Climate change and impact research: the Mediterranean environment

Project Information

CIRCE

Grant agreement ID: 36961

Project closed

Start date 1 April 2007

End date 30 June 2011

Funded under

• Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 13 730 066,00

EU contribution € 10 000 000,00

Coordinated by

ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA
Italy

Objective

CIRCE aims at developing for the first time an assessment of the climate change impacts in the Mediterranean area.
The objectives of the project are:
- To predict and to quantify physical impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean area
- To evaluate the consequences of climate change for the society and the economy of the populations located in the Mediterranean area
- To develop an integrated approach to understand combined effects of climate change
- To identify adaptation and mitigation strategies in collaboration with regional stakeholders CIRCE wants to understand and to explain how climate will change in the Mediterranean area.
The project will investigate how global and Mediterranean climates interact, how the radiative properties of the atmosphere and the radiative fluxes vary, the interaction between cloudiness and aerosol, the modifications in the water cycle. Recent observed modifications in the climate variables and detected trends will be compared. The economic and social consequences of climate change shall be evaluated by analyzing direct impacts on migration, tourism and energy markets together with indirect impacts on the economic system. CIRCE will moreover investigate the consequences on agriculture, forests and ecosystems. human health and air quality.
The variability of extreme events in the future scenario and their impacts will be assessed. A rigorous common framework, including a set of quantitative indicators developed specifically for the Mediterranean environment will be developed and used in collaboration with regional stakeholders.
The results will be incorporated in a decision support system tool and disseminated to the relevant users. Possible adaptation and mitigation strategies will be identified. The integrated results discussed by the project CIRCE will be presented in the first Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean area.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › air pollution engineering
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes

Keywords

• Global change mitigation strategies
• aerosol
• carbon cycle
• human health

Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-2005-3.I.3.1 - Climate change impacts in the Mediterranean area

Call for proposal

FP6-2005-GLOBAL-4
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA

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• Address: Via di Vigna Murata 605 ; ROMA ; Italy
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Participants (65)

CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

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• Address: Calle Serrano 117 ; MADRID
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FUNDACION CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRANEO

Spain

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• Address: Parque Tecnologico, C/ Charles R. Darwin 14 ; PATERNA, VALENCIA
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CLU SRL

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Togliatti 17/c ; CASTELFRANCO EMILIA
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DANMARKS METEOROLOGISKE INSTITUT.

Denmark

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• Address: Lyngbyvej 100 ; KOBENHAVN
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UNIVERSITY OF CRETE.

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Leof. Knossou ; HERAKLION, CRETE
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AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE

Italy

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• Address: Lungotevere Grande Ammiraglio Thaon di Revel 76 ; ROMA
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FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI

Italy

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• Address: Corso Magenta 63 ; MILANO
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UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID.

Spain

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• Address: Avenida de Seneca 2 ; MADRID
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INSTITUTE OF ACCELERATING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS

Greece

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• Address: University Campus, Building 9 ; ATHINA
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CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

Italy

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• Address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 ; ROMA
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POTSDAM INSTITUT FUER KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG

Germany

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• Address: Telegrafenberg A 31 ; POTSDAM
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CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT

France

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• Address: 42, rue Scheffer ; PARIS
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)

France

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• Address: Rue Michel-Ange 3 ; PARIS
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UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID

Spain

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• Address: Avenida Ramiro de Maeztu 7 ; MADRID
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE

Denmark

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• Address: Scherfigsvej 8 ; KOBENHAVN
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FONDATION DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE ET DES RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES

France

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• Address: 27, rue Saint Guillaume ; PARIS CEDEX 07
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NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

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• Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue ; SWINDON WILTSHIRE
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MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.

Germany

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• Address: Hofgartenstrasse 8 ; MUENCHEN
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NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS

Greece

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• Address: Lofos Nymfon 1 ; ATHINA
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INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER

Tunisia

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• Address: Rue du 2 Mars 1934, 28 ; SALAMMBO
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UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA.

