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 262 projects with 101 projects from H2020 and FP7, 35 NBS projects from BiodivERsA, 87 NBS projects from Interreg and 39 NBS projects from LIFE Climate Change Adaptation stream.
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.
N.B. the following societal challenge titles gather several categories, against which project allocation is being refined part of the next update of the database in 2023:
- Social and Economic Development:
Social Justice & Social Cohesion; New Economic Opportunities & Green Jobs; Participatory Planning & Governance - Sustainable Communities and Cities:
Green Space Management; Place Regeneration & Knowledge; Social Capacity Building for Sustainable Urban Transformation
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Acronym:
LIFE SimetoRES
Start/end date:
13 Jul 2018 to 15 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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@Urban Roofs
Start/end date:
12 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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 MIDMACC
Start/end date:
23 Jul 2018 to 30 Jun 2024
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The main objective of LIFE MIDMACC is to promote climate change adaptation in marginal mid-mountain areas of Spain, while improving socioeconomic development.
The project has the following specific objectives:
* develop and implement landscape adaptation in marginal mid-mountain...
Acronym:
LIFE Green Heart
Start/end date:
14 Jul 2018 to 1 Sep 2024
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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 CCA
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 CCA
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:
LIFE VIA DE LA PLATA
Start/end date:
17 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2023
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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 URBAN-ADAPT
Start/end date:
18 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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:
LIFE DELIVER
Start/end date:
19 Jul 2018 to 15 Jun 2023
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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,...
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 CCA
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:
Farm LIFE
Start/end date:
21 Jul 2018 to 31 Aug 2023
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The project FARM LIFE aims to contribute to climate change adaptation and to a lesser extent to climate change mitigation and climate governance as well as agricultural knowledge. It will demonstrate innovative adaption technologies, approaches and methods for land use in...
Acronym:
LIFE METRO ADAPT
Start/end date:
22 Jul 2018 to 30 Sep 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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:
Farmland
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2012 to 30 Sep 2015
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Agricultural landscapes occupy 40% of the available land area, and as such play an important role in conserving biodiversity. Farmland biodiversity makes an important contribution to agricultural production by providing ecosystem services such as crop pollination and biological...
Acronym:
BUFFER
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2012 to 30 Sep 2015
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Coastal zones are complex social-ecological systems playing a crucial role in the economic, social and political development of many countries. However, they are amongst the areas of the world experiencing the highest rates of pressures (Jackson et al. 2001, Lotze et al. 2006)....
Acronym:
ISTERVIN
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2012 to 31 Aug 2014
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The main objective of the project was to develop knowledge and implement a new strategy for conservation of the natural environment and the sustainable and multifunctional development of viticulture based on the expansion of organic farming, particularly in areas with high...
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:
AGRI-ECO SERVICES
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2012 to 30 Sep 2014
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: 'Among the ecosystem services provided by European agriculture, the conservation of biodiversity and agricultural landscapes are predominant. High Nature Value (HNV) farmland located in less favoured areas play a central role in the conservation of habitats and species. However...
Acronym:
OPERAS
Start/end date:
1 Dec 2012 to 30 Nov 2016
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: Human use and exploitation of the biosphere is increasing at such a pace and scale that the sustainability of major ecosystems is threatened, and may not be able to continue to function in ways that are vital to the existence of humanity. Re-framing environmental resource use...
Acronym:
QUESSA
Start/end date:
1 Feb 2013 to 31 Jan 2017
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: The project aims to identify the key semi-natural habitats (SNH), outside and within crops, providing essential ecological services (ES). Vegetation traits will be linked to potential ES provision, case studies will measure actual ES levels and inform models which will show...
Acronym:
MENFRI
Start/end date:
1 Dec 2013 to 30 Nov 2016
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: 'The Mediterranean region will become one of the most vulnerable areas in Europe to global change. While in European Mediterranean countries the combination of climate change and land abandonment is promoting new unmanaged forest cover, increasing fire and pest risks, in the...
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:
FishMPABlue
Start/end date:
1 Jul 2014 to 30 Jun 2015
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have multiplied in recent years, with a significant influence on local socio-economies, and artisanal fisheries. The benefits of MPAs for local fisheries become evident with an increase of catches over time, thus of profits for...
Acronym:
LIFECOASTadapt
Start/end date:
15 Jun 2018 to 31 Dec 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The objective of the LIFECOASTadapt project is to demonstrate ecosystem-based measures against coastal erosion and floods that also strengthen coastal biodiversity and ecosystem services. The project will also contribute to the 2002 EU Recommendation on Integrated Coastal Zone...
Acronym:
EL-PORT-AL
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2012 to 30 Sep 2013
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The project aims at ensuring the protection and restoration of European marine ecosystems in border areas of Greece and Albania, preparing common environmental perception by establishing and implementing joint procedures, practices, policies and actions with respect to National...
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:
ECOFISHMAN
Start/end date:
1 Mar 2011 to 28 Feb 2014
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: EcoFishMan seeks to develop a responsive fisheries management system (RFMS) based on results-based management (RBM) principles. The intended context of application of the RFMS is complex, mixed-fisheries and multi-stakeholder fishery sectors like those found in the EU/Common...
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:
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:
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:
ROBIN
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2011 to 31 Oct 2015
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: To realise the full potential of tropical forests in climate change mitigation (CCM) & the provision of other ecosystem services in the face of ongoing global change we must improve our understanding of the relationships between biodiversity (BD) and the socio-ecological...
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:
RECOMPRA
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2015
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: Reef ecosystems are among the most productive areas of the planet, they play a major role in coastal fisheries as nursery and feeding grounds, and they further provide a huge array of ecosystem services. Coastal ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to human actions causing the...
Acronym:
CANTOGETHER
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2015
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: Agricultural production faces numerous challenges regarding competitiveness, conserving natural and non-renewable resources (water, soil, air, phosphorus, fossil fuels) and ecosystem services (pollination, natural pest control, soil fertility). Society also expects from...
Acronym:
CATCH-C
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2014
Funding programme:
FP7
Description: The Catch-C project assesses the farm-compatibility of ‘Best Management Practices’ (BMPs) that aim to promote productivity, climate change mitigation, and soil quality. These are the three overall goals of sustainable soil management. Catch-C will first (WP2) set up a typology...
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:
LakeAdmin
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2014
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The economic values of clean and safe water are well established. Lakes, ponds and reservoirs can provide water for drinking, irrigation, recreation, fish, natural and cultural values and other ecosystem services. Domestic and national tourism in lake districts are often of high...
Acronym:
LIFE ADAPT'ISLAND
Start/end date:
16 Jun 2018 to 30 Jun 2024
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: Guadeloupe is regularly exposed to extreme weather events. These are expected to get stronger and more frequent with climate change. The Caribbean is home to coral reefs, mangrove forests and seagrass meadows land and marine ecosystems, which provide essential defense infighting...
Acronym:
LIFE ADAPTA BLUES
Start/end date:
17 Jun 2018 to 31 Oct 2024
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The general objective of the LIFE ADAPTA BLUES project is to demonstrate the potential of conserving and restoring European estuaries following an ecosystem-based approach to climate change adaptation, decreasing risks to coastal areas while contributing to climate change...
Acronym:
LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN
Start/end date:
2 Jul 2018 to 31 Aug 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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:
LIFE AGUA DE PRATA
Start/end date:
3 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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:
LIFE MixForChange
Start/end date:
4 Jul 2018 to 30 Jun 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The main aim of the project is to contribute to the adaptation to climate change of European mixed sub-humid Mediterranean forests by increasing their resilience, ensuring their conservation and enhancing their productive, environmental and social functions. In particular, the...
Acronym:
LIFE FORECCAsT
Start/end date:
5 Jul 2018 to 1 Jul 2020
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The objective of the LIFE FORECCAsT project was to provide forest owners and managers of Parc Naturel Régional du Haut Languedoc with the means to build their own management strategy, taking climate change scenarios into consideration, in order to protect territorial forest...
Acronym:
LIFE SORIA FORESTADAPT
Start/end date:
6 Jul 2018 to 31 Jan 2024
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The LIFE SORIA FORESTADAPT project aims to increase the resilience of southern European forests to climate change, including through adaptation measures in public and private forest management plans. A Technical Reference for Forest Management with climate change adaptation...
Acronym:
LIFE CLIMATE FOREST
Start/end date:
7 Jul 2018 to 31 Aug 2027
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The main objective of LIFE CLIMATE FOREST is to demonstrate a tree-oriented management approach for improving climate resilience of forest ecosystems on sandy soils, which are characteristic of Dutch forests. This improved resilience will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and...
Acronym:
LIFE MycoRestore
Start/end date:
8 Jul 2018 to 30 Jun 2023
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: LIFE MycoRestore seeks to utilise diverse mycological resources and forest management practices to contribute to the biological resilience of Mediterranean forests. It also aims at generating new income sources and ensuring the stability of forest ecosystem services while...
Acronym:
LIFE-MICACC
Start/end date:
9 Jul 2018 to 30 Nov 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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 CCA
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:
LIFE TERRACESCAPE
Start/end date:
11 Jul 2018 to 31 Oct 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The LIFE TERRACESCAPE project aims to demonstrate, on the Aegean island of Andros, the use of drystone terraces as green infrastructures resilient to climate change impacts. The project will promote climatic adaptation by mobilising scientific knowledge, traditional farming and...
Acronym:
LIFE Veneto ADAPT
Start/end date:
21 Jun 2018 to 31 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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:
LIFE DESERT-ADAPT
Start/end date:
1 Jul 2018 to 1 Sep 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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:
LIFE The Green Link
Start/end date:
30 Jun 2018 to 31 Mar 2020
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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 DUNAS
Start/end date:
29 Jun 2018 to 30 Sep 2025
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: LIFE DUNASs main objective is to improve the resilience of Porto Santo Islands dune ecosystems to the impacts of climate change. The project aims to achieve this through ecosystem-based approaches, nature-based solutions and long-term sustainable use of pre-dune areas.
The...
Acronym:
LIFE Ad'apto
Start/end date:
19 Jun 2018 to 31 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The general objective of the LIFE Ad'Apto project is to demonstrate that ecosystems and natural coastal habitats should be included in flexible coastal management plans in order to improve climate change adaptation in coastal areas. More specifically, the project aims to:
*...
Acronym:
LIFE RedBosques_Clima
Start/end date:
20 Jun 2018 to 31 Aug 2025
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The overall objective of the LIFE RedBosques_Clima project is to achieve a greater capacity for adaptation to climate change in forests, promoting forestry with conservation objectives (promoting maturity, increasing heterogeneity and diversity) under the umbrella of ecosystem-...
Acronym:
LIFE-Montado-adapt
Start/end date:
22 Jun 2018 to 30 Jun 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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:
LIFE PASTORALP
Start/end date:
23 Jun 2018 to 30 Mar 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: Natural pastures result from the combined influence of local environmental characteristics (mainly climate and soil properties) and centuries of managed livestock grazing. Properly managed pastoral farming is recognised as making a significant contribution to ecosystem carbon...
Acronym:
LIFE AgroForAdapt
Start/end date:
24 Jun 2018 to 30 Sep 2026
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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:
LIFE VinEcoS
Start/end date:
25 Jun 2018 to 31 Dec 2020
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The main objective of the LIFE VinEcoS project is to optimise ecosystem services in vineyards by testing climate-adapted methods in viniculture. In the first part of the project, relevant methods will be implemented on demonstration areas of the Kloster Pforta vineyard in the...
Acronym:
LIFE RESILIENCE
Start/end date:
26 Jun 2018 to 30 Jun 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: LIFE RESILIENCE aims to develop through crossbreeding pathogen-resistant and productive olive genotypes along with innovate natural vector control methods that are effective in preventing the negative effects of XF. In this way, the project will lead to the production varieties...
Acronym:
LIFE VineAdapt
Start/end date:
27 Jun 2018 to 30 Jun 2025
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The main objective of the LIFE VineAdapt project is to increase native biodiversity in vineyards to maximise related ecosystem services regarding pest control, soil biota, humification (soil organic content), erosion protection, water retention, and greenhouse gas emissions...
Acronym:
LIFE SPARC
Start/end date:
28 Jun 2018 to 31 Aug 2022
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
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 ADAPTAMED
Start/end date:
18 Jun 2018 to 31 Dec 2021
Funding programme:
LIFE CCA
Description: The link between the provision of key ecosystem services (e.g. soil retention, temperature regulation, pollination) and socio-ecosystems (e.g. mountain Mediterranean scrub, coastal dune forests) in three Mediterranean Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) is well established on the...
Acronym:
NordSalt
Start/end date:
1 Mar 2021 to 29 Feb 2024
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: The NordSalt project will assess the extent of and plant community biodiversity in Nordic Salt and coastal marshes and evaluate how these ecosystems provide climate and coastal protection related benefits to society (ecosystem services, ES or Nature’s Contributions to People,...
Acronym:
NAPERDIV
Start/end date:
1 Feb 2021 to 31 Jan 2023
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: The impact of intense annual crop production on natural resources under the threat of climate change has resulted in a global magnification of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. A concept for mitigating such consequences is the development of perennial grain...
Acronym:
AE4EU
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The current situation in Europe clearly indicates that major changes are needed to develop sustainable agricultural and food systems. In this respect, agroecology is increasingly seen as an important pathway as it designs, develops and promotes the transition towards sustainable...
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:
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:
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:
RESTORE
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2024
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Climate projections indicate higher precipitation variability along this century with more frequent drought extremes, which would have strong influence on forest biodiversity due to impacts on ecosystem functioning, tree ecophysiology and microbial communities. Forest...
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:
PRINCESS
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2024
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: PRINCESS will investigate the potential of alternative land uses on rewetted peatlands to tackle the major environmental challenges of Europe: greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen pollution and biodiversity loss. All relevant EU policy objectives include rewetting drained...
Acronym:
BIOFAIR
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2024
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: In the face of climate change, crop species and agricultural practices will require adaptation to produce high quality food while reducing the impact of agriculture on the environment. The study of mechanisms underlying the anticipated negative impact of climate change on food...
Acronym:
FUNPOTENTIAL
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2024
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Forests are impacted by climate change both directly and indirectly via increased natural disturbances such as wind, wildfire and insect outbreaks, with negative effects on wood production and the economy. Nature-based solutions (NbS) promise great potential to counter negative...
Acronym:
MixForChange
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2024
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Forest landscape restoration and afforestation have recently received much international attention as a crucial opportunity for mitigating climate change (CC). Therefore, it features prominently in many political initiatives such as the EU Green Deal and the Bonn Challenge. Yet...
Acronym:
Skill-For.Action
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Global environmental and climate changes compromise forest resources in different ways, intensities and at various levels. Drought related losses in growth performance, the increase in intensity and frequency of wild fires and storms, and of biological risks are just a few of...
Acronym:
MEDIX
Start/end date:
23 Dec 2020 to 22 Dec 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: To effectively adapt to climate change (CC), a novel more dynamic approach in governing the oceans is needed. Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) – a public process aimed to allocate human uses at sea while maintaining multiple ecosystem services (ES) – as currently implemented is too...
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:
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:
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:
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:
PR-INT-76
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:
MIXED
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: MIXED is a multi-actor project to drive the development of European Mixed Farming and Agroforestry Systems (MiFAS) that optimize efficiency and resource use, reduce GHG emissions, and show greater resilience to climate change by considering agronomic, technical, environmental,...
Acronym:
BiodivRestore
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Many of the European and world's ecosystems undergo degradation of terrestrial, aquatic and transitional ecosystems with nMany of the European and world's ecosystems undergo degradation of terrestrial, aquatic and transitional ecosystems with negative impacts on biological...
Acronym:
CLIMPRO
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2020 to 31 Oct 2022
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The overall objective of this study is to quantify how adaptive management can affect the provision of ecosystem services,
focusing on wood production, river runoff and climate change mitigation. The study will enhance our understanding of how
adaptive management can contribute...
Acronym:
FACE-IT
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2020 to 31 Oct 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The overarching objective of FACE-IT is to enable adaptive co-management of social-ecological fjord systems in the Arctic in the face of rapid cryosphere and biodiversity changes. The project will identify ways to manage the impacts of climate change on the cryosphere and marine...
Acronym:
PONDERFUL
Start/end date:
1 Dec 2020 to 30 Nov 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Ponds and “pondscapes” (networks of ponds) are crucial for biodiversity conservation and their multiple societally beneficial ecosystem services (ES) provide the means to play a crucial role in mitigating and adapting to climate change. However, ponds are largely neglected in...
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:
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:
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:
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:
SEAwise
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2021 to 30 Sep 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: SEAwise will address the key challenge preventing implementation of a fully operational European Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management: the need to increase fisheries benefits while reducing ecosystem impact under environmental change and increasing competition for space. The...
Acronym:
MOVE-NBS
Start/end date:
1 Oct 2021 to 30 Sep 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Since 2014, Europe allocated €5.5 billion in sustainable watershed management, including Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) of green-blue infrastructure to combat aquatic ecosystem decline and climate change impacts (e.g. flooding, urban heat). Reliable integrated Planning Support...
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:
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:
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:
SHIEELD
Start/end date:
1 Feb 2022 to 31 Jan 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Coasts worldwide are experiencing ever-increasing flood risk and coastal erosion. To simultaneously enhance the efficiency of coastal defence and improve the ecological status of coastlines, the scientific community has recently proposed the use of nature-based solutions....
Acronym:
PR-INT-82
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2013
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The goal is a concrete and detailed action plan that can be used by regional authorities, municipalities, associations of fish and fisheries at the restoration of streams affected by forestry. The action plan should be anchored among local and regional actors along the Torne...
Acronym:
RESWARE
Start/end date:
3 Jan 2011 to 2 Jan 2012
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The objective of the project is the improvement of cross- border sustainable development through finding solutions for the rehabilitation of natural environment in Rosiori – Pocsaj cross-border area, protecting biodiversity on the Ier Valley from Rosiori to Pocsaj, lowering the...
Acronym:
CROPDIVA
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2021 to 31 Aug 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Agrobiodiversity is a vital subset of biodiversity and is the result of the interaction between the environment, genetic resources and management systems used by culturally diverse people. It is a crucial prerequisite for ecologically and economically sustainable agricultural...
Acronym:
EcoScope
Start/end date:
1 Sep 2021 to 31 Aug 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The EcoScope project will develop an interoperable platform and a robust decision-making toolbox, available through a single public portal, to promote an efficient, ecosystem-based fisheries management. It will be guided by policy makers and scientific advisory bodies, and...
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:
BaltVib
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2024
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Vibrio – microbes that are part of the natural bacterioplankton in temperate marine waters – have in recent years flourished in the Baltic Sea, probably stimulated by elevated surface water temperatures. Several Vibrio species are human pathogens. It is hence of great concern...
Acronym:
RESONATE
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Climate change poses a major challenge for European forests, demonstrated by recent extreme events and forest disturbances of unprecedented intensity. As climate change continues, adverse impacts on the stability and production capacity of European forests could undermine the...
Acronym:
FirEUrisk
Start/end date:
1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: FIREURISK will develop, evaluate and disseminate a science-based integrated strategy to: 1) expand current wildland fire risk assessment systems, including critical factors of risk previously not covered; 2) produce effective measures to reduce current fire risk conditions, and...
Acronym:
ATTER
Start/end date:
1 May 2021 to 30 Apr 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: The ecological and social unsustainability of our food systems is widely acknowledged by scientists, citizens and governments around the world. To address the challenge of sustainable transitions, agroecology is also increasingly recognised as a promising model and the...
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:
ONEforest
Start/end date:
1 Jun 2021 to 31 May 2024
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Forest ecosystems cover 42 % of the European Union’s total land area and strong efforts have been made to facilitate an increase of multiple forest ecosystem services to form robust forest stands. However, all ecosystems recently have been hit by rapidly changing climatic...
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:
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:
REINFORCE
Start/end date:
14 Jun 2021 to 6 Nov 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Forests are key components of modern landscapes, providing essential ecosystem services to humans and sustaining biodiversity. As they mitigate global warming, forest ecosystems are essential elements for meeting the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement and an increase of...
Acronym:
DecisionES
Start/end date:
1 Jul 2021 to 30 Jun 2025
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Pressures on forest ecosystems are very likely to increase as a consequence of socioeconomic and demographic trends. A growing population will demand more products (e.g., wood) to be extracted from forest ecosystems. At the same time, these harvesting activities and their...
Acronym:
MAREA
Start/end date:
1 Jul 2021 to 30 Jun 2023
Funding programme:
H2020
Description: Aquaculture expansion is a necessary step to respond to increase protein demands while limiting the reliance on wild fisheries and imports.Bivalve aquaculture is considered to be one of the most sustainable, although some potentially negative environmental impacts arising from...
Acronym:
ECOVINEGOALS
Start/end date:
1 Mar 2020 to 31 Aug 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: In ADRION area the intensive management of viticulture can lead to negative effects on soil, water and air quality, biodiversity and ecosystem services and cause significant changes of fragile habitats and traditional landscapes. ECOVINEGOALS tackles the challenge of viticulture...
Acronym:
METRODIVER
Start/end date:
1 Mar 2020 to 28 Feb 2023
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Preserving marine ecosystem services is a key priority for the European Union as they support the livelihood and well-being of millions of its citizens. The delivery of ecosystem services is nowadays jeopardized by alterations to species composition and functional diversity....
Acronym:
Dr. FOREST
Start/end date:
1 Feb 2020 to 31 Jan 2023
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: Dr. FOREST - Diversity of FORESTs affecting human health
Forest ecosystems are an important reservoir for biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes within Central Europe, and deliver many ecosystem services. They are also a popular location for recreational activities,...
Acronym:
AdriaClim
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The Mediterranean Sea and specifically the Adriatic coastal and marine areas are particularly vulnerable to climate-related risks. The sea surface temperature of the Adriatic Sea will increase of about +.
1.5/1.6°C in 2050 and sea level will increase of +7 cm with consequent...
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:
DiMoC
Start/end date:
1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2023
Funding programme:
BiodivERsA
Description: DiMoC is a proposal for the BiodivERsA Pan-European call for transnational research proposals on “Effects of biodiversity status and changes on animal, human and plant health”. The DiMoC project includes 4 institutions from 3 countries (De, Fr, Be). The project will be linking...
Acronym:
POSBEMED2
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2019 to 30 Jun 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The Posbemed 2 project will gather for the first time the key stakeholders involved in coastal management across the Mediterranean to work together in testing actions for a sustainable management of Posidonia landscape and beaches with Posidonia banquettes in Protected Areas(PAs...
Acronym:
MPA Engage
Start/end date:
1 Nov 2019 to 30 Jun 2022
Funding programme:
Interreg
Description: The Mediterranean is being and will be heavily impacted by Climate Change (CC). There is a global (CBD), EU (Directive on Birds/Habitats) and Med (UNEP/MAP, MAPII, MSSD; Barcelona Convention) consensus to strengthen Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as key tools to prevent further...
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