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TRANSEATION:
Advancing Ecosystem-Based Management through Hybrid Blue-Grey Infrastructures in Marine and Coastal Areas

Duration:
01.01.2024 - 30.06.2027
Project coordinated by:
Centro Tecnológico Naval y del Mar / Marine Technology Center (CTN)
Project manager (IOW):
Dr. Johanna Schumacher
Funding:
EU - Horizon Europe 2021-2027
Website:
https://transeation-europeanproject.eu/
Researchfocus:
Focus 4: Coastal seas and society
Partners:
Centro Tecnológico Naval y del Mar / Marine Technology Center (CTN)
Fundacion AZTI
Spotteron GmbH
Ocean Ecostructures
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
GAIKER Technology Centre
ITSASKORDA, S.L.
EcoOcean
Green Living Projects s.l.
SINTEF Ocean
GEOCORAIL SAS
The TRANSEATION project aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of hybrid blue-grey marine and coastal infrastructures and to validate a new level of ecosystem-based management (EBM) combining nature-based solutions and digitalization with social implications for the protection and restoration of marine ecosystem health and services. To this end, the transdisciplinary project consortium will a) apply ecosystem-based management to integrate hybrid nature-based solutions and coastal infrastructures to support the conservation and restoration of marine biodiversity and ecosystem services while addressing multiple societal challenges; b) demonstrate the effectiveness of different coastal protection, offshore wind energy and low trophic aquaculture infrastructures as hybrid nature-based solutions in four demonstration sites and assess their replicability and scalability; c) analyze short and long term benefits and trade-offs of hybrid solutions for the protection and restoration of marine biodiversity and ecosystem services; and d) apply digital solutions for monitoring, analysis and social engagement.
Within the project, IOW will focus on the transfer, application, and further-development of its Systems Approach Framework (developed in BONUS BALTCOAST) into an applicable EBM framework that provides a systematic and stepwise guidance for the planning, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of hybrid nature-based solutions.