The Odense Fjord Collaboration is an association of the primary stakeholders of Odense Fjord, a waterbody located in the region of Southern Denmark. The partnership was formed in 2022 and is collaborating to reach the goal of a good ecological status for Odense Fjord by 2027 as set by the Water Frame Directive.
The Odense Fjord catchment is 1050 km2 which makes it the largest catchment in the region. Five municipalities share the legal management of the area, which is composed of agricultural land, water- and nature protection areas, forests, villages, bigger towns, and the city of Odense with 200.000 inhabitants.
The global crisis of climate change, as well as localized challenges with nutrient pollution and subsequent loss of biodiversity, is highly present in Odense Fjord. As the primary stakeholders the partnership acknowledge its responsibility and obligation to connect the various strategies to a holistic, multicriteria planning. This will allow targeted investments in nature-based solutions to reestablish positive ecosystem services in the catchment and fjord, which will improve the water quality and biodiversity in the region.
The goal will be achieved through the development of a governance setup, that enables the stakeholders to plan and implement solutions faster, more efficiently and with the ability to raise local engagement through for instance citizen science.
- Name of organisation
- Odense Fjord Collaboration
- Type of organisation
- Non-governmental organisation
- 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 biodiversityPrevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and watersMake the sustainable blue economy carbon-neutral and circularOcean and waters knowledge systemPublic mobilisation and engagement
- List of Partners
Faaborg-Midtfyn, Nordfyn, Kerteminde and Odense municipalities
The utility companies FFV Energi & Miljø, VandCenter Syd, Odense Renovation and Fjernvarme Fyn
The agricultural organization L&F Centrovice and the affiliated research- and development organizations SEGES and VELAS
Local industry in the form of Odense Port, HJHansen, Marius Pedersen and Dansk Gartneri
The regional green and recreational NGOs, such as Danmarks Naturfredningsforening.
The University of Southern Denmark, which ensures evidence-based decision making
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 1000000
- Basin coverage
- Baltic/North Sea
- Website link
- mst@odensefjordsamarbejdet.dk
- Country
- Denmark