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Open-air laboratories for nature-based solutions to manage environmental risks

OPERANDUM

The main objectives of OPERANDUM are to co-design, co-develop, deploy, test and demonstrate innovative blue and green NBS to reduce hydro-meteorological risks in European rural and natural territories. It aims to provide evidence for the usability of NBS, and to realize guidelines and protocols for their design, replication and scalability in other territories. It establishes the framework for the strengthening of NBS-based policies according to local legislation in several countries and promotes technology and innovation in the area of NBS to create a European leadership in the market.

The core of OPERANDUM is based on the establishment of new open-air laboratories (OALs), a concept that expands the already in use living-labs concepts to a wider vision for natural and rural areas. The co-design dimension, essential to facilitate the adoption of new NBS practices, is ensured by the strong synergies between territorial scientists, social and economy experts and stakeholders identified prior to this proposal. The co-development dimension is addressed by integrating science-evidence basis from both monitoring of relevant processes (physical, natural, social and economic) and their modelling each using the appropriate techniques at the state-of-art while evaluating feedbacks associate to climate. The deployment dimension consists in the set-up of novel OALs in vulnerable areas in both present and climate change scenarios, albeit of high ecological/strategic value. In OALs novel NBS are implemented and their effectiveness is assessed through data acquired from multi-sources (existing databases) and novel cutting-edge instrumentation together with exploitation of social and economic data. The demonstration dimension is achieved by proposing novel indicators able to capture the multi-level nature of the processes involved and at the same time able to predict changes, and to guarantee scalability and replication of the NBS in Europe and elsewhere. OPERANDUM realizes a multi-dimension platform that is open and flexible, enabling end-users access to a science-based set of indicators to evaluate NBS in specific territories and to target cost-effective solutions.

Participants:

Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (UNIBO)

Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland). (FMI)

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT (CIGT)

Climate Service Center Germany (HZG)

KENTRO KAINOTOMON TECHNOLOGION AE (KKT)

University College Dublin (UCD)

University of Surrey (UoS)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) –Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards RiskReduction

Natural Resources Institute - Finland (LUKE)

Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)

Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU)

D’Appolonia S.p.A (DAPP)

CIRA (CIRA)

United Nations Environment Programme, International Environment House (UNEP)

United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

Periferia Stereas Elladas (PSTE)

Agenzia Regionale Prevenzione e Ambiente dell´Emilia-Romagna - (ARPAE)

SWECO GmBH (SWECO)

Naturalea (NAT)

KAJO services (KAJO)

Ilmastonmuutos luo uusia haasteita vesistöjen ravinnnekuormituksille - OPERANDUM kehittää luontopohjaisia ratkaisuja haasteisiin

Haasteita vesistöille tuovat esimerkiksi lämpenevät talvet ja kasvavat sademäärät sekä metsien hajakuormitus. Luontopohjaisia ratkaisuja, esimerkiksi kosteikkoja tai eroosion torjuntaa kasvillisuuden avulla, toteutetaan kaikkiaan seitsemällä kohteella, nk. avoimella luontolabralla (open-air laboratory, OAL) eri puolilla Eurooppaa. Suomessa avoimena luontolabrana toimii Puruvesi Etelä-Savossa. Puruveden lisäksi tutkimusta tehdään mm. Elbe-joella Saksassa ja Po-joella Italiassa.

Puruveden alueella on jo tehty vesiensuojelutoimenpiteitä osana FRESHABIT LIFE IP -hanketta. Vuoden 2019 alussa FRESHABIT ja OPERANDUM järjestävät alueen maanomistajille ja sidosryhmille tilaisuuden, jossa vesiensuojelun ja tutkimuksen mahdollisuuksista keskustellaan tarkemmin. Kesällä 2018 alkanutta OPERANDUM -hanketta toteuttavat Luke ja Ilmatieteen laitos. Mukana yhteistyössä ovat Pro Puruvesi ry, Etelä-Savon ELY-keskus ja Suomen metsäkeskus, jotka osallistuvat tiiviisti myös FRESHABIT LIFE IP -hankkeeseen.

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