Following the kick-off @JRC @ec.europa.eu Italy, @guardias.bsky.social & @onestopproject.bsky.social are off to a great start 🏞️🎉 With @erinninnovation.bsky.social Im excited to lead GuardIAS Knowledge Management & Knowledge Transfer to ensure results are transferred to end users maximising impact 🔄📈

Is your region ready to restore its lakes and build a sustainable blue economy? 💶 Apply now for a EU grant of up to €54,000 to develop an action plan for lake restoration Information Webinar: February 10, 2025 Application Deadline: March 31, 2025 👉 Learn more & apply: futurelakes.eu/calls

🚀 The FutureLakes website has launched! ✨ 🌍 Discover 10 innovations in lake restoration 🌟 Explore 6 European lake basins that showcase successful restoration Join us on this journey with FutureLakes and stay tuned for more! 👉 www.futurelakes.eu 🌐 #ReducePollution #RestoreNature #BlueEconomy

One, led by EstherCarmen provides a “A transformations framework for mainstreaming a nature-based solutions approach”, in the Nature-Based Solutions journal www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

One, led by Alhassan Ibrahim is on “Raising standards for stakeholder engagement in Nature-based Solutions: Navigating the why, when, who and how” in Environmental Science & Policy journal www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our new OTSI report explores the various types of 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 available and highlights their purposes, target beneficiaries, and practical applications in supporting Nature-based Solutions. 🔗 Check it out: project-merlin.eu/outcomes/off...

Job alert: Tenure-track position at #BOKU in Hydrobiology and aquatic ecosystem management with focus on Benthic Invertebrate Ecology @bokuvienna.bsky.social boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...

The @futurelakes.bsky.social EU project will be using this framework for evaluating #nature_restoration needs as one element of our "Roadmap for Upscaling European Lake Restoration". Other elements will include societal and economic need and impact on #MissionOcean goals. #MissionLakes

@merlin-project.bsky.social #NatureRestorationLaw #FreeFlowingRivers

3/4 Friday #BES2024, #RosettaBlackman gives a talk on measuring #aquatic #environments: Upscaling the spatial resolution of biotic index (session: Conservation Science and Policy, 10:30 am) #eDNA #biodiversity 🧬🔬💧🌍🌐 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In this short YouTube video we show you one of our MERLIN case studies on #DamRemoval in the Deba River, Spain. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ND...

We've set up this starter pack for those interested in lake restoration... go.bsky.app/2fWwCp5

We are looking for companies with an innovative product or service for freshwater ecosystems. If you are one, apply now for the 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🏆 📅 Deadline: 13 December 2024 (17:00 CET) 🔗 Application links and more information: project-merlin.eu/mia-2025.html

Join us for a webinar on the contributions of four Horizon 2020 projects – MERLIN, REST-COAST, SUPERB project, and WaterLANDS – in advancing the new #NatureRestorationLaw. 📅 10 December 2024 🕒 15:00 - 16:30 CET 🔗 Register now: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... #EUGreenDeal #Horizon2020 #NRL #GDSO

Lets not forget about #lakes in conservation. Of all the stillwater habitats lakes are most important for freshwater biodiversity & hence deserve more attention. New research just published: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @dralanlaw.bsky.social