ALFAwetlands blog
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Living lab Open Day in Sanginjoki, Finland
Despite the rainy weather, there was plenty of atmosphere and interested visitors in Sanginjoki river area on Sunday, June 8th, as the ALFAwetlands project, in collaboration with Metsähallitus (state enterprise managing and developing Finland’s state-owned land and water areas), the City of Oulu, BusinessOulu and several local nature organizations, hosted the ALFAwetlands Living Lab Open…
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Restoration projects across Austria, Part 2
Within the ALFAwetlands research project we are also investigating different restoration projects and learning their experience. Our research shows, that here are more and more wetlands restoration projects are being implemented in Austria. And with the time deeper understanding of wetlands importance is gained. Please also read: Restoration projects across Austria, Part 1 Hydrological and…
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Restoration projects across Austria, Part 1
Within ALFAwetlands research project we, among other, are investigating different restoration projects and learning their experience. There is already a number of restoration projects in Austria, which is a one of the ALFAwetland´s project countries. Over the years, in Austria, similar to many other countries, extensive draining for agriculture and peat extraction has led to…
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ALFAwetlands in the 2025 City Nature Challenge
In April 2025, ALFAwetlands actively participated in the City Nature Challenge (CNC), engaging citizens of different European countries in documenting wetland biodiversity and raising awareness about wetlands value. Building upon the success of the 2024 initiative, the 2025 ALFAwetlands CNC expanded to include new Living Lab sites in Rampillon, France, and Tarragona, Spain, alongside the…
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ALFAwetlands Living Lab in Spain
ALFAwetlands contains 9 Living Labs in 10 European countries. One of them, comprising 4 sites, is located in Spain and is managed by the University of Barcelona. Tordera: relict flooded forests in the Mediterranean Basin Roureda de Tordera is a forested area (35 ha) located in the lowlands of the La Tordera River. The uniqueness…
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Join exciting biodiversity observations 2025
This year ALFAwetlands will again join City Nature Challenge initiative as an important citizens engagement activity. This will support understanding of wetlands importance and biodiversity benefits by involving the public in data collection and awareness initiatives. The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is an annual global community science event that encourages individuals worldwide to document urban biodiversity. Participants photograph…
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Leveraging satellite data for wetland monitoring
CREAF has provided ecological and remote sensing expertise to the ALFAwetlands project, applying techniques that improved the spatial knowledge of the wetlands in the project’s Living Labs. In Work Package 1, CREAF developed algorithms to map land cover in Living Labs using Sentinel-2 data and generated 30-year land cover change maps with Landsat data. In…
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Meet CREAF: ALFAwetlands partner from Catalonia
CREAF provides expertise in ecology and remote sensing for important tasks in the ALFAwetlands project. About CREAF CREAF (Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre) is a public research center based in Catalonia. CREAF is dedicated to terrestrial ecology, territorial analysis and global change. CREAF’s mission is to generate knowledge to understand nature, identify potential threats,…
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Meet the University of Barcelona team
The University of Barcelona, a public institution, is renowned for its commitment to quality education, groundbreaking research, and active engagement with society. Founded in 1450, it now fosters a vibrant community of nearly 100,000 members. Researchers participating in the ALFAwetlands project, belong to the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences. And they bring…
