Adaptation to climate change through management and restoration of European estuarine ecosystems

Context

Coastal areas are vulnerable to many climate change effects like sea level rise. This is especially important in Europe, where many people live within the coast.

Approach

Nature-based solutions take advantage of nature’s own resources to provide a sustainable alternative to traditional coast defence strategies like dykes.

Solution

The LIFE ADAPTA BLUES project aims to demonstrate onstudies estuarine ecosystems to enhance the adaptation to climate change of European Atlantic coastal areas.

News

Presented our spatial data viewer for the estuaries.

Comunicación IHCantabria2023-02-07T17:55:30+00:00

Estuaries are among the most biologically productive and economically important ecosystems in the world. They provide habitat for numerous species of fish, birds, and other wildlife, while also serving as ports and centers of commerce. The estuaries of Cantabria, Portugal, and Zeeland are no exception, playing a vital role in the local economies and [...]

TNC seeks an analyst for nature-based solutions case studies and risk financing

Comunicación IHCantabria2021-09-07T14:25:15+00:00

The Nature Conservancy, a partner in this project, is seeking to hire, as an external contractor, a consultant to analyse nature-based solutions and risk financing.The main objective of this consultancy is to support The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and their subcontracted partner, the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC), in delivering the specific outcomes outlined [...]

TNC seeks an analyst for nature-based solutions case studies and risk financing

Comunicación IHCantabria2021-02-17T12:32:52+00:00

The project makes public the explanatory video

Comunicación IHCantabria2020-12-02T09:03:05+00:00

The project makes public the explanatory video The LIFE Adapta Blues project, a European project coordinated by IHCantabria and co-financed by the European Union’s LIFE program, presents the animation video that summarizes its approaches and objectives. This video, 100% produced in Cantabria, will be part of the dissemination activities of [...]

Estuary Ecosystems can increase adaptation to climate change…

Eurocastalia2020-03-02T12:10:43+00:00

Estuary Ecosystems can increase adaptation to climate change in coastal areas by promoting community support, helping to improve services such as fishing.

The ADAPTA BLUES project presents its brochure

Comunicación IHCantabria2019-11-22T12:03:28+00:00

The ADAPTA BLUES project already has a brochure to show the problem targeted by the project and its goals. The brochure is available at the four languages of the project: English, Spanish, German and Portuguese. English Spanish German Portuguese

The ADAPTA BLUES preparatory actions are in progress

Comunicación IHCantabria2019-11-22T12:20:44+00:00

The analysis of the climate change ecosystem services provided by estuarine communities started last summer. Field works to quantify the carbon sequestration have been developed in different estuarine areas. For each estuarine representative habitat, sediment cores were extracted and now the carbon stocks and burial rates are being measured.

The ADAPTA BLUES project kick off meeting was held in Santander

Comunicación IHCantabria2019-11-22T12:43:46+00:00

The ADAPTA BLUES project was formally launched on September, 30th, in the kick off meeting held in Santander with the presentation of the four partners (IHCantabria, IPLeiria, TNC Europe and Figueira da Foz Council). The partnership reviewed all the project actions and the involvement of each partner in each one. Administrative procedures and financial issues [...]