Database of EU research and innovation projects on nature-based solutions
Introduction to the database
The development and update of this database is part of NetworkNature’s facilitation of the development of the European roadmap to 2030 for R&I on NBS.
This database gathers European R&I projects on NBS from several major European research and innovation or implementation programmes: BiodivERsA, Horizon 2020, Seventh framework programme (FP7), Interreg and LIFE (EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action) over the years 2011–2021. Their project databases were screened using two successive keyword searches (‘biodiversity’ and then ‘services and approaches’) on the title and abstract of each project, and results were screened manually to retain NBS-relevant projects using criteria derived from the European Commission’s definition of NBS (i.e., biodiversity benefits, social and economic benefits and/or Increased resilience, and response to a societal challenge).
Beginning with more than 60.000 projects, the resulting database of NBS projects is composed of 300 projects with 100 projects from H2020 and FP7, 35 NBS projects from BiodivERsA, 86 NBS projects from Interreg and 79 NBS projects from LIFE.
The database was subsequently used to perform a mapping of EU R&I projects on NBS, in terms of types of NBS, societal challenges addressed, environments, approaches studied. This mapping allowed setting the scene of what R&I has been supported so far at European level on NBS. View the key results from analysing this database of EU R&I projects on NBS.
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Acronym:
LUIGI
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2019 to 30 Jun 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: By recognising the pressures on Alpine ecosystems and the services they deliver to wider areas beyond mountain regions, the project aims to strengthen the link between mountain ecosystems and urban centres at the foot of the Alps, based on sound economic and social exchanges....
Acronym:
REGREEN
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2019 to 31 Aug 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Urban systems globally experience significant and interlinked societal challenges including pressures on public health and well-being and growing inequalities and social disruption. At the same time, urban systems are particularly vulnerable to impacts of climate change and...
Acronym:
Evergreen
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2022 to 31 Jan 2020
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The project envisages to involve local communities, mainly children and students, in activities to preserve and promote traditional gardening.In the target project area, Arad, Bekes and Csongrad counties, Western Romania and South-Eastern Hungary, due to modern agricultural...
Acronym:
Nature-In
Start/end date:
1 Aug 2020 to 31 Jul 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Nature-In is an interdisciplinary research project that will unfold and analyse the underlying forms of knowledge behind exemplary postwar-Danish and traditional-Japanese buildings which stand out for their interior space connection to Nature, which remains unexplored, to inform...
Acronym:
CONNECTING Nature
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2017 to 31 May 2022
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The overarching objective of Connecting Nature is to position Europe as a global leader in the innovation and implementation of nature-based solutions. The project partners will form a community of cities fostering peer-to-peer, transdisciplinary capacity-building between front-...
Acronym:
LUMAT
Start/end date:
1 May 2016 to 31 Jul 2019
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The LUMAT project objective is the implementation of Sustainable Land Use and pilot projects in Integrated Environmental Management in 7 Central European Functional Urban Areas. The LUMAT partnership of cities and regions, environmental agencies and research institutions develop...
Acronym:
GROW GREEN
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2017 to 31 May 2022
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: the frontrunner cities of manchester (uk), valencia (spain), wroclaw (poland) and wuhan (china) and the fellow cities brest(france), zadar (croatia) and modena (italy) are currently inhabited by 12.7 million people and sit at the heart of wider metropolitan areas which are home...
Acronym:
URBAN GreenUP
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2017 to 31 May 2022
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Urban GreenUP aims at obtaining a tailored methodology (1) to support the co-development of Renaturing Urban Plans focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation and efficient water management, and (2) to assist in the implementation of NbS in an effective way. NbS...
Acronym:
LIFE Veneto ADAPT
Start/end date:
21 Jun 2018 to 31 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE Veneto ADAPT aims to enhance regional capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change, with a focus on hydro-geological risk and by means of a multi-level governance approach. The project will develop a methodology for an effective integration of climate change-related...
Acronym:
AQUACROSS
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2015 to 30 Nov 2018
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: AQUACROSS aims to support EU efforts to enhance the resilience and stop the loss of biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems as well as to ensure the ongoing and future provision of aquatic ecosystem services. It focuses on advancing the knowledge base and application of the ecosystem...
Acronym:
NAIAD
Start/end date:
1 Dec 2016 to 31 Aug 2020
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: NAIAD aims to operationalise the insurance value of ecosystems to reduce the human and economic cost of risks associated with water (floods and drought) by developing and testing - with key insurers and municipalities - the concepts, tools, applications and instruments (business...
Acronym:
CLEVER Cities
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2018 to 31 May 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Hamburg (DE), London (UK) and Milan (IT) have decided to create CLEVER Cities. Led by Hamburg, a well-balanced, competent partnership will position the EU as global leader in nature-based solution (NbS) innovation. CLEVER Cities applies a city centric approach, starting by key...
