies and measures

LIFE10 ENV/GR/000605Athens-Bio-waste

Integrated management o bio-waste in Greece the case study o Athens

LIFE10 ENV/GR/000606ELINA

Integrated green lie-cycle management o waste oilsand petroleum residues

LIFE10 ENV/GR/000610ISWM-TINOS Development and implementation o a demonstra-tion system on Integrated Solid Waste Managementor Tinos in line with the Waste Framework Directive

LIFE10 ENV/GR/000617ArcFUEL

Mediterranean uel maps geodatabase or wildland& orest re saety

LIFE10 ENV/GR/000622WASP Tool

Development and demonstration o a waste preven-tion support tool or local authorities

IRELAND LIFE10 ENV/IE/000695DEPOTEC

Depolymerisation Technology or Rubber with En-ergy Optimisation to produce Carbon Products

ITALY LIFE10 ENV/IT/000307

NO.WA

NO WASTE

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000308WW-SIP

From Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant to Sel Sus-tainable Integrated Platorm or Wastewater Refne-ment

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000314CREWSOD

Waste Collection Rewarding System On Demand

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000321ZeoLIFE

Water Pollution Reduction and Water Saving Using aNatural Zeolite Cycle

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000323RHM Pilot Plant

Integrated Renewable-Hydrogen-Magnesium (RHM)pilot plant or green-energy high-capacityproduction

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000324PURA4IPM

Pesticides Use Reduction in Agriculture: demonstra-tion o an innovative Integrated Pest Managementtechnology

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000325SUSTABS

New Absorbing Materials and Technologies or Femi-nine Hygiene Products with Reduced Waste

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000327MED-PARTICLES

Particles size and composition in Mediterraneancountries: geographical variability and short-termhealth eects

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000331HIA21

Participated assessment o the health, environmentaland socioeconomic impacts deriving rom the han-dling o urban waste

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000341RECOIL

Recovered waste cooking oil or combined heat andpower production
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L IF E10 ENV/GR/000617

ArcFUELMediterranean fuel maps

geodatabase for wildland &

forest re safety

Benefciary:Type o benefciaryLarge enterprise

Name o benefciaryEPSILON International S.A.

Postal addressMonemvasias 27GR - 15125 MarousiGREECEPhone +30 210 6898619Fax +30 210 6821220Email [email protected]

[email protected]

Name o contact personDespina KALLIDROMITOU

Duration o project:

27 months (01/10/2011 - 31/12/2013)

Total budget in euro:1,305,865.00

EC contribution in euro with %:652,932.00 (50.00 %)

Generic theme:Forest management - Soil and landscape protection -Desertifcation prevention

Project background

Eective orest re (FF) management requires knowl-edge o Fuel Classication Maps (FCMs), which arenot widely available in Mediterranean countries orthe ollowing reasons: They are produced only at local or regional scale,

without any regular updates and no standardisedmethodology;

They are not produced according to a standard struc-ture and are not harmonised according to INSPIRE;

They are heterogeneous as they are produced us-ing dierent methodologies and at dierent times.Thereore, available FCMs cannot support the sys-tematic use o FF modelling at operational levels(prevention, suppression planning, etc.) o FF man-agement.

Project objectives

The ArcFUEL project will deliver, or the Mediterrane-an region, a complete, up-to-date, methodology orFuel Classication Mapping. This will be available on aWeb-Geodatabase and will be based on readily avail-able harmonised, accessible and interoperable data,according to INSPIRE principles,. The methodologywill be demonstrated by pilot applications in Greece,Portugal, Italy and Spain.

Specically, ArcFUEL aims to: Standardise a production fow or producing

FCMs; Develop an INSPIRE procedure or FCM production; Produce pilot FCMs or the whole o Greece and

Portugal, and in pilot regions in Italy and Spain;

This will be achieved by carrying out the ollowing ac-tions: The acquisition o LANDSAT satellite images (that

are o low cost); Processing o the images and production o an auto-

processing methodology (ull automation); The production o the vegetation data/maps o an

area; The collection and processing (methodological

standardisation) o ancillary data or the area; Processing o vegetation maps and ancillary data,

and the development o the methodology (s/wtechnology) that delivers the areas Fuel Map; and

Making the methodology and maps availablethrough INSPIRE.

Expected results: Digital Wildland and Forest Fuel Maps: National

FCMs or Greece and Portugal and or the two largeregions o Spain and Italy;

A Production Chain Methodology or digital FCMsrom readily available data (advanced FCMs will sig-nicantly improve the FF management perormanceas FCMs are the most signicant input or most FFmanagement processes, in comparison to other datasuch as meteorological parameters (e.g. wind) andterrain layout. FCMs wll become available national-wide and be more accurate); and

Geoportal services delivering uel maps and mete-

orology at a Mediterranean level in six languages(English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portu-guese). This service will be oered ree o charge tothe participating and contributing public sector bod-ies (e.g. ministries and universities) and at a nominalee to the private sector (e.g. consulting companies).


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