Climate protection aspects, commitments to the Kyoto-protocol and a guarantee of the national energy supply are the main drivers for this project of the Government of Chile. In the first phase of the consultation GZB will be the technical partner of a workgroup which is going to establish a government-guideline for the implementation of geothermal energy projects in Chile. The guideline will emphasize legal, financial and environmental aspects.
For centuries sophisticated oasis agriculture and ocean fishery provided the living of the sedentary population in the mountainous desert country of Oman. Since the early 1970s, the country's political opening and commercial oil exploitation led to fundamental changes in the conditions for agricultural production. Being part of an interdisciplinary programme comprising research in social and natural sciences, the overall aim of this subproject is to quantify the bio-physical processes and socio-economic variables that determine the current crop-livestock husbandry in Omani mountain oasis settlements. To this end, nutrient and water use efficiencies in the cropping system are determined along with feeding strategies in livestock husbandry, labour needs and financial in- and outputs related to the various activities. Through bio-economic modelling land use options that are biologically and economically sustainable are identified and scenarios are developed for a socially acceptable future agricultural use of the millennia-old terrace systems with their high cultural value.
Suburbs and peripheral areas of large cities, such as the capital Delhi in India, have major infrastructural problems, especially in the field of sanitation and wastewater treatment. This is one the one hand due to logistical and on the other hand due to financial problems. Thats mainly why the City Council in Delhi today is no longer automatically connecting new housing estates to the main central collector. One way to solve these problems are semi- and decentralized technical solutions. The proposed demonstration plant partly already exists (a Rotating Biological Contactor unit (RBC) with a capacity of 340 PE) and was formerly studied in the framework of the BMBF project Analysis, Modeling and Demonstration of the Capability and Flexibility of Rotating Biological Contactors . It was formerly bought and now assigned and transferred to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). Up to today there was no utilization concept from the Indian side, and thus, after consulting the DJB, the plant will be involved in the proposed project. The demonstration plant will be reinstalled at the sewage treatment plant Okhla, Delhi and supplemented by additional elements. Thus the project shows research, development and demonstration purposes. Following a sustainable, modular approach, the main targets of the project are aimed at wastewater treatment (micro sieve, RBC) and disinfection (membrane technology) and reuse of the treated and disinfected wastewater (washing the buses of the Delhi Transport Cooperation (DTC)), as well as nutrient recovery (phosphorus and nitrogen as fertilizer) and energy production (biogas). The plant shows a modular structure, reduced development costs, little transport route for recycled water and low energy and maintenance requirements which makes this technology suitable for future semi-central wastewater treatment.
The main objective of the HERITAGE PLUS proposal is to pool the necessary financial resources from the participating national programmes and the European Community and to launch a single Joint Call for Proposals for research projects in the cultural heritage field that will be evaluated and managed jointly by the participating programmes. The 18 Partners have a strong background in designing, promoting and managing transnational, collaborative research programmes having participated to the Era Net Projects NET HERITAGE, HERA and DCNET and implemented the Joint Programming Initiative 'Cultural Heritage and Global Change: a new challenge for Europe' (JPICH). Within JPICH, the launch of the first pilot call, actually open, represents the factual commitment of Partners to implement transnational research programming. The HERITAGE PLUS project is fully in line with the JPICH as part of the implementation of the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and of the Action Programme. Consequently the HERITAGE PLUS call will be focused in topics on tangible cultural heritage research, developing new methodologies, technologies and products for the assessment, protection and management of historical and modern artefacts, buildings and sites, while not excluding interlinked aspects of digital and intangible heritage, following the interdisciplinary basic criteria on which the JPICH SRA devolved. This collaborative approach will provide a better use of public resources, while the European Community contribution to the Joint Call budget will stress the high interest generated by this common action. This ERA NET PLUS action will support the JPICH by proposing concrete solutions for pooling national expertise and resources and establishing closer and robust collaboration among the participating States in the field of cultural heritage. The HERITAGE PLUS action will improve the coordination of national research activities and policies in the domain of cultural heritage research.