Acronym:
LIFE METRO ADAPT
Start/end date:
22 Jul 2018 to 30 Sep 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE METRO ADAPT aims to mainstream adaptation strategies and measures in the development of a territorial plan for CMM and in the planning and building rules of the 134 CMM municipalities. It will achieve this aim through the adoption of an innovative approach that identifies...
Acronym:
Niche4NbS
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2020 to 31 May 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Urbanization is emerging as one of the major environmental global issues of the 21st century, with strong implications on the health of humans and natural ecosystems. Nature-based Solutions (NbS), broadly defined as cost-effective solutions that are inspired and supported by...
Acronym:
LIFE VIA DE LA PLATA
Start/end date:
17 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2023
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The main objective of the LIFE VIA DE LA PLATA project is to create an adaptation model for climate change in Salamanca, a world heritage city in Spain, through the construction of Green Infrastructure and the improvement of Ecosystem Services. The project team aims to transfer...
Acronym:
LIFE DELIVER
Start/end date:
19 Jul 2018 to 15 Jun 2023
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The LIFE DELIVER project aims to introduce adaptation and mitigation measures in residential areas consisting of mostly prefabricated buildings. The aim is to increase their resilience and reduce carbon footprints so as to boost the health and comfort of the local citizens,...
Acronym:
LIFE URBAN-ADAPT
Start/end date:
18 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The main goal of LIFE URBAN-ADAPT is to demonstrate an innovative, participatory approach as an essential element in creating acceptance and commitment among the public and stakeholders for large-scale implementation of urban adaptation strategies and related measures. The...
Acronym:
RECETAS
Start/end date:
1 Mar 2021 to 28 Feb 2026
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Re-imagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces (RECETAS) will address loneliness, a modifiable health condition that is known to shorten one´s lifespan and may be as dangerous to one’s health as smoking or...
Acronym:
Green CURIOCITY
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2020 to 31 Aug 2022
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Green CURIOCITY: As a consequence of climate change, the European climate is getting warmer and the impact on childhood health and development is insufficiently understood. Equally, the potential to reduce heat related health risks through nature based solutions (NbS), such as...
Acronym:
Upsurge
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2021 to 31 Aug 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Air pollution and ambient pollution, carbon-related issues ranging from GHG emissions to carbon shortages in soil, the opportunities provided by NbS and the intricacies of urban ecosystems present an extremely complex set of interdependent problems and opportunities that have to...
Acronym:
EdiCitNet
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2018 to 31 Aug 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The systemic use of urban landscapes for food production is a major step towards more sustainable, liveable and healthier cities. A multitude of initiatives around the World, however fragmented, are prospering, forming a global movement of Edible Cities. Their products,...
Acronym:
Nature4Cities
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2016 to 30 Apr 2021
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Based on a detailed mapping of urban challenges and relevant nature-based solutions (NbS), Nature4Cities aims at developing complementary and interactive modules to engage urban stakeholders in a collective-learning process about re-naturing cities, develop and circulate new...
Acronym:
EuPOLIS
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2020 to 31 Aug 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: EuPOLIS aims to: (a) replace the traditional perception in which engineering systems are built to protect the environment at significant costs. We aim to deploy natural systems to simultaneously enhance Public Health (PH) and Well-Being (WB), and create resilient urban...
Acronym:
CLEARING HOUSE
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2019 to 31 Aug 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Trees and forests are a proven nature-based solution that contribute to sustainable urban development. Their potential for delivering ecosystem services, enhancing biodiversity and contributing to the wellbeing of urban societies is often underestimated and underused. CLEARING...
Acronym:
RENATURE
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2018 to 31 Aug 2021
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The RENATURE proposal aims to establish and implement a strategy and research cluster to step-up and stimulate scientific excellence and innovation capacity in the area of nature-based solutions for sustainable development. Nature-based solutions, defined as living solutions...
Acronym:
URBES
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2011 to 31 Aug 2014
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: The majority of the human population lives in cities and more than 75% in Europe.The understanding of how urban ecosystems work, how they change, and what limits their performance, can add to the understanding of ecosystem change and governance in general in an ever more human-...
Acronym:
Carbon Farming
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2018 to 28 Feb 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The North Sea Region (NSR) faces soil degradation and biodiversity loss resulting from present-day agricultural production processes. Adopting carbon sequestration (CS) techniques in land management can help to reverse these processes and play a crucial role in food security and...
Acronym:
LIFE MONTSERRAT
Start/end date:
1 Jul 2014 to 30 Jun 2019
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The LIFE Montserrat project aims to:
* Develop ecosystem-based measures to increase the resilience and stability of forests against fires, and to improve the prevention of wildfires in the project area by creating and/or maintaining strategic areas to help prevent the spread,...
