Das Projekt "Monitoring and Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas (MESMA)" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften Brüssel. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES).The increasing pressures upon the marine realm call for a well planned approach of further spatial development of this area. The EU FP7 project MESMA focuses on marine spatial planning and aims to produce integrated management tools (concepts, models and guidelines) for Monitoring, Evaluation and implementation of Spatially Managed marine Areas, based on European collaboration. MESMA is expected to supply innovative methods and integrated strategies for governments, local authorities, stakeholders, and other managerial bodies for planning and decision making at different local, national, and European scales, for sustainable development of European seas.
Das Projekt "AquaFit4use - Sustainable Water Use in Paper, Chemical, Food and Textile Industry, Sub project SP 5: 'pilots in four different sectors' - Covers workpackage WP5.1 paper industry; WP5.2 chemical industry; WP5.3 food industry and WP5.4 textile industry" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften Brüssel. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Papiertechnische Stiftung München.This proposal responds to balance industrial supply-side and demand-side approaches to managing scarce water resources. In this context we are aiming on: - reducing high quality water consumption and fresh water needs, - mitigating the environmental impacts of both water treatments and effluent discharges, - better management of health and safety risks relating to water use, while - improving product quality and process stability, - reducing water relating costs (intake, treatment, re-use, closed loops, discharge), - increase independency and flexibility, - creating new jobs in Europe when strengthen competitiveness by ensuring world market leadership of European water cleaning technologies. To reach these ambitious goals a new management system including new approaches, tools, methods, and technologies needs to be developed. AquaFit4Use aims at these developments focusing at cross-sectorial issues that concern the major water consuming industries in Europe. Prime Contractor: Nederlandse Centrale Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek; Delft; Nederland.