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NaturaConnect - Designing a resilient and coherent Trans-European Network for Nature and People

Descripción del proyecto

Aumentar la concienciación de las partes interesadas para impulsar la biodiversidad

Los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea (UE) se han comprometido a proteger jurídicamente un mínimo de un 30 % de la superficie terrestre y marina de la UE y a proteger estrictamente al menos una tercera parte de las zonas protegidas en el marco de la Estrategia de la UE sobre la biodiversidad de aquí a 2030 como una contribución importante al Pacto Verde Europeo. En este contexto, el proyecto NaturaConnect, financiado con fondos europeos, reunirá a un consorcio de los mejores científicos europeos, expertos en políticas y organizaciones no gubernamentales para producir y movilizar datos y conocimientos relevantes. El objetivo será cocrear conocimientos, herramientas y programas de desarrollo de capacidades para apoyar a los Estados miembros en la aplicación de una Red Transeuropea de Espacios Naturales (RTE-N) ecológicamente representativa, resiliente y bien conectada.

Objetivo

Together with key stakeholders, NaturaConnect will co-develop knowledge, tools and capacity building programmes to support Member States in implementing an ecologically representative, resilient and well-connected trans-European nature network (TEN-N) that builds on the existing network of protected areas and Green and Blue Infrastructure. Through research, engagement and dissemination activities at the European scale and in a set of six case studies, we will elicit stakeholders’ visions and preferences about conservation objectives, tap into best practices in protected areas management and funding mechanisms, mobilize data and test the TEN-N spatial prioritization analyses and tools produced by NaturaConnect. This addresses two major obstacles identified by the EU Nature Legislation Fitness Check: lack of stakeholder awareness and cooperation, and insufficient knowledge and access to existing funding mechanisms. NaturaConnect will further address a third major obstacle, limited availability of knowledge on biodiversity distribution, drivers of change and conservation solutions. To address this, NaturaConnect brings together a consortium of the top European scientists, policy experts and NGOs to produce and mobilize relevant data and knowledge. This includes refining and applying state-of-the-art models on biodiversity, ecosystem services and environmental change across Europe and under current and future climate and land-use. Equipped with improved data, knowledge, models and spatial planning methods we will identify gaps in protected area coverage, connectivity and resilience under climate and land-use change. We will further develop scenarios for expanding protected areas, establish ecological corridors and other areas of connectivity to address these gaps, thereby offering a blue-print for realizing TEN-N. NaturaConnect will further provide knowledge and decision support for policy, financing and implementation of TEN-N at all relevant scales.

Coordinador

INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 524 375,00
Dirección
Schlossplatz 1
2361 Laxenburg
Austria

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Región
Ostösterreich Niederösterreich Wiener Umland/Südteil
Tipo de actividad
Research Organisations
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 1 524 375,00

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