Tag: Living Labs
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Citizen engagement events 2026 at Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab
From 23 to 27 April 2026, citizen engagement returns to the Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab within the ALFAwetlands project. The City Nature Challenge 2026 and the Living Lab Open Day invite citizens to document biodiversity of international importance and explore the results and activities of ALFAwetlands. Many events in one place The Illmitz Information Centre in…
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Celebrating World Wetland Day with ALFAwetlands Living Labs
On World Wetlands Day 2026, we celebrate the power of collaboration, science, and local action to protect and restore Europe’s wetlands. Through the ALFAwetlands Living Labs, researchers, NGOs, citizens, land managers, municipalities and policy makers are working together to share knowledge, test solutions, and shape sustainable wetland management across diverse socio-ecological contexts. Please also read:…
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Celebrating World Rivers Day with ALFAwetlands Living Labs
Every year, World Rivers Day reminds us of the importance of rivers for biodiversity, climate resilience, and human well-being. Rivers shape landscapes, sustain ecosystems, and connect communities across the globe. At ALFAwetlands, we celebrate this day by highlighting our Living Labs, where rivers are also part of innovative research and restoration efforts. Our Living Labs…
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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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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…
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EPISODE 3: Living Lab Austria-Hungary
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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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Field visit and Living Lab Open Day
After three fruitful Midterm Conference days from which two were filled with presentations, workshops, discussions and meetings, it was time to go outdoors again! Please also read: ALFAwetlands conference day 1: Excursion to the Hungarian side of the lake Excursion to National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel Day 4 of the ALFAwetlands Midterm Conference began at the…