There are 289 projects that match your search.
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2009
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26,100.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/12 |
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The beginning of this activity dates back to the year 2002 in the project ?Investigation on the status of the Mediterranean endemic sea grass Poseidonia oceanica in the Albanian coast (ALB/02/02)? . Similar to other projects, SGP wanted to raise the ( ... )
t of international organizations in the studying of the endemic seagrass Poseidonia oceanica.
The beds of Poseidonia oceanica, an endemic species of the Mediterranean Sea, occur in linear fringes in most of the infralittoral zone, between the surface and 40 m depth. Poseidonia is a priority habitat in the EU Habitats Directive (CODE 11.20 in the Directive Habitat 92/43 EEC). Poseidonia beds are
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2009
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4,800.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/06 |
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The Busha cattle (Bos primigenius f. taurus) is a very original cattle breed on the Balkan Peninsula. The performance of the Busha cattle is well adapted to mountain regions and hard living conditions. Bushas are long-living, used to small amounts ( ... )
d, resistant against illnesses and parasites, have high fertility and are easy in calving.
This is a small exploratory grant for gathering information on the presence and some population parameters regarding this breed. Depending on the results obtained SGP might support a broader conservation
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Albania
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2009
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21,619.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/06 |
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This project addresses the problem of the ?smoothing? of the habitat that becomes too homogenous due to the invasion of the common reed. Depending on management objectives, common reed can have a positive or negative effect. Due to changing of water ( ... )
his plant has occupied most of the water surface in Small Prespa Lake leaving very little space for other plants as well as open water. The management of this site asks for the maintenance of a ?mosaic? of habitats in order to maximize ecological niches and ultimately biodiversity. The only way at the present conditions to reduce the reed is to harvest it. This project does this and also explores
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Albania
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2009
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15,900.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/07 |
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The main objective of this project is to improve resource conservation and livelihood security in rural and marginalized communities in the Thethi National Park. The project consists in the designing of a mechanism of a subsidy scheme that allows a ( ... )
ss replacement of the current cultivation of small land plots from potatoes and corn to the cultivation of local Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP) that have significantly higher market value. The plants cultivated are Gentiana lutea and Primula Officinalis. The scheme used compensates the ?missed income? equal to the income the farmer would have had if he was cultivating the land with potatoes
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2009
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12,833.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/02 |
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The diversity of landrace and heirloom fruit varieties has declined worldwide over the past century. Conservation efforts targeting orchards and focusing on unique genotypes is imperative to preserve both cultural heritage and biological ( ... )
ity.
This project uses subsidizing scheme for the distribution of fruit tree saplings. The scheme used will be that of subsidizing of 50% of the regular price. Ten different fruit varieties will be include in this scheme. Some of them are olives, plums, pears, pomegranates, figs etc. There is a maximum number of trees that a single farmer can get as well as a tolerance from the number of trees
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2009
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41,124.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/11 |
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The GEF/SGP has been supporting projects focused on sea turtle presence in Albania since 2002. Over the years, projects supported have evolved from simple fact finding to more scientific complex. Our strategy from the beginning has been that of ( ... )
ting enough data showing that Albania was hosting an important population of sea turtles and subsequently involving international organizations in the activities.
The first of this kind was the Rapid Assessment Survey of important Marine Turtle and Monk Seal habitats in the coastal area of Albania 2005 was carried out in October?November 2005 by the Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea
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Albania
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2009
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6,700.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/07 |
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The main problem of shepherds in dry summer months in this area is the lack of water and the stress that the animals incur due to the long distance needed to be covered to reach drinking water. Due to these constraints flocks of animals reside and ( ... )
e near these drinking points exerting a very high grazing pressure on the habitat. So far drinking water holes (?Lera? in Albanian) were constructed with concrete that was not reinforced with steel and for a series of reasons have cracked and loose water. The cost of construction materials and transportation cost due to their remoteness put the price of new structures in the area of 10 ? 15
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Albania
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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16,040.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/01 |
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The utility and feasibility of thermal solar panels is not any longer a novelty in Albania. At the same time Albania has the lowest income per capita in Europe with 22 percent of the total household incomes spent on electricity bills. Corporate, ( ... )
cal and non-technical losses (abusive interventions in the network) account for 35 per cent of the supplies, or 56 per cent of the domestic electricity production.
Thethi village suffers greatly due to very bad electricity supply. At the present the village is supplied by a small hydroelectric power station that is in very bad technical conditions. Frequently the electricity supply is absent at
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Albania
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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15,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/09 |
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Tourism development can positively influence the labor market situation in Albania even in the deep countryside. Whereas some sorts of individual tourism from central European countries, caravanning, motorcycling, car tourism and others show ( ... )
able development on their own, the important section of bicycle tourism shows some unjustified lagging behind. The causes for this deficit development lie partly in the lack of suitable infrastructure for cycle riding in Albania, but probably more in the ostensible inaccessibility of certain key areas by bicycle due to the cramped traffic situation and the dangerous driving in those areas.
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2009
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6,600.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/05 |
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Cerruja variety of grape is a local variety found in the area around the Village of the same name in the upper part of the Mati river valley. The variety can be considered autochthonous and is characterized by good yields and high resistance to ( ... )
ens. This is a small project aiming at the on-situ preservation of this variety. The project will prepare and distribute app. 5,000 plants (cuttings) into the local farmers for planting during the autumn of
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2009
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21,220.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/08 |
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The Shari Dog originated in the area of Shari Mountain massif between Albanian and Macedonia. The breed that was typically used as a sheep and herding dog is hard to be found nowadays.