Acronym:
BWN
Start/end date:
1 Dec 2015 to 1 Jul 2021
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The most serious threat facing the North Sea Region (NSR) is climate change, increasing flood and coastal erosion risk from storm surges in coastal and estuarine areas and heavy rain causing flooding of rivers and lakes inland.The Building with Nature (BwN) project demonstrates...
Acronym:
FutureMARES
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2020 to 31 Aug 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Marine and transitional ecosystems provide fundamental climate regulation, food provisioning and cultural services. FutureMARES provides socially and economically viable nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate change (CC) adaptation and mitigation to safeguard these ecosystems...
Acronym:
H20:Source2Seas
Start/end date:
26 Jul 2018 to 1 Mar 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: H2O will create new LoCaM & SEARCHRECORD GIS tools. It will implement evidence based Natural Flood (NFM) & Drought (NDM) management, which will reduce public money spent on managing water issues. It will include a valuation of natural capital (NCV) which currently is...
Acronym:
LIFE SPARC
Start/end date:
28 Jun 2018 to 31 Aug 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The LIFE SPARC project proposes measures to make the Scheldt estuary and its highly urbanised area resilient to climate change. In practice, this means providing much greater protection against floods by creating open space for water and developing a robust estuary ecosystem....
Acronym:
Life Anillo Verde
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2015 to 31 Dec 2020
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The main LIFE Anillo Verde project objective is to contribute to nature conservation in seven municipalities of the Bay of Santander, by improving and restoring ecosystems and habitats, and enabling the population recovery of species. It will also aim to halt the loss of...
Acronym:
RockTheAlps
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2016 to 31 Dec 2019
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: In natural hazard management and disaster risk reduction worldwide, but especially in the Alpine Space , forests are increasingly considered equal to technical or civil engineering measures. Forests can, e.g. lead to increase slope stability and reduce the risk to an acceptable...
Acronym:
HyMoCARES
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2016 to 30 Oct 2019
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: River corridors represent one of the most used and modified landscape elements in the Alps. They provide key ecosystem services (ES), but currently many of them are at risk or significantly degraded. In order to ensure their conservation or restoration, the effects of human uses...
Acronym:
LIFE+SCALLUVIA
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2013 to 31 Aug 2018
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The LIFE+SCALLUVIA project successfully met all its objectives, with many stakeholders collaborating to efficiently combine nature conservation, flood protection and recreation in an area of the Kruibeke-Bazel-Rupelmonde in Flanders, Belgium.
In terms of forest restoration, the...
Acronym:
LIFE Green valleys
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2018 to 31 Aug 2025
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The Green valleys project aims to restore ten habitats of conservation importance, including meadows, fens and alluvial forests in Flanders (Belgium) and alkaline fens in Poland. In particular, the project will address habitat fragmentation, eutrophication and drainage....
Acronym:
PNTH Ecorurable
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The aim of the PNTH Ecorurable project is to promote the development of sustainable agriculture throughout the Hainaut Cross-Border Natural Park. It sets out to promote an agriculture on a human and family scale, respectful of the environment and nature. The project is designed...
Acronym:
NATUREMAN
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2018 to 31 Mar 2026
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: For many years, developments within farming in Denmark have aimed at specialisation and economies of scale in cattle and pig farming, and in arable farming. In combination with the generally easily-farmed topography of Denmark and extensive drainage, these developments have...
Acronym:
EU LIFE IP C2C CC
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2016 to 31 Dec 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The cost of inaction on climate change is significant for Denmark and the wider EU. As a result, the Danish government made it mandatory in 2013 for municipalities to draw up CCA plans. It also encourages the integration of the CCA action plans into the municipal spatial...
Acronym:
SUSTAIN-COCOA
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2024
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: The conversion and degradation of tropical forests has multiple negative socio-environmental impacts. Conversely, the restoration of forest landscapes, including enhancing tree cover on already cleared farmland, are powerful nature-based solutions to climate mitigation and...
Acronym:
OPTWET
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2015 to 31 Mar 2018
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Diffuse losses of nitrogen and phosphorus from agricultural areas contribute significantly to eutrophication of waterways, lakes, estuaries and coastal zones and water pollution is a growing and serious problem across much of the world. The role of wetlands in improving surface...
Acronym:
LIFE-Montado-adapt
Start/end date:
22 Jun 2018 to 30 Jun 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE-MONTADO-ADAPT has two objectives:
1. Introducing innovative adaptation technologies in Portuguese and Spanish Montado and Dehesa (M/D) landscapes and communities, through demonstration of sustainable and profitable Integrated Land Use (ILU) systems, which help restore the...
