lifenews may 2014
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This month's LIFEnews focuses on the topic of urban resilience. The lead article gives a round-up of a recent platform meeting on this issue in France, whilst our second article features an interview with the manager of the host project, R-URBAN.TRANSCRIPT
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May 2014
LIFE projectssupport urbanresilienceA recent platform meeting on
urban resilience featured a
host of LIFE projects, which
shared their experiences and
discussed the challenges of
dealing with the issue.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS13 May Vote with your handsfor Natura 2000
14 May LIFE project opensexhibition on the thickshelled river mussel
19 May Sustainable foodshopping debate launched
21 May Today is Natura 2000Day
22 May Platform Meetingreviews LIFE's contribution toclimate change adaptationand mitigation
24 May Actions of LIFEprojects honoured at firstNatura 2000 awards
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KH-AX-14-005-EN-NISSN: 1725-1877
R-URBAN involves citizenswith urban resilienceThe 'R-URBAN' project (LIFE10
ENV/FR/000215) being carried out in
Colombes, in the northwestern suburbs
of Paris, has a holistic, bottom-up
approach to improving Colombes' urban
resilience.
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Riverine Platform Meetingin EstoniaThe NGO Eesti Loodushoiu
Keskus/Wildlife Estonia is hosting a
LIFE Riverine Platform Meeting in Tartu
on 10-12 September.
Read more >>
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
10-11/06 Seminar on the biodiversity of military land Lyon, France
10-12/06 Finnish projects to host ScandinavianPlatform Meeting
Rovaniemi, Finland
11/06 Seminar on 'Sphagnum Reintroduction inPractice'
ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity, UK
12-14/06 International conference on solid wastemanagement
Athens, Greece
19-21/06 International conference highlightspotential of industrial symbiosis
Athens, Greece
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