ALFAwetlands blog
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Meet IIASA: ALFAwetlands partner from Austria
About IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an ALFAwetlands partner from Austria. IIASA is a non-governmental, multi-national organization devoted to interdisciplinary, policy-oriented research focusing on selected aspects of environmental, economic, technological, and social issues in the context of global change. IIASA investigators perform interdisciplinary research that combines methods and models from the…
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A European-scale campaign during the summer of 2024 across the 5 living labs
The field campaign Within ALFAwetlands, we measure and evaluate wetland restorations, impacts and possible strategies, trying to answer multiple specific research questions. The variety of wetland living labs across Europe allows partner-wise harmonized methodologies for continuous monitoring. Furthermore, individual experiments may be conducted. In this context, the CNRS team from Toulouse, in collaboration with the…
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Living Lab Open Day in Latvia!
On September 27th, 2024, the ALFAwetlands Living Lab Open Day was held in Latvia as part of the European Researchers’ Night activities in Latvia. It was organized by the Latvian State Forest Research Institute (LSFRI) “Silava,” a partner of ALFAwetlands. Science and nature enthusiasts were invited to visit 35 science stops across Latvia, including the…
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LL Estonia – how we accompany the restoration of former peat extraction areas
ALFAwetlands Living Lab in Estonia, run by University of Tartu, consists of four sites, namely: Vända, Laiuse, Ess-soo and Kuresoo. Below you will find more details about the history and current restoration activities at the Laiuse and Ess-soo. The history of peat extraction mining Wetlands, particularly peatlands, demand our special attention. ALFAwetlands addresses the restoration…
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Wetland experts come together at the SERE Conference in Estonia
Four EU-funded projects on wetland restoration jointly presented at and attended the 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration (SERE 2024) in Tartu, Estonia. Their activities at the conference highlight the importance of collaboration in restoring and preserving Europe’s wetlands. The SERE 2024 conference brought together experts working in science, policy, and restoring ecosystems. Wetlands were…
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Peatland monitoring in LL Estonia
Natural peatlands are quite sensitive ecosystems, or, more specifically, terrestrial wetland ecosystems. Their naturally water-logged conditions, on the one hand, prevent plant material from fully decomposing, which means peatlands produce more organic matter than they decompose. Undrained peatlands accumulate Carbon and, in the long run, sequester Carbon. Those acted as “CO2 sinks for millennia, exerting…
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The complexity of data collection – the ALFAwetlands approach
ALFAwetlands is a complex, multi-annual EU Horizon project with project partners and their respective Living Labs from across Europe. Further, there are nine different wetland types from restored peat extraction areas (Fig. 1) over wetland forests to coastal wetlands included in our project. Consequently, any kind of data collection should be synchronized, hereby following the…
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ALFAwetlands at SERE Conference
ALFAwetlands and its sister projects joint SERE Conference in Estonia on 26-30 August, 2024! We were at the booth N8, located on the ground floor of the Estonian National Museum, near gate A and the registration area. The “joint moment” took place on 27th of August from 16:30 to 17:00. SERE-2024 is an international conference…
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University of Tartu – ALFAwetlands partner
University of Tartu from Estonia is ALFAwetlands important partner, team player, communicator in a project-oriented world of science. Contribution to ALFAwetlands project EU Horizon projects such as ALFAwetlands are dedicated to answering relevant questions, relevant for both the scientific communities and the public. Hereby, collaborations and exchange amongst science and stakeholders play a major role…