Acronym:
UNDERTREES
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The overarching objective of UNDERTREES is to form an international and inter-sectoral network of 15 organisations in 3 continents (Europe, Africa and South America) working on a joint research programme in the field of agroforestry (AF) and ecosystem services (ES) assessment....
Acronym:
AGFORWARD
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2017
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: Agroforestry is the practice of deliberately integrating woody vegetation (trees or shrubs) with crop and/or animal systems to benefit from the resulting ecological and economic interactions. AGFORWARD (AGroFORestry that Will Advance Rural Development) is a four-year project,...
Acronym:
AFINET
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2017 to 31 Dec 2019
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Agroforestry (AF) is the practice of deliberately integrating woody vegetation (trees or shrubs) with crop and/or animal systems to benefit from the resulting ecological and economic interactions. Research activities developed by AFINET partners indicates that appropriate...
Acronym:
LIFE AgroForAdapt
Start/end date:
24 Jun 2018 to 30 Sep 2026
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The main objective of the LIFE AgroForAdapt project is to promote agroforestry systems for climate change adaptation of the agrarian and forestry sectors in the Mediterranean. The aim is to implement agroforestry systems in areas where they are still generally unknown, such as...
Acronym:
GreenRisk4ALPs
Start/end date:
17 Apr 2018 to 31 Aug 2021
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: In natural hazard and risk reduction worldwide, but especially in the Alpine Space (AS), forests and mountain ecosystems are outstandingly important, and are increasingly considered on-par with technical measures or other prevention concepts. Forests efficiently protect against...
Acronym:
ARANGE
Start/end date:
1 Feb 2012 to 31 Jul 2015
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: The sustainable provision of ecosystem services (ES) in and from mountain regions is of crucial importance to an array of stakeholders and society in general, going much beyond the interests of particular landowners in the mountain regions themselves. Mountain ecosystems can...
Acronym:
SustInAfrica
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2020 to 31 Aug 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Large areas of agricultural land in W. and N. Africa are heavily degraded, with water scarcity, low soil fertility and poor plant health, due to use of unsuitable agronomic systems and inappropriate management. In W. Africa, poor water, organic matter and nutrient retention...
Acronym:
MULTISOURCE
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2021 to 31 May 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The overall goal of MULTISOURCE is to, together with local, national, and international stakeholders, demonstrate a variety of about Enhanced Natural Treatment Solutions (ENTS) treating a wide range of urban waters and to develop innovative tools, methods, and business models...
Acronym:
DivAirCity
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2021 to 31 Aug 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: DivAirCity “recognizes, accepts and celebratesDivAirCity is an ambitious project that aims at shifting the urban paradigm by valuing human diversity (with a focus on gender and multiculturalism) as a resource to define new urban services and models towards cultural-driven green...
Acronym:
iWater
Start/end date:
1 Dec 2015 to 31 Aug 2018
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: According to climate change scenarios Baltic Sea Region (BSR) will face more frequent and heavier rainfalls. At the same time the trend in urban planning is to densify urban areas. It leads to more serious urban flooding that causes costs, environmental degradation and risks to...
Acronym:
LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN
Start/end date:
2 Jul 2018 to 31 Aug 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The overall objective of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project is to contribute to increasing the resilience of social buildings and educational centres by implementing nature-based solutions as prototypes of climate adaptation and improved well-being.
Specifically, the project...
Acronym:
CWC
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2019 to 31 Mar 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: Climate change induced hydrological risks are making Central European (CE) cities increasingly vulnerable against urban floods and at the same time water scarcity problems. This coupled with growing drinking water consumption and consequently rising amount of wastewater to be...
Acronym:
LIFE-MICACC
Start/end date:
9 Jul 2018 to 30 Nov 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE-MICACC's main goal is to improve the climate resilience of vulnerable municipalities in Hungary by reducing their risks stemming from climate change. To this end, it will introduce and foster the integration of sustainable ecosystem-based water management approaches into...
Acronym:
LIFE LOGOS 4 WATERS
Start/end date:
10 Jul 2018 to 30 Sep 2025
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The goal of the LIFE LOGOS 4 WATERS project is to improve climate resilience of local municipalities. It will be achieved by mitigating the negative water-balance situation through the demonstration of integrated ecosystem-based water management solutions applied at the...
Acronym:
WRC
Start/end date:
25 Nov 2016 to 31 Dec 2020
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The project aims at improving the adaptive capacity of cities to heavy rainfall by demonstrating how SUDS can be retrofitted in public areas normally constrained by existing uses and infrastructure (above or below ground), or "historic environment" protection. The project will...
