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International Projects

iNNO SED: iNNOvative SEDiment management in the Danube River Basin

The Danube River Basin (DRB) faces significant challenges associated with river sediments. In the 2021 update of the Danube River Basin Management Plan, sediment balance alteration emerged as a new sub-topic within the existing Significant Water Management Issue titled “Hydromorphological alterations.” Additionally, sectors like industry, urban sewage, and agriculture call for sediment quality evaluations throughout the DRB. However, the absence of standard sediment monitoring limits our understanding of risks.

MERLIN: Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation

Europe’s environment is in an alarming state, with climate change effects aggravating. To secure economic prosperity, human wellbeing and social peace, systemic transformative change of our society is imperative. Ecosystem restoration using nature-based solutions (NbS) is key to this change, in which freshwaters hold a pivotal role.

EMODnet: European Marine Observation and Data Network – Seabed Habitats Lot 2 (2023-2025)

The fifth phase of the EMODnet Seabed Habitats project will continue the work on developing Europe’s only habitat map library; create new composite data products showing the extent and distribution of vulnerable marine ecosystems and potentially degraded habitats in and around Europe; update the EMODnet large-scale benthic habitat maps for Europe (EUSeaMap); collaborate with Regional Sea Conventions (RSCs) and ICES Working Groups to provide habitat mapping products for their reporting and monitoring requirements; and maintain and improve common methods of accessing data held in repositories.

FAST: Foreshore Assessment using Space Technology

The FAST project has developed a web-based integrated services platform called MI-SEIF, which is freely accessible. This platform provides users with access to data and modelling services related to coastal flooding. To build this service, FAST researchers studied 8 pilot coastal areas in Europe, salt marshes and lagoons. They measured vegetation characteristics in these areas, wave attenuation, water depth, sediment particle size and estimated the erosion. They integrated this data with the satellite images from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus service and NASA’s Lansat, as well as with the global datasets on coastal morphology, tides, vegetation types, etc. The Mi-SAFE services were developed following consultations with the potential users from the public and private sectors.