Objectif 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. Champ scientifique natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesland-based treatmentnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Thème(s) 01010403 - Land resources and the threat of desertification and soil erosion in Europe Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 75,Iera Odos 75 11855 ATHENS Grèce Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (7) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD EMPRESA DE LA REGION DE MURCIA Espagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 4,Gran Via de San Francisco 4 28005 MADRID Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD EMPRESA DE LA REGION DE MURCIA Espagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 1,Campus de la Merced 30001 MURCIA Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Fundacion Universidad Empresa de Murcia Espagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 1,Plaza de Fontes 30001 Murcia Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA Portugal Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 26 C,Avenida de Berna 26 C 1069-061 LISBOA Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSIT DEGLI STUDI DELLA BASILICATA Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Via Nazario Sauro 85 85100 Potenza Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA Espagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 50,Doctor Moliner 50 46100 BURJASOT Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Cassie Building, Claremont Road NE1 7RU NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée
