The LIFE ADAPTA BLUES project aims to demonstrate that the conservation and restoration of estuarine ecosystems is an efficient strategy to enhance adaptation to climate change in coastal areas of the European Atlantic coast.The project will develop in three different European regions: Coimbra (Portugal), Cantabria (Spain) and Zeeland (The Netherlands). Preparatory and implementation actions aiming to develop technical recommendations for Climate Change adaptation and mitigation pathways are based on five estuaries, distributed in the three regions of the project, the Mondego estuary in Coimbra, the Oyambre estuary, Santander Bay and Santoña Marshes in Cantabria and the Western Scheldt in Zeeland. These estuaries encompass a broad range of ecological and socioeconomical characteristics to represent the wide variety of estuaries in the Atlantic coast of Europe. In addition, the project will undertake the restoration of saltmarsh communities in the Mondego estuary, in Coimbra, a highly impacted estuary due to human activities and where the foresight of sea-level rise may pose serious threats to adjacent local communities.
- Name of organisation
- IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidraulica Ambiental
- Type of organisation
- Other
- Other type of organisation
- Research Organization
- Type of action proposed
- Evidence-based knowledge and data and/or access provision to knowledge and data, in line with FAIR principles for the Mission Ocean and Waters Knowledge System
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity
- List of Partners
Polytecnico de Leiria, Figueira da Foz Council, Nature Conservancy Europe
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 642807
- Basin coverage
- Atlantic/Arctic coast
- Website link
- laro.gonzalez@unican.es
- Country
- NetherlandsPortugalSpain