Objective
The rational use of natural resources is of vital importance for sustainability and development of developing countries. New policies must be adopted to guarantee sustainable management and utilisation of the natural resources of soil and water. Safe wa ter for domestic and agrarian uses is a world-wide priority in all countries and for all people. The global impact of arsenic contamination on soils and groundwaters by natural (volcanic) and anthropogenic (mining) activities causes serious health issues which need to be addressed with some urgency in the near future. Nowadays, there are no simple and inexpensive technologies to mitigate arsenic contamination. In isolated and poor rural areas in developing countries this problem is deeply aggravated as they cannot benefit from public water treatment processes. On the other hand, agricultural uses of arsenic polluted soil and water is an important issue for food safety concern.The aim of this project is the design and implementation of arsenic mitigati on programmes to solve the specific problems of these poor and rural areas. A complementary topic of interest is the development of monitoring strategies aimed to assess the risk of arsenic accumulation in the food chain. The present proposal is address ed to connect and feedback mechanisms between all the relevant sectors involved in arsenic pollution in Europe and Latin America (scientific expertise in arsenic mitigation and/or removal in water and soil; health agencies; national and regional Authoriti es; stakeholders such as communities, NGOs and the private sector. Other aims of the project are the development of effective and sustainable strategies, compiling the right information, preparing emergency and long term programme phases, and coordinati ng mitigation and monitoring programmes.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- social sciences political sciences political policies civil society civil society organisations nongovernmental organizations
- engineering and technology other engineering and technologies food technology food safety
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences environmental sciences pollution
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Programme(s)
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Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP6-2002-INCO-DEV/SSA-1
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
VALLADOLID
Spain
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