Israel

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• Address: Mont Carmel, Abba Chushi Road ; HAIFA
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UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN

Austria

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• Address: Gregor Mendel Strasse 33 ; WIEN
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE - JRC

Belgium

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• Address: Rue de la Loi 200 ; BRUSSELS
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FUNDACIO PRIVADA PARC CIENTIFIC DE BARCELONA

Spain

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• Address: Baldiri i Reixac, 10-12 ; BARCELONA
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AZIENDA UNITA SANITARIA LOCALE ROMA E

Italy

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• Address: Borgo Santo Spirito 3 ; ROMA
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METEO-FRANCE

France

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• Address: 1, Quai Branly ; PARIS
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MET OFFICE

United Kingdom

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• Address: FitzRoy Road ; EXETER
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UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA

Italy

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• Address: Via S. Maria in Gradi 4 ; VITERBO
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UNIVERSITY OF YORK.

United Kingdom

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• Address: Heslington ; YORK
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THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

United Kingdom

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• Address: Edgbaston ; BIRMINGHAM
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UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO / EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA

Spain

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• Address: Barrio Sarriena s/n ; LEIOA BIZKAIA
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UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA

Spain

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• Address: Jordi Girona 31 ; BARCELONA
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NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Greece

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• Address: Christou Lada 6 ; ATHINA
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TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY

Israel

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• Address: Ramat Aviv ; TEL AVIV
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UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA DE HENARES

Spain

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• Address: Colegio Mayor San Ildefonso - Plaza de San Diego S/N ; ALCALA DE HENARES/MADRID
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ZADIG SRL

Italy

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• Address: VIA SERBELLONI, 4 ; MILANO
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UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

United Kingdom

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• Address: University Plain ; NORWICH
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INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA APLICADA E TECNOLOGIA DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA.

Portugal

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• Address: Campo Grande - Edificio ICAT ; LISBOA
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UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG.

Germany

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• Address: Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 ; HAMBURG
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PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU

Greece

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• Address: Administration Building, University Hill ; MYTILENE
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CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ARAB REGION AND EUROPE

Egypt

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• Address: Heliopolis Bahary, 2 - El-Hegaz Street, Heliopolis ; CAIRO
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UNIVERSITAET BERN

Switzerland

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• Address: Hochschulstrasse 4 ; BERN
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UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELL'AQUILA

Italy

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• Address: Piazza Vincenzo Rivera 1 ; COPPITO, L'AQUILA
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FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN

Germany

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• Address: Kaiserswertherstrasse 16-18 ; BERLIN
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UNIVERSITA DEL SALENTO

Italy

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• Address: Piazza Tancredi 7 ; LECCE
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EUROPEAN CLIMATE FORUM

Germany

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• Address: p/o Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg ; POTSDAM
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VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG

Netherlands

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• Address: De Boelelaan 1105 ; AMSTERDAM
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THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM

Israel

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• Address: The Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus ; JERUSALEM
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

Spain

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• Address: Pazo de San Xerome - Plaza do Obradoiro s/n ; SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
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CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEO PER I CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI SCARL

Italy

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• Address: Via Augusto Imperatore 16 ; LECCE
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INSTITUT PASTEUR DE TUNIS

Tunisia

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• Address: Place Pasteur 13 ; TUNIS
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ASSOCIATION DE RECHERCHE SUR LE CLIMAT ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT

Algeria

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• Address: Immeuble Le Sphynx -3eme Peripherique - USTO ; ORAN
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INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS

Syria

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• Address: El Khadra ; ALEPPO
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HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH

Greece

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• Address: 47th km Athens - Sounio Av., Mavro Lithari ; ANAVISSOS ATTIKI
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

United Kingdom

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• Address: University Road, Highfield ; SOUTHAMPTON
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BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV.

Israel

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• Address: Campus of the University of the Negev ; BEER SHEVA
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PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT

Switzerland

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• Address: Villigen ; VILLIGEN PSI
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INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

Greece

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• Address: Patission Str. 42 ; ATHINA
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ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE

Italy

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• Address: Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C ; SGONICO-TRIESTE
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ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Italy

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• Address: Via Zamboni 33 ; BOLOGNA
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MEDIAS FRANCE

France

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• Address: Cnes, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin ; TOULOUSE
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SEI OXFORD OFFICE LIMITED

United Kingdom

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• Address: 266 Banbury Road, Suite 193 ; OXFORD
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THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE

Cyprus

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• Address: 15 KYPRANOROS ST. ; 27456 NICOSIA
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GKSS FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH

Germany

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• Address: Max-Planck-Strasse 1 ; GEESTHACHT
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UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS

Spain

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• Address: Crta. Valldemossa Km 7.5, Son Lledo ; PALMA DE MALLORCA
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