Obiettivo The objective of this Project is to apply and integrate the existing knowledge, obtained in the different MEDALUS projects in targeted areas along the Northern Mediterranean which are already desertified or threatened by desertification at regional scale.The work will concentrate on the following aspects: (a) Identification and mapping of environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs) to desertification. (b) Definition of ESAs to desertification based on sets of measured attributes such as climate variability, ecosystems, land use changes, land abandonment, and landscape characteristics. (c) Investigation of specific processes involved in land degradation and desertification. (d) Development and improvement of counter measurements and strategies for sustainable management of land resources and protection against desertification. The project involves the detailed study of the issue of desertification mitigation, policy making, and regional level interactions in four areas along the northern Mediterranean and the Atlantic coastline which in particular are located in Alentejo (Portugal), Guadalentin-Segura basins (Spain), Agri valley (Italy), and Lesvos (Greece). The studied sites are on a variety of landscapes and lithological units, and under a number of land-uses representative of the Mediterranean region, such as semi-natural forests and shrubland, abandoned agricultural land or agricultural land. The important results expected from this project are the following: (a) Presentation and documentation ESAs to desertification in the Mediterranean region. (b) Insights into the actions required to meet specific problems which, while arising and set in the context of the individual target areas, have wider regional significance. (d) Development of a methodology for mapping ESAs which can be applied throughout the Mediterranean region and may be used as a policy tool by national and transnational agencies to implement policy strategies, and formulate useful guidelines for future policy strategies for mitigation action against desertification. The project will offer benefits at Community level such as: (a) The synthesis of the desertification problems at regional scale in four selected Target Areas along the Northern Mediterranean region. (b) The proposition of specific actions for mitigation of the desertification problems in the areas. (c) By using these Target Areas to enable the European Commission and the European Parliament to generate a coherent and unified approach toward the treatment of desertified or desertification-threatened areas in the light of Annex IV of the Convention on Desertification. Campo scientifico natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesland-based treatmentnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programma(i) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Argomento(i) 01010403 - Land resources and the threat of desertification and soil erosion in Europe Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 75,Iera Odos 75 11855 ATHENS Grecia Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (7) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD EMPRESA DE LA REGION DE MURCIA Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 4,Gran Via de San Francisco 4 28005 MADRID Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD EMPRESA DE LA REGION DE MURCIA Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 1,Campus de la Merced 30001 MURCIA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Fundacion Universidad Empresa de Murcia Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 1,Plaza de Fontes 30001 Murcia Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA Portogallo Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 26 C,Avenida de Berna 26 C 1069-061 LISBOA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSIT DEGLI STUDI DELLA BASILICATA Italia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Via Nazario Sauro 85 85100 Potenza Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 50,Doctor Moliner 50 46100 BURJASOT Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Cassie Building, Claremont Road NE1 7RU NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato