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Integrated valuation of ecosystem services of green infrastructure for water resilience and biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean arc (BIOVERA)

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The BIOVERA project seeks to improve knowledge about Ecosystem Services (SSEE) associated with the water cycle to promote the implementation of Green Infrastructure (VI) in the Mediterranean arc. It focuses on three case studies – La Marjal (Alicante), Clot de Galvany (Elche) and the Baix Llobregat aquifer recharge ponds – and develops an interdisciplinary methodology that combines SSEE monitoring, its economic valuation, social cost-benefit analysis, the evaluation of future climate scenarios and the creation of tools for territorial planning and citizen participation. promoting the sustainable and resilient management of aquatic ecosystems.

Line of action:

Knowledge generation and management

Status:

En ejecución

Location:

Catalonia and the Valencian Community

Geographic scope:

España

Line of research:

Development of green infrastructure, connectivity and ecological restoration

Execution date:

2025

Duration:

01/09/2025 - 31/08/2028

Total budget:

€349,662.40

Amount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:

€139,864.96 (40%)

Coordinating entity:

CETAQUA (Water Technology Centre)

Fundació Institut Català de Recerca de l'Aigua (ICRA)

The BIOVERA project is a strategic initiative to promote the integration of green infrastructure in the management of the water cycle in the Mediterranean arc, one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change. Its approach combines the identification and monitoring of ecosystem services with economic valuation methodologies, which will allow to inform nature-based investment and territorial planning decisions. By aligning with the Strategic Plan for Natural Heritage and Biodiversity 2030, the National Green Infrastructure Strategy and the Biodiversity and Science Strategy of the Biodiversity Foundation, BIOVERA reinforces resilience, sustainability and social participation in the conservation of urban and peri-urban ecosystems.

To contribute to the improvement of knowledge of the ecosystem services associated with the integral water cycle to promote the implementation of Green Infrastructure (IV) in a context of climate change and scarcity of biodiversity in the Mediterranean arc.

The project carries out the identification of ecosystem services and the definition of indicators for their quantification, together with the development of a monitoring plan and the collection of information through citizen science. It carries out a social cost-benefit analysis of green infrastructures and assesses the distribution of costs and benefits by sector. It analyzes the potential effects of climate change on the provision of ecosystem services and develops tools for territorial planning and climate adaptation in the Mediterranean arc. Finally, it promotes participatory processes and establishes a strategy for communication and dissemination of results.

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Integrated valuation of ecosystem services of green infrastructure for water resilience and biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean arc (BIOVERA)