Nature-based Solutions in Water Management

Let me invite you to a survey on freshwater restoration projects in Europe on behalf of the EcoAdvance project team!

The goal of the EcoAdvance Project is to promote more widespread and successful freshwater ecosystem restoration initiatives across Europe. We aim to achieve this by identifying key factors that drive successful projects and by showcasing relevant local and regional models and best practices across European countries. To identify these key drivers of success, we are looking for individuals and projects across Europe who have tackled the challenge of freshwater restoration. By sharing and learning from their experiences, we can help others succeed and support decision-makers in developing strategic decisions. We are specifically interested in lake and river restoration projects (unfortunately, wetlands are currently outside the scope of this project.)

We kindly ask you to consider the project objectives and, if possible, join our consultation. To participate, please fill out the survey through the following link, it takes about 20 minutes to complete.

https://ecoadvance.eu/ecoadvance-consultation-programme/survey/
Deadline: 30th August

Thank you for your valuable contribution!
Best regards,
Tünde Zagyva
Senior research engineer
HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research
Institute of Aquatic Ecology

Hi everybody! First, I'll introduce myself. I'm a postdoctoral researcher working at the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA-CERCA). I'm working in developing tools and models for NBS for urban water management.

Today, I met with Darja for a workshop about a decision support system we are developing in the project MULTISOURCE and we thought it may be a good idea share the tool here and also ask for expertise.

https://nat4wat.icradev.cat

In summary, the DSS is about selecting the most appropriate technology for a given water scenario. The tool uses a multicriteria decision analysis to recommend a NBS and links to scientific publications and market cases for that NBS.

We already developed a beta version and we are now in the process of the evaluation of the tool. Therefore, we would be very grateful if you could provide your evaluation as NBS experts.

The process is as follows:

1. You use the tool to create some familiar scenarios and check the results provided by the tool.
2. You fill the form about to what extent the result match your expectations as expert.

The tool as for a registration, but only mail and password is mandatory.

Additionally, you could upload scientific publications and market cases to increase their visibility. To upload market cases, you should register as a company on the sign up process.