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