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INSPIRE Conference, 23 June 2010, Call for papers
03 February 2010, Geoinformation, JRC - IES
INSPIRE Conference, 23 June 2010, Call for papers
03 February 2010, Geoinformation, JRC - IES

The INSPIRE Conference 2010 will take place from the 23rd to the 25th June 2010 in Krakow, Poland. On the 22nd June pre-conference workshops will be organized. The theme of this year's edition is "INSPIRE as a Framework for Cooperation"....
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Less beekeepers throughout Europe
29 January 2010, Biodiversity and Land Use, UFZ
Less beekeepers throughout Europe
29 January 2010, Biodiversity and Land Use, UFZ

The number of bee colonies in Central Europe has decreased over recent decades. In fact, the number of beekeepers has been declining in the whole of Europe since 1985. This is the result of a study that has now been published by the International ...
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21st IAPS conference, 27 June 2010: Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats
29 January 2010, Society, UFZ
21st IAPS conference, 27 June 2010: Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats
29 January 2010, Society, UFZ

In accordance with the IAPS mission, the conference will address the study of the interrelations between the social, the built and the natural environment and the impacts on them by what is called ‘global change’. This includes climate impacts, ...
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Finnish experts will study reduction of the environmental risks of acid sulphate soils
21 January 2010, Soils, Forests and Agriculture, SYKE
Finnish experts will study reduction of the environmental risks of acid sulphate soils
21 January 2010, Soils, Forests and Agriculture, SYKE

In Finland there are some 100 000 to 200 000 hectares of acid sulphate soils under cultivation, mostly in Southern Ostrobothnia, The acid and metal loadings from these soils have degraded the water quality in rivers, lakes and coastal waters. The ...
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PEER climate change project highlighted in Change Magazine
08 January 2010, Climate Change, PEER
PEER climate change project highlighted in Change Magazine
08 January 2010, Climate Change, PEER

PEER's recent project on climate change adaptation in Europe and its final report were highlighted in Issue 3 of Change Magazine which was published at the end of 2009. The magazine includes a foreword by Connie Hedegaard, the future European ...
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