Acronym:
Joint actions for prevention and reduction of the consequences of disasters in the municipalities of Sandanski and Radovish
Start/end date:
12 Jul 2019 to 12 Jul 2021
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The main activities of the project will include:
1. Project management and coordination – to ensure the sound and proper implementation of all project activities;
2. Information and Publicity Campaign - The information/publicity activities will be conducted continuously...
Acronym:
Blue Green City
Start/end date:
1 Aug 2019 to 31 Jul 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: Climate change adaptation is one of the greatest challenges that EU regional and local authorities will face in the 21st century. We cannot address climate change without addressing biodiversity loss since healthy ecosystems will be able to better maintain the supply of...
Acronym:
UGB
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2016 to 31 May 2019
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: Living in a large city to have a park or garden right on your doorstep is such an advantage most property seekers are looking for. Such greens offer you an improved life quality. They not only provide leisure or sports facilities but make the air cleaner, reduce urban noise and...
Acronym:
LIFE AGUA DE PRATA
Start/end date:
3 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The project LIFE AGUA DE PRATA aims to tackle some of the water scarcity challenges faced by the region by sustainably re-using water from the Graça do Divor wells and springs, which were previously sources for an aqueduct. Using these underground sources will help transform...
Acronym:
BIO-POLIS
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2021 to 31 Jul 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: In the Anthropocene climate change is the greatest threat to socio-economical prosperity, environmental and human health as well as a priority in the European and Global Agenda. In an increasing and unbalanced urban planet, metropolises play a key role in addressing climate...
Acronym:
LIFE-IP REVERSEAU
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2020 to 31 Dec 2027
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The EUs Water Framework Directive responds to a pressing need to improve water quality across Europe. It commits Member States to meeting the target of "good status" for all waters by 2027. The Pays de la Loire region is characterised by a very dense hydrographic system...
Acronym:
Cyano4REST
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2016 to 31 Oct 2018
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Frequent land degradation problems in drylands make necessary the adoption of effective and low cost restoration strategies for a sustainable development of these areas. However, water scarcity and low soil fertility inherent to drylands make difficult implementation of...
Acronym:
LIFE The Green Link
Start/end date:
30 Jun 2018 to 31 Mar 2020
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The main objective of the LIFE The Green Link project is to demonstrate an innovative growing method which replaces irrigation by using ?water buckets? in desertified areas where the failure rate of restoration can reach 70%. The so-called Cocoon system is made out of recycled...
Acronym:
LIFE DESERT-ADAPT
Start/end date:
1 Jul 2018 to 1 Sep 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE DESERT-ADAPT aims to demonstrate the positive effect of an integrated ecosystems approach that combines climate change adaptation and mitigation targets with improved socioeconomic development opportunities in areas subjected to land degradation and desertification. It will...
Acronym:
RESTORE
Start/end date:
11 May 2011 to 30 Sep 2015
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The aim of RESTORE is to address the challenge of environmental degradation across NWE by developing a framework for the restoration of minerals sites (quarries). to provide benefits for biodiversity. habitats and local people. This will increase the sustainability of NWE by...
Acronym:
LIFE PollinAction
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2020 to 31 Mar 2025
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The objective of LIFE PollinAction is to mitigate this pollination crisis by creating a green infrastructure (GI) network, made up of natural and semi-natural areas, in rural and urban landscapes in North-East Italy. This will involve habitat restoration and the implementation...
Acronym:
LIFE BioScape
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2021 to 1 Oct 2026
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE BioScape has three overall project objectives:
* To restore and maintain three unique ecosystems and their services and to ensure their future preservation, by dealing with three of the largest threats for ESS: eutrophication of the aquatic environment, contamination of...
Acronym:
HEAWATER
Start/end date:
1 Mar 2018 to 28 Feb 2021
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: Local authorities located on the BS coastal areas face same challenges regarding small urban water bodies and their watersheds. These watersheds are the source of nutrients, hazardous substances, toxins and micro-litter. All municipalities in the project need to reduce loading...
Acronym:
proGIreg
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2018 to 31 May 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: For proGIreg three front-runner cities (Dortmund (DE); Turin (IT); Zagreb (HR))will create Living Labs in urban areas which face the challenge of post-industrial regeneration. These areas suffer from social and economic disadvantages, inequality and related crime and security...
Acronym:
GreenInfraNet
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2014
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: Biodiversity conservation policies have traditionally been developed and implemented within the nature conservation sector, and local and regional authorities are mainly responsible for implementing the policies and achieving their objectives. However, this presents the...
Acronym:
INTERLACE
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2020 to 31 Aug 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: INTERLACE brings together a uniquely positioned consortium to empower and equip European and CELAC cities to effectively restore and rehabilitate (peri)urban ecosystems towards more liveable, resilient and inclusive cities. The project applies an integrative, city-driven...
Acronym:
Health&Greenspace
Start/end date:
2 Sep 2019 to 13 May 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: As a response to the various health risks related to rapid urbanization and the densification of cities, the Health&Greenspace project promotes health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure with an overall aim to bring health and well-being benefits...
Acronym:
SALUTE4CE
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2019 to 31 Mar 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: In many EU cities it is difficult to save large areas for planting greenery. The attractive sites are often used for settlements or investments which provide profits for the city budget.
On the other hand authorities of the cities are aware of the necessity for green spaces to...
Acronym:
ENABLE
Start/end date:
30 Sep 2016 to 30 Dec 2019
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Addressing urban pressures through the maintenance and restoration of green and blue infrastructure (GBI) is key to building a healthy and resilient society. Accordingly, ENABLE employs a range of methods to identify, assess and facilitate a cost-effective implementation of GBI...
Acronym:
CONEXUS
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2020 to 31 Aug 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Cities and regions in Europe (EU) and Community of Latin American & Caribbean States (CELAC) face shared and urgent global-local challenges to integrate practical actions with strategies to achieve greater inclusion, biodiversity, climate change adaptation and environmental...
Acronym:
URBANGAIA
Start/end date:
30 Sep 2016 to 29 Sep 2019
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: UrbanGaia will capitalize the untapped knowledge of the many existing Green-Blue Infrastructures (GBIs) in the urban context. The project has the explicit aim to develop realistic indicators to evaluate, manage and develop performant GBIs in cities and intensively managed...
Acronym:
HEART
Start/end date:
1 Mar 2021 to 28 Feb 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: HEART’s integrated approach aims to significantly improve urban health and reduce health disparities through an innovative urban planning methodology that embraces and promotes the policy making of proper Blue-Green (BG)-based technologies with techniques for changing individual...
Acronym:
URBiNAT
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2018 to 31 May 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: URBiNAT focuses on the regeneration and integration of deprived social housing urban developments through an innovative and inclusive catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), ensuring sustainability and mobilising driving forces for social cohesion. Interventions focus on the...
Acronym:
LIFE@Urban Roofs
Start/end date:
12 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE@Urban Roofs will encourage real estate developers and building owners to invest in climate change adaptation. This new approach will see the local government acting as a stimulator and facilitator.
The project will trial the use of multifunctional roofs that have greater...
Acronym:
LIFE SimetoRES
Start/end date:
13 Jul 2018 to 15 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE SimetoRES will contribute to increasing the resilience of urban areas in the Simeto Valley to climate change impacts. By focusing on urban adaptation, it will contribute to the implementation of the objectives of the EU?s strategy for adaptation and of the Italian national...
Acronym:
LIFE Green Heart
Start/end date:
14 Jul 2018 to 1 Sep 2024
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The main objective of the LIFE Green Heart project is to reduce the local temperature by 3C on average during heatwave events on an area of 30 hectares located on the Ile du Ramier in Toulouse, by counteracting the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Surrounding neighbourhoods will...
Acronym:
LIFE CRITICAL
Start/end date:
15 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2025
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE CRITICAL aims to: 1)embrace the potential of neighbourhood city parks to embed climate change adaptation measures; 2)improve the quality of parks to improve citizens quality of life; 3)encourage citizens participation to give an impetus to the realisation of adaptation...
Acronym:
LIFE LUNGS
Start/end date:
16 Jul 2018 to 31 Aug 2024
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFE LUNGs main objective is to implement the municipal climate adaptation strategy (EMAAC) by making use of urban green infrastructure as a tool for climate change adaptation. It will also promote and develop related ecosystem services. Its overall aim is to increase Lisbons...
Acronym:
BIOVEINS
Start/end date:
31 Dec 2016 to 30 Dec 2019
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Increasing urban human populations lead to further development of urban centers with consequent loss of green spaces, causing strong alterations of ecosystem processes and trophic interactions. Yet urban green areas have been shown to support native biodiversity, enhance...
Acronym:
NICE
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2021 to 31 May 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The overall objective of NICE is to widen the availability of enhanced Natural Based Solutions (NbS) to provide circular urban water solutions. NICE will provide key knowledge for the design and implementation of NbS, closing urban water loops. Solutions will make available...
Acronym:
IMAGINE
Start/end date:
31 Jan 2017 to 30 Jan 2020
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: IMAGINE is based on 6 partners from 5 countries eligible to Biodiversa funding
IMAGINE brings together multidisciplinary and complementary expertise (landscape ecology, restoration ecology, sociology, land planning, modelling),
IMAGINE promote a place based approach of Socio-...
