Towards European harmonized procedures for quantification of nutrient losses from diffuse sources (Euroharp)
2001-2005
Sponsored by European Commission: FP5 "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development"
www.euroharp.org
Introduction
EUROHARP will provide a comprehesive scientific evaluation of 10 different contemporary tools are currently used to support policy reporting at national and international level for estimating diffuse losses of N and P in 17 study catchments across North - South - and East - West gradients in European climate, soils, topography, hydrology and land use. In- depth studies of the tools' perfomance regarding their ability to reproduce accurate figures on nutrient losses and their sensitivity towards changes in major environmental driving forces and management practises will be performed in selected well monitored catchments and then be applied to the remaining 12 catchments throughout Europe. Finally, a socio-economic analysis of the consequences when the ''most appropriate tool'' concept is implemented will be performed in 3 selected case catchments, based on appropriate scenarios of abatement strategies linked to requirements of the EU Water Framework and Nitrate Directives.
| Partners
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| Coordinator |
The Norwegian Institute for Water Research |
Norway |
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| Partners |
Federal Environmental Agency Ltd. |
Austria |
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| Hydrobiological Institute |
Czech Republic |
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| National Environmental Research Institute |
Denmark |
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| Finnish Environment Institute |
Finland |
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| Institut francais de l'environnement |
France |
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| BETURE-CEREC Company |
France |
| Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries |
Germany |
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| National Technical University of Athens |
Greece |
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| VITUKI Consult Rt. |
Hungary |
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| Kirk McClure Morton |
Ireland |
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| Water Research Institute - National Research Council |
Italy |
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| Joint Research Center |
Italy |
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| Lithuanian Institute of Water Management |
Lithuania |
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| Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann |
Luxembourg |
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| Alterra, Green World Research |
The Netherlands |
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| Center for Soil & Environmental Research |
Norway |
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| The Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research |
Norway |
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| Andalusian Regional Ministry for Environment |
Spain |
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| Swedish Meterological and Hydrological Institute |
Sweden |
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| Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
Sweden |
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| ADAS Consulting Ltd. |
UK |
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