The European Commission has approved funding for 50 new environmental
innovation projects in 14 countries under the LIFE-Environment programme
2006. These projects will demonstrate new methods and techniques for
dealing with a wide diversity of Europe's environmental problems. The
projects are based in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain,
Sweden and the United Kingdom. They represent a total investment of
EUR214 million, of which the EU will provide just under EUR66 million.
The Commission received 464 proposals for funding through the
LIFE-Environment programme from a wide range of public and private
sector organisations. The projects selected by the Commission will apply
ground-breaking technology to solve environmental problems.
Projects aimed at reducing the environmental impact of economic
activities (15) take the largest share of EU funding (approximately EUR24
million). Water management is the second most popular theme with 15
projects (EUR18.5 million). A further 14 projects deal with waste
management, sharing around EUR15 million. Three projects address the
reduction of the environmental impact of products and services (EUR5
million). Finally, three projects cover land-use development and planning
(EUR3 million).
Copies of a summary document of all the LIFE-Environment projects (1.5
MB) is available from:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/i ...
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