The breed was first registered by the Fédération Cynologique ( ... )
ationale (FCI) in 1939 as the Illyrian Shepherd dog, after the ancient name of the region. In 1957 the General Assembly of the F.C.I. accepted a motion proposed by the Yugoslavian Federation of Cynology to change the name of the breed to "Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog ?arplanina", after the Shar Mountains where the breed is most common.
Sheep herding and transhumance in the high mountain regions is a
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Albania
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2009
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17,500.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/11 |
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The northern part of Albania has some of the lowest income per capita in the country. Traditionally the agricultural land has been cultivated with corn, potatoes and some fruit orchards that were consumed locally or distributed elsewhere in the ( ... )
ions of the centralized economy and frequently under heavy subsidies from the state. The cessation of government subsidies, opening up of the local economy towards exports from the neighboring countries and distance from the main markets has made the cultivation of these products economically not feasible. At the present, locals practice only subsistence agriculture for personal and family
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2009
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3,300.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/14 |
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Ailanthus, also known as tree-of-heaven is a persistent and aggressive weed throughout much of Europe. The tree is native to a region extending from China south to Australia. Once established the plant is very difficult to be eradicated since ( ... )
g the main trunk stimulates new suckering. Gjirokastra castle has a heavy infestation from this invasive plant that it has overtaken the native vegetation and is also causing structural damage to the castle itself.
The project will involve eradication of the invasive tree and replacement with native plants. Herbicide applications will be according to ?Cut Stump? and ?Hack and Squirt? method that
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Albania
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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8,930.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/04 |
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Albania is a typical Mediterranean country with large surface area being cultivated under olive plantations. Due to an increased demand for olive oil in the global markets and the high quality of olive oil produced in the region, Albania has plans ( ... )
significant expansion of the area cultivated for olive trees.
Olive fruit processing produces large amount of by-products, including liquid and solid wastes arising from olive oil extraction and the production of table olives. The disposal without any treatment of the olive waste is known to cause serious environmental problems. Olive mill wastes are valuable by-products and could be used for
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Albania
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2009
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27,800.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/02 |
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Lake Ohrid straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern region of the Republic of Macedonia and eastern Albania. It is one of Europe?s deepest and according to most experts the oldest lake in Europe. Reaching depths of 290 meters, this ( ... )
ld Heritage site is also known as the "museum of living fossils." It provided sanctuary for creatures from the tertiary period which died out elsewhere during the ice ages. The closest relatives of species like the Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica) survive only as fossils. The 30-kilometer -long lake contains at least 146 endemic species, including 17 types of fish. Two-thirds of its small crabs, 71
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2009
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13,240.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/04 |
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Cultivation of medicinal plants holds a great and still not fully explored potential for fighting poverty in the Albanian countryside. Frequently, medicinal plants are hardy plants that can be cultivated on low quality soils and do not require ( ... )
nt irrigation and pesticide spraying.
SGP ? Albania over the years has consolidated a scheme consists in providing the farmers for the seedlings, agronomic support and facilitating the links with buyers of the product. Based on our data (still in development) farmers can pay out the initial investment in 2-3 years and have an economically profitable cultivation of the same plant without the
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2009
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15,160.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/10 |
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Albania has a high diversity of land races. This is made possible due to the geographic isolation that has prevented migration of ?exotic genes? into the local gene pools. This gene diversity is a great resource that today it is prized and protected ( ... )
lly in Europe under labeling as products of specific Geographic Origin. Special funds can be obtained as subsidies under the EU financial mechanisms regarding the protection of the farm animals and their products. Albania is not yet part of EU, but the EU perspective is clear.
Already the Albanian Government (Ministry of Agriculture) has a subsidizing scheme for the autochthonous land races.
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2008
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3,300.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/08/13 |
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SGP and GTZ have been investing in the creation of a minimal tourist infrastructure in the Thethi National Park. Apart from the infrastructure, there is the need for ?installing? at the same time a new environmental awareness as well as other skills ( ... )
for hosting the tourists.
This small project will consist in setting up a ?summer school? aimed at environmental education, cooking, and first aid training etc, in several families in
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Albania
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Multifocal Area
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2008
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1,500.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/08/15 |
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Plant distribution is greatly influenced by bedrock types, landforms, surficial deposits, and soils. Particular plants have specific requirements for moisture (soil porosity and permeability) and trace elements (mineralogy) Burrowing animals may ( ... )
one surficial sediment to another. The flora and the fauna are very much influenced by aspect (the direction a slope faces) due to temperature and moisture differences, and by drainage (e.g., a wetland vs. a hilltop).
This mini project consists in the idea of combining the geological and mineralogical landscape with the plants that inhabit it. The information could be used also as part of
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2008
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14,600.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/08/07 |
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It is a fact that the environmental awareness changes and grows with the improvement of the living condition and wealth of the human society. The regime change in Albania brought with it new economic system and at the same time opening of the ( ... )
y brought in a new set of values regarding the environment. These new values started to be formalized in a series of international conventions such as CITES and BERN Convention, just to mention some, that Albania has adhered to. Curiously, the awareness campaign for the protection of environment and animals, the increased interest by the public and the entrepreneurial spirit of restaurant and
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