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Project

POND Ecosystems for Resilient FUture Landscapes in a changing climate (PONDERFUL)

Description:

Ponds and “pondscapes” (networks of ponds) are crucial for biodiversity conservation and their multiple societally beneficial ecosystem services (ES) provide the means to play a crucial role in mitigating and adapting to climate change. However, ponds are largely neglected in water- and nature-related policies and there is insufficient knowledge on how to manage and restore ponds to maximize their role as nature-based solutions (NBS) to increase resilience of ecosystems and society to climate change (CC).

The overarching aim of PONDERFUL is to facilitate improved implementation of ponds NBS for CC mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation and delivery of ES through generating and integrating biodiversity, ecosystems, social, economic and policy knowledge and providing evidence-based guidance and tools for pond NBS implementation.

To achieve this, PONDERFUL will: 1) evaluate the interactions and feedbacks between biodiversity, ES and climate in pondscapes at multiple spatial scales; 2) together with stakeholders, develop future scenarios for pondscapes in EU and CELAC in the context of CC, land use change, and changed policies; 3) develop and test the implementation of effective multifunctional NBS in close collaboration with the stakeholders using DEMOnstration sites in EU and CELAC countries; 4) develop a sustainable finance and investment guide for NBS, in collaboration with local stakeholders; 5) assess the potential for large-scale implementation of the proposed NBS in relation to existing barriers, enabling factors, financing and as economic viability, as well as social perceptions of benefits from pond NBS. Ultimately, the stakeholder-oriented approach adopted by PONDERFUL will ensure that the scientific knowledge produced on the benefits of using pondscapes as ecosystems delivering multiple ES is explicitly considered in decision making from local management to EU policies.

Project information

Lead

FUNDACIO UNIVERSITARIA BALMES, Spain

Partners

FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV, Germany
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, Belgium
HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE, Switzerland
UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA, Spain
ECOLOGIC INSTITUT gemeinnützige GmbH, Germany
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, United Kingdom
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Turkey
CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINAR DE INVESTIGACAO MARINHA E AMBIENTAL, Portugal
AARHUS UNIVERSITET, Denmark
UPPSALA UNIVERSITET, Sweden
BANGOR UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN, Germany
INSTITUT SUPERIEUR D'AGRICULTURE RHONE ALPES I.S.A.R.A, France
FRESHWATER HABITATS TRUST, United Kingdom
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPUBLICA, Uruguay
RANDBEE CONSULTANTS SL, Spain
AMPHI INTERNATIONAL APS, Denmark

Source of funding

H2020-EU.3.5.1. - Fighting and adapting to climate change H2020-EU.3.5.2. - Protection of the environment, sustainable management of natural resources, water, biodiversity and ecosystems

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Published in Climate-ADAPT Feb 18 2021   -   Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12 2023

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