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Demonstrating innovative pathways addressing water and soil pollution in the Mediterranean Agro-Hydro-System

Project description

Sustainable agriculture solutions to tackle Mediterranean nutrient pollution

Water and soil nutrient pollution in the Mediterranean basin poses a grave threat to both ecosystems and human health. Intensive agricultural practices, coupled with inadequate waste management, have led to severe pollution of vital resources. This endangers biodiversity, disrupts food chains, and compromises the quality of drinking water. Addressing this crisis requires innovative and sustainable solutions. The EU-funded Path4Med project aims to tackle these issues by focusing on creating pathways to improve soil health and eliminate water and soil pollution through advanced agricultural management and new monitoring technologies. Path4Med will implement solutions at large-scale demonstration sites and use a digital platform for data exchange and public engagement. Ultimately, the project seeks to ensure a sustainable future for the Mediterranean Sea.

Objective

Path4Med is a multi-participatory and multidisciplinary project that will pave clear pathways towards zero water and soil pollution in the agro-hydro-system of the Mediterranean sea basin and other European seas through an innovative triple bottom line approach achieving economic, social, and environmental sustainability to ensure human well-being and ecosystems functioning. Path4Med will advance and consolidate agricultural management technologies and solutions within an inclusive and open participatory environment, it will evolve and mainstream novel monitoring technologies and integrated solutions, it will assess the technical feasibility and socioeconomic viability of cascades of solutions through an integrated modelling framework, it will quantify the effectiveness and the net impact of these solutions, and ultimately it will empower Citizens to take action against pollution of soils, waters and the ocean, through clear measurable evidences, increased awareness, and water literacy. Path4Med pathways will be applied and demonstrated in large scale, integrated, Demonstration Sites established in representative Mediterranean areas, in areas representing other European seas and in associated regions. A digital platform and other relevant digital tools will be established to facilitate Path4Med actions, information and knowhow communication, and to support data exchange and data feeding to international Observatories and Knowledge Systems.

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Coordinator

GEOPONIKO PANEPISTIMION ATHINON
Net EU contribution

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€ 1 279 000,00
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IERA ODOS 75
118 55 ATHINA
Greece

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Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 1 279 000,00

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