Project description
Combatting nutrient pollution in the Mediterranean
Nutrient pollution from agricultural activities and inadequate wastewater treatment is wreaking havoc on water quality, soil health, and biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea basin. Excess nutrients contribute to soil degradation, eutrophication, algal blooms, and ecosystem imbalances worldwide. Addressing this issue requires an approach that spans landscapes, rivers, and seas. The EU-funded SEACURE project will demonstrate and scale up innovative solutions for nutrient management to prevent, reduce, and remediate nutrient pollution through sustainable land practices, improved wastewater treatment, and nature restoration actions. The project will focus on six regions in Spain, Italy, and Greece. SEACURE will also act on governance levers to upscale the effective strategies at regional level and replicate them across the Mediterranean and other sensitive European basins.
Objective
The overwhelming scientific evidence provided by the academic corpus indicates that to tackle the origin and negative impacts of nutrient pollution on water, soil and biodiversity, a wide landscape-river-sea system approach needs to be used. This should work on sustainable land management practices (especially, agricultural ones), improved wastewater treatment, and feasible nature restoration strategies. The project SEACURE will aim at demonstrating, scaling up and replicating effective innovations for the systemic prevention and reduction of nutrient pollution in the Mediterranean Sea basin, in line with the innovation ecosystem framework provided by the ongoing Mediterranean Lighthouse projects (as BlueMissionMed) and in close cooperation with related activities implemented by regional soil health living labs in the area.
The project is dedicating resources for the regional upscale and replication of successful nutrient management strategies devoted to: i) reduce soil pollution and enhance its restoration; ii) reduce fertilizers use and nutrient losses; and iii) prevent, minimize and remediate nutrients pollution in freshwater and marine ecosystems, in six territorial units (Mar Menor and Central Catalunya in Spain, Po delta and Esino river in Italy, and Axios river delta and Thessaly Plain in Greece). On one hand, the viability and impact will be evaluated. On the other hand, partners will act on innovation levers: policy uptake, societal awareness, capacity building and funding availability. Regional business plans for upscaling the effective strategies in the territorial units will be crafted, taking advantage of the regional mobilisation of innovation ecosystems already carried out during the project. Finally, the replication of knowledge will be encouraged thanks to the technical assistance to Associated Regions through FSTP grants. In summary, the project is embracing the Missions impact-driven approach, working with actors to maximise its results uptake.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Main Programme
- HORIZON.4.1.2 - Twinning
- HORIZON.2.2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society
- HORIZON.2.1 - Health
- HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
- HORIZON.2.7 - Non-nuclear direct actions of the Joint Research Centre (JRC)
- HORIZON.4.2.7 - Citizen science
- HORIZON.2.3 - Civil Security for Society
- HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinator
08500 Vic Barcelona
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Participants (24)
08007 Barcelona
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08242 MANRESA
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30353 Cartagena
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50004 Zaragoza
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44121 Ferrara
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43121 PARMA
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44121 Ferrara
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00185 Roma
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60121 Ancona
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60127 ANCONA
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00198 Roma
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11145 Athina
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570 10 THESSALONIKI
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573 00 THESSALONIKI
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157 72 ATHINA
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412 22 LARISA
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431 00 KARDITSA
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50121 Firenze
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
08036 Barcelona
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1210 BRUXELLES
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08193 Bellaterra
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2214 Auersthal
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
17003 GIRONA
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