Adaptation to climate change through sustainable management of water of the urban area in Radom City
Acronym:
LIFERADOMKLIMA-PL
Start/end date:
20 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: LIFERADOKLIMA PL's overall objective is to make the city of Radom more resilient to climate change by building demonstration 'green/blue infrastructure' for managing extreme storm water flows and controlling local flood risks. The aim is to mitigate extreme flows of water coming...
Acronym:
T.R.I.G - Eau
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2022 to 28 Feb 2020
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: This project deals with the problem of flood risk due to filled-in watercourses and the ever-increasing number of urbanised areas and waterproofed surfaces, with consequent difficulties in regulating the surface water flow and water bodies receiving outflows, aggravated by the...
Acronym:
Joint measures for green infrastructure
Start/end date:
24 Sep 2020 to 23 Sep 2021
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The project activities encompass:
- construction works for flood defense and procurement of equipment for sanitation of rivers,
- measures for natural water retention on the territories of Knjazevac and Rila Municipalities,
- joint trainings on flood risk prevention and...
Acronym:
Mind4Stormwater
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2018 to 31 Aug 2021
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Mind4Stormwater aims to help cities achieve sustainable management of their “stormwater control measures” (SCMs). These nature-based solutions (e.g. wetlands, swales, infiltration trenches, bioretention systems) have emerged worldwide in the last few decades, meaning that their...
Acronym:
BEGIN
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2016 to 31 Jan 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: BEGIN proposes an approach to climate resilience for cities that mimics nature’s potential to deal with flooding. Blue and Green Infrastructure (BGI) supports existing grey infrastructure to cope with extreme weather events (reducing flood risk by 30%) and improves urban...
Acronym:
NATURVATION
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2016 to 31 May 2021
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) have the potential to respond to climate change, enhance biodiversity and improve environmental quality while contributing to economic regeneration and social well-being. Yet there is a substantial gap between the promise of NbS and their uptake. To...
Acronym:
PERFECT
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2017 to 31 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The socio-economic and environmental services provided by the protection, development and exploitation of natural heritage in urban areas are collectively known across Europe as ‘green infrastructure’ and the aim of the PERFECT project is to improve the implementation of...
Acronym:
UNALAB
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2017 to 30 Nov 2022
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: UNaLab will develop, via co-creation with stakeholders and implementation of ‘living lab’ demonstration areas, a robust evidence base and European framework of innovative, replicable, and locally-attuned nature-based solutions to enhance the climate and water resilience of...
Acronym:
Urban Green
Start/end date:
16 Apr 2012 to 15 Oct 2013
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The project "Urban Green" is aimed at preservation of green areas and water basins in urban areas of Zemgale region and Northern Lithuania, investing in green infrastructure thus reducing urban pressure on environment, securing green areas for future generations. The...
Acronym:
GREEN SURGE
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2011 to 31 Oct 2017
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: GREEN SURGE will identify, develop and test ways of connecting green spaces, biodiversity, people and the green economy, in order to meet the major urban challenges related to land use conflicts, climate change adaptation, demographic changes, and human health and wellbeing. It...
Acronym:
URBAG
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2019 to 31 Aug 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: This research aims to find out how urban green infrastructures can be most efficient in contributing to urban sustainability. This will evaluate which combinations of urban, peri-urban agriculture and green spaces result in the best performance in terms of local and global...
Acronym:
SVAB
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Biodiversity policy is a fundamental component for sustainable development and actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. For efficient and effective policy implementation it is crucial to understand where policy interventions can generate greatest ecological and socio-...
Acronym:
KLIMAGRÜN/ Klimatická zeleň
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2017 to 31 Oct 2020
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: For politics and administration, climate change and the increasing loss of biodiversity are inevitable challenges that also affect the green infrastructure in many ways. Green infrastructures are often not yet adapted to the needs of climate change on both sides of the border...
Acronym:
JEFMAN
Start/end date:
14 Mar 2011 to 13 Mar 2013
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The main purpose of this project is to improve the quality of life for the population through the provision of a healthy and favourable environment and the preservation of the rich nature heritage on the basis of sustainable management of the environment. Activities of this...
Acronym:
SOILGUARD
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2021 to 31 May 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: SOILGUARD envisages a future where the conservation of soil biodiversity and the environmental, economic and social wellbeing of EU biogeographical regions is guaranteed. Unsustainable management and climate change are increasing land degradation and threatening soil...
Acronym:
SMILE
Start/end date:
16 Sep 2021 to 15 Sep 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The present proposal, SMILE, aims to answer core questions on the current climatic and biodiversity crisis. Together with Dr. Francesco de Bello, a prominent authority on functional ecology and biodiversity, at the CIDE-CSIC, Spain, the applicant, Dr. Felícia M. Fischer, seeks...
