GREENHOOD Webinar: Rebalancing nutrient flows in regional ecosystems across Europe
Background
Today, nutrient imbalances are a growing threat to environmental sustainability, food security, and economic stability across Europe: excessive nitrogen and phosphorus from agriculture, wastewater, and industry have led to severe ecological consequences, including soil degradation, water pollution, and biodiversity loss.
To tackle this issue, GREENHOOD will demonstrate innovative nutrient management strategies through large-scale demonstrations in 4 key regions, located in 4 different River basins across Europe, each facing a specific nutrient imbalance challenge.
This first introductory webinar showcased the comprehensive strategy that GREENHOOD aims to implement in order to address nutrient imbalances effectively and establish sustainable and long-term solutions for nutrient management.
After the general overview, the focus shifted to the region-specific challenges: here, each demo-region coordinator outlined the main solutions and the regional approaches that will be implemented for reducing nutrient losses in that specific region.
Audience
Farmers, public authorities, agrifood industries, wastewater treatment plants, aquaculture operators based in one of the four demo-regions (Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Finland).
Purpose and Scope
This webinar is an opportunity to learn how GREENHOOD will have a concrete impact on the global challenge of unbalanced nutrient flows. Attendees were able to understand the different challenges that each region is facing and had a comprehensive overview of the possible solutions - including nutrient management strategies, regional circular economy schemes and innovative governance measures.
Agenda
- 10:00 - 10:05: Welcome & Introduction
Speaker: Teresa Ridolfi, Trust-IT Services
- 10:05 - 10:10: The GREENHOOD project - an overview
Speaker: Laia Llenas Argelaguet, BETA Technological Center of the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic)
- 10:10 - 10:20: Demo Region #1 - Ebro River basin: challenges and solutions
Speaker: Ana Robles Aguilar, BETA Technological Center of the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic)
- 10:20 - 10:30: Demo Region #2 - Rhine, Meuse & Scheldt River basins: challenges and solutions
Speaker: Stefan Jansen, DELTARES
- 10:30 - 10:40: Demo Region #3 - Archipelago Sea Basin: challenges and solutions
Speaker: Kari Ylivainio, LUKE - Natural Resources Institute Finland
- 10:40 - 10:50: Demo Region #4 - Trondheim Fjord Basin: challenges and solutions
Speaker: Daniel Müller, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- 10:50 - 11:00: Q&A with the audience & Final remarks
Speaker: Ana Ivaschiv, Trust-IT Services
Presentations & Webinar recording
The presentation is now available on Zenodo and it can be downloaded at the below link.
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