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EBRO - ADMICLIM
Published on 20 June 2019
Spain
Cataluña
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About this good practice
Mechanisms to guarantee the maintenance of a fragile ecosystem: how to avoid the disappearance of a delta system.
Resources needed
The project, LIFE 13 ENV/ES/001182, has a budget of 2.260.960€, being the European Commission contribution of 1.124.341€.
Evidence of success
This practice has allowed obtaining very useful results to fight against the loss of fragile habitats but of great ecological and social value. Evidence of the success of this project is the Ebro Delta Climate Action Plan, the different pilot tests about the injection of sediments into the river, the optimization of the operation of green filters, of the greenhouse gas emissions of the rice fields, and the evaluation of the zones vulnerable to subsidence, all this completed successfully.
Potential for learning or transfer
The fragility and high ecological value of the delta systems gives this project, which seeks mechanisms to conserve them, a special value. With the global effects of climate change and the widespread existence of reservoirs in most river basins, all delta systems, especially in the Mediterranean basin, are at risk of disappearing. The results obtained from the different actions allow future application of this approach more generally within the Ebro Delta, and potentially in other deltas and coastal wetlands in the European Union and worldwide. It is also important, apart from own actions to protect the environment, the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions by crops, as an extrapolable tool in similar environments that allows, not only to adapt to climate change, but to act in its against.
Further information
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Good practice owner
Organisation
Regional Government of Cataluña
Spain
Cataluña
Contact
Environmental technician