IAGOS is a design study pursuing the preparation of a resilient distributed infrastructure for routine observations of atmospheric composition, aerosols, clouds and contrails on the global scale from commercial in-service aircraft. Observations in the Up per Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere (UTLS) are critical for improving the scientific understanding of chemistry-climate interactions, particularly those associated with the roles of clouds, aerosols and chemical composition. This information is essen tial for improving the scientific basis related to predictions of global climate change and for the assessment of surface air pollution, including the influence of aviation impacts and of emissions from other parts of the world on Europe. In IAGOS, new instrument packages will be developed which include state of the art developments based on the former MOZAIC instrumentation for O3, H2O, CO and NOy/NOx with significant reductions in size and weight. A central element is the certification of the packa ges for installation and deployment on Airbus longrange aircraft and for maintenance in compliance with aeronautical regulations. New instrumentation will be designed for aerosol, cloud particles and for stratospheric water vapour. Another important elem ent is the design of realtime data provision from the new instruments to meteorological services. Finally, IAGOS will establish the logistic and financial boundary conditions for the operation of the new infrastructure and will initiate the dialog betwe en scientific partners, users and airlines interested in supporting the new infrastructure. IAGOS is epected to make a significant step forward in the development of a globally operated in situ ob-servation network for the climate system.
Im Rahmen des Erprobungs- und Entwicklungsvorhabens ,Naturschutzhof Brodowin, das vom Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) finanziert wird, werden beispielhaft für Nordostdeutschland, Grundlagen und Handlungsalternativen für die Integration naturschutzfachlich optimierter und ökonomisch tragfähiger Bewirtschaftungsprinzipien in die Betriebsabläufe der Ökologischen Landwirtschaft erarbeitet. Wichtige Ziele des bundesweit ersten derartigen Projektes sind: (I) Konflikte zwischen Naturschutz und modernem, großflächigem Ökologischen Landbau aufzeigen; (II) naturschutzfachlich optimierte Ackerbauverfahren sowie Konzepte zur Landschaftspflege auf gesamtbetrieblicher Ebene entwickeln und erproben; (III) ökonomisch optimale Betriebsabläufe mit Naturschutzzielen in Einklang bringen und Vorschläge für eine adäquate finanzielle Honorierung ökologischer Leistungen erarbeiten; (IV) Öffentlichkeitsarbeit zur Vermittlung der Idee 'Naturschutzhof' an diverse Zielgruppen (Bevölkerung, Landwirte, Berater, Öko-Verbände, Ministerien und Behörden). Die Arbeiten finden in enger Kooperation mit dem Demeter-Betrieb Ökodorf Brodowin statt.
The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility a REDD+ project aiming at a reduction / avoidance of the currently ongoing deforestation in the Mt. Cameroon area. The ecologically valuable region is under serious threat of deforestation, caused by local villagers through the establishment of cash crops, mainly for cocoa-plantations. Deforestation shall be avoided by the development and implementation of a REDD+ project. This project shall be inherently conected to the newly established Mt. Cameroon National Park. The REDD+ project shall finance both the administration of the National Park as well as compensation measures in the surrounding villages. This compensation measures shall not only ensure the interest of local population in the participation in the REDD+ project, it shall also cover the REDD+ projects need for leakage management activities ensuring that the project impact (in terms of carbon conservation) is not compensated by deforestation activities outside the park area. This shall ensure the REDD+ projects overall success. The study evaluated the threat of permanent deforestation in the Mt. Cameroon region, identified drivers of deforesation, screened appropriate mitigation strategies and developed a baseline scenario. In May 2009, GFA ENVEST visited the project site, investigated the legal project structure and discussed project setup with the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife and the Ministry for Environment and Nature Protection. As the national park was established in spring 2010, the REDD+ project development is envisaged to start in autumn 2010. Services provided: GFA ENVEST provides the following services: Assessment of carbon stocks of intact forests for the main forest strata; Assessment of carbon stocks of degraded forests sites (i.e. cocoa plantations) for the main forest strata; Evaluation of forest protection measures and related abatement costs; Assessment of leakage management and leakage monitoring options and related costs; Design of a monitoring system based on remote sensing. This system shall allow for the verification of the overall success of forest protection measures. Calculation of the projects emission reductions under the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) considering VCS security buffer approach for non-permanence; Assessment of carbon revenues and the overall financial feasibility of REDD+ measures; Evaluation of carbon rights ownership and an appropriate REDD+ project structure managing carbon funds and project costs.
