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TERRASAFE: Terrestrial Resilience and Restoration Strategies for (Semi) Arid and Fragile Ecosystems Through a Multi-actor Approach

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Large areas in Southern, Central and Eastern Europe and Northern Africa are estimated to be facing  high risks of desertification, including due to accelerating climate change. TERRASAFE is a pioneering initiative envisaging to empower local communities in southern Europe and northern Africa to successfully face the escalating challenges of desertification through the adoption of nature-based, social and technological innovations. TERRASAFE’s vision will be operationalized in 5 pilot areas that share a high vulