Demonstrating wetlands as Nature-Based Solutions on resilience development to extreme drought across European cities and landscapes.
Can wetlands make Europe more resilient against droughts?
More than half of Europe is at risk of drought. Wetlands as Nature-Based Solution (NBS) can store water and help to mitigate the consequences of droughts. However, evidence-based practices regarding costs, benefits, and acceptance to use wetlands for droughts are lacking, especially for different conditions in Europe. NBS4Drought aims to close that gap.
7 showcases across 5 bioclimatic zones
NBS4Drought will demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of wetlands with 7 different wetland showcases located across 5 distinct bioclimatic zones in Europe. These showcases will undergo a collaborative co-creation and co-development process, emphasising community involvement and long-term maintenance.
1. City wetland park
for surface water co-creation in Barcelona, Spain
2. Tertiary treatment wetlands
for water quality control in Granollers, Spain
3. Rewetting low-lying organic soils
to create a green circular corridor around the city of Aarhus, Denmark
4. Constructing wetland reservoirs
to secure agriculture production on Samsø island, Denmark
5. Small wetlands water bodies
to maintain biodiversity and water resilience around Lake Constance, Germany
6. Riparian Wetlands Restoration
to sustain downstream water resources around Świniobródka River, Poland
7. Polesie National Park Peatbog Conservation
to safeguard sustainable water management, Poland
A European collaboration
Our consortium consists of 24 partners from 10 European countries:
- Aarhus University, Denmark (Coordinating Institute)
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
- Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
- University of Graz, Austria
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany,
- ICLEI Europe, Germany
- European Science Communication Institute (ESCI), German
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
- Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie, Poland
- Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Lublinie, Poland
- EIFER – European Institute for Energy Research, Germany
- Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- IUCN, Belgium
- Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
- Institut Municipal d’Urbanisme, Spain
- Samsø Kommune, Denmark
- Bodensee-Stiftung, Germany
- Biuro Urządzania Lasu i Geodezji Leśnej, Poland
- NATURALEA, Spain
- Fundació Rivus, Spain
- Aarhus Kommune, Denmark
- Poleski Park Narodowy, Poland
- Samsø Landboforening, Denmark
- Consorci Besòs Tordera, Spain
Contact
Technical enquiries: Shubiao Wu, Aarhus University, wushubiao@agro.au.dk
Media enquiries: Daniel Hölle, ESCI (European Science Communication Institute), dh@esci.eu
Funded by the European Union (Grant No. 101181351). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.