Acronym:
RESET
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Time is running out to achieve a more sustainable development. Post COVID-19 economic stimuli need to deploy a green new deal (GND) that ReSETs economic systems to create secure and meaningful employment whilst protecting nature for people, for climate change and flood...
Acronym:
We Value Nature
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2018 to 31 Jan 2022
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The overall objective of EU-VNP-Net is to establish, support and energise an EU Valuing Nature Network of Networks (EU-VNN) and to implement a prioritised EU Valuing Nature Programme (EU-VNP) that, together, build synergies and collaborations among relevant existing and emerging...
Acronym:
LIFE CONNECTS
Start/end date:
1 Aug 2019 to 31 Jul 2025
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The LIFE CONNECTS projects overall objective is to improve the conservation status of the target species and the ecological status along around 150km of seven target rivers. The specific objectives are to:
* restore connectivity and habitats to regain migratory corridors,...
Acronym:
LIFE4DELTA_PL
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2019 to 31 Dec 2024
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The LIFE4DELTA_PL project aims at improving the water conditions of the inland delta of the Nida River in Poland; thereby contributing to the restoration of the area?s unique ecosystems and mosaic of habitats, and the conservation status of its charateristic species.
Specific...
Acronym:
DTP2-003-2.1- Danube Floodplain
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2018 to 31 May 2021
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: During the last decades, Europe suffered major catastrophic floods along the Danube. Therefore the Flood Directive asks for adequate and coordinated measures to reduce flood risk without conflicting WFD objectives. The main objective of the project is improving transnational...
Acronym:
PROWATER
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2018 to 31 Aug 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The overall objective is to build resilience against droughts (and extreme precipitation events) through Ecosystem based Adaptation measures. Therefore it is our key objective to develop and implement a PES-model (Payment for Ecosystem Services) that facilitates the actual...
Acronym:
ENVISION
Start/end date:
1 Dec 2018 to 31 Mar 2022
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Creating protected area (PA) management strategies that enhance biodiversity conservation while also support the needs of residents and agriculture, tourism, energy, and water management sectors is a major global challenge. ENVISION aims to explore inclusive conservation as a...
Acronym:
RESANAT
Start/end date:
1 May 2019 to 30 Apr 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: In RESANAT, seven small and large companies from the Netherlands and Flanders work together with the Deltares knowledge institution and the Public Waste Agency of Flanders (OVAM) to stimulate the redevelopment of contaminated locations in the Netherlands and Flanders....
Acronym:
DTP1-159-2.2 ECO KARST
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2017 to 30 Jun 2019
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: Major challenge in the Danube region is finding the right balance between conservation, protection and improvement of ecosystems, as well as their sustainable use. ECO KARST addresses 7 protected karst areas in 7 different countries with common features (e.g. special biological/...
Acronym:
Hillslope
Start/end date:
1 Aug 2017 to 31 Dec 2020
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The year 2016 was marked by many catastrophes as a result of floods caused by extreme precipitation. Fire brigades and emergency services were in constant use to eliminate the consequences of these disasters. What remains are millions of dollars worth of damage, the realization...
Acronym:
ECO-MOUNTAIN
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2020 to 31 Aug 2022
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Mountains in Europe are highly valued as they provide diverse living and recreational opportunities and unique landscape sceneries, are key economic assets, and because they are treasures of unique flora and fauna. Their vulnerable environment is, however, threatened by the...
Acronym:
Phusicos
Start/end date:
1 May 2018 to 30 Apr 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: PHUSICOS, meaning 'According to nature' in Greek, demonstrates how nature-based solutions (NBSs) provide robust, sustainable and cost-effective measures for reducing the risk of extreme weather events in rural mountain landscapes. Although mountains amplify risks, and even more...
Acronym:
LIFE IP All4Biodiversity
Start/end date:
9 Mar 2020 to 8 Mar 2026
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: Biodiversity is still in decline in Natura 2000 network sites in the Netherlands, and Natura 2000 sites are heavily influenced by activity in adjacent areas. Threats related to the management of surrounding areas include atmospheric nitrogen deposition, desiccation and...
Acronym:
LIFE IP ARTISAN
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2019 to 31 Dec 2027
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: The French strategy for climate change adaptation (2006) is implemented operationally through national plans, in line with the EU strategy on adaptation to climate change. The national plans target the effective adaptation, by 2050, to a regional climate in continental France...
Acronym:
LIFE IP CLIMAZ
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2021 to 30 Dec 2030
Funding programme:
LIFE
Description: Climate change presents a major threat for the Autonomous Region of the Azores and its development. To face this challenge, in 2014 the regional government commissioned the Azores Regional Programme for Climate Change (PRAC). This followed its approval in 2011 of the Regional...
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