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OPtimal strategies to retAIN and re-use water and nutrients in small agricultural catchments across different soil-climatic regions in Europe

Descrizione del progetto

La gestione idrica in piccoli bacini idrografici agricoli

L’intensificarsi della frequenza di eventi meteorologici estremi può generare una feroce competizione per l’accaparramento di risorse idriche. Per fare un esempio, esiste un rischio crescente di conflitti relativi all’utilizzo agricolo e domestico delle acque, nonché alle esigenze ambientali. Il progetto OPTAIN, finanziato dall’UE, si prefigge di individuare tecniche efficienti per la ritenzione di acqua e sostanze nutritive e il riutilizzo in piccoli bacini idrografici agricoli nelle regioni continentali, pannoniche e boreali dell’Europa. Grazie al coinvolgimento di parti interessate locali, il progetto attuerà una selezione delle misure di ritenzione idrica naturale/di piccole dimensioni a livello di aziende agricole e bacini idrografici e migliorerà l’assegnazione e la combinazione spaziali secondo misure ambientali e di sostenibilità. Le misure di ritenzione idrica naturale/di piccole dimensioni potrebbero perfezionare la gestione dei bacini idrici principali e contribuire a una gestione agricola e a una società più flessibili.

Obiettivo

Natural/Small Water Retention Measures (NSWRMs) can help mitigate the conflicts between agricultural water uses (e.g. plant production, animals) and other human and environmental demands for water, including drinking water or maintaining environmental flow. This is crucial, since these conflicts will be probably exacerbated by an increasing number of extreme events such as droughts and heavy rainfall. A more careful management of head watersheds will significantly contribute to a more resilient agriculture and society. Moreover, NSWRMs are contributing simultaneously to the achievement of different Sustainable Development Goals and environmental targets formulated in several water- and agriculture-related European Union policies. Despite a comprehensive set of techniques available to increase water retention on both catchment and farm levels, knowledge is still lacking on the effectiveness of different scale- and region-specific measures across various soil-climatic regions and agricultural systems, especially under changing climate conditions. OPTAIN aims to (i) identify efficient techniques for the retention and reuse of water and nutrients in small agricultural catchments across Continental, Pannonian and Boreal biogeographical regions of Europe, taking into account potential synergies with existing drainage-irrigation systems, and - in close cooperation with local actors - (ii) select NSWRMs at farm and catchment level and optimize their spatial allocation and combination, based on environmental and economic sustainability indicators. By building on existing knowledge and addressing these objectives, OPTAIN will improve the Technological Readiness Level of NSWRMs for the benefit of both humans and ecosystems. All gained knowledge will be translated into a learning environment allowing analysis of trade-offs and synergies between multiple values/goals in the management and design of NSWRMs.

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-SFS-2018-2020

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Bando secondario

H2020-SFS-2019-2

Meccanismo di finanziamento

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinatore

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 055 000,00
Indirizzo
PERMOSERSTRASSE 15
04318 Leipzig
Germania

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Regione
Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig
Tipo di attività
Research Organisations
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 1 055 000,00

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