Problemstellung: Der Begriff der 'Guten fachlichen Praxis (GfP) in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft definiert rechtlich verankerte ökologische und naturschutzfachliche Mindestanforderungen an die Bewirtschaftung. In der Novelle des Bundesnaturschutzgesetzes wurde die GfP für die Landwirtschaft über Grundsätze mit konkreten Anforderungen verbunden. Die Chance der Integration naturschutzfachlicher Zielsetzungen in die Landbewirtschaftung soll auch für eine multifunktionale Forstwirtschaft genutzt werden. Dabei gewinnt die Ausgestaltung von weiterführenden finanziellen Anreiz- und Ausgleichssystemen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Sowohl die Vertreter des Waldbesitzes wie auch des Naturschutzes verweisen darauf, dass die Ziele des Waldnaturschutzes mit regulativen Instrumenten allein nur unzureichend sichergestellt werden können (siehe Nationales Waldprogramm, Erster Deutscher Waldgipfel). Deshalb sollten neben der legalen Definition der GfP naturschutzfachliche Grundlagen für den Einsatz finanzieller Instrumente zur ökologischen Honorierung naturschutzrelevanter Leistungen als ergänzender Baustein einer naturschutzpolitischen Gesamtstrategie für den Wald entwickelt werden.
The objective of the JI project was to replace the outdated and inefficient municipal heating installations running on coal by modern wood-fired boilers. Replacement has been done for the 43 MW capacity required for the heat supply to a town. As the wood fuel comes from sustainably managed forests GHG emissions from coal firing are avoided. Additionally, methane emissions from landfills are prevented. GFA ENVEST developed the Joint Implementation Project according to the UNFCCC modalities, covering the renewable energy component and the methane emission reduction component.The Onega JI project was the second Russian JI project that passed the JI validation process. Services provided: Identification of Project Location. Biomass Supply Assessment: Location analysis/forest resource analysis; Standing forest stock; Review of available waste wood stocks in the region; Economic and Financial Feasibility: Analysis of carbon and biomass benefits; Analysis of switching fuel systems in the identified location. Baseline Study Package for the Fuel-Switch Project: Environmental Assessment; Social Assessment; Review of the legislation to facilitate the switching of fuel source for heating purposes; Review current legislation and regulation of the energy, forestry, and environmental sectors as well as all regulations and laws affecting budgetary process and use by government of additional revenues; Intergrated stakeholder consultations. Baseline Study (BLS): Monitoring plan; Emission Reduction and Sequestration Study (ERSS); projections of the ERs that can reasonably be expected to be generated by the Project; Support for permissions, approvals and registration of the Joint Implementation project by relevant national and international authorities; Support to the project investor on monitoring and verification of emission reductions; accompanying Designated Operational Entity during the verification process; Marketing of Emission Reduction Units and Voluntary Emission Reductions on behalf of project investor; Assistance to the project investor during Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement negotiations.
The mission of the TIDE project will be to enhance the broad transfer and take-up of 15 innovative urban transport and mobility concepts throughout Europe and to make a visible contribution to establish them as mainstream measures. The TIDE partners will make a range of new and feasible solutions easily accessible to address key challenges of urban transport such as energy efficiency, decarbonisation, demographic change, safety, access for all and new economic and financial conditions. TIDE will focus on 15 innovative concepts in five thematic clusters: financing models and pricing measures (1), non-motorised transport (2), network and traffic management to support traveller information (3), electric vehicles (4) and public transport organisation (5). Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans will be a horizontal topic to integrate the cluster activities. The project will provide a strong approach in methodology, content and outreach. The needs of practitioners in European cities and regions will be a guiding principle. A particular focus will also be on providing guidance for finding cost-efficient solutions (cost-benefit analysis). The project will refine existing and well proven transferability methodologies and integrate them into an easy to apply handbook. Face-to-Face training and exchange events as well as guidelines and e-learning on how to successfully implement innovative solutions will be the key tools to effectively support a wide range of take-up candidates in overcoming real or perceived barriers to implementation. A broad portfolio of dissemination activities will ensure a high visibility of the project. TIDE will actively support 15 committed cities in developing implementation scenarios. They will demonstrate how to successfully prepare implementation of innovative solutions and provide examples to a wider group of cities. An experienced and committed consortium will ensure that the advanced project approach will achieve a well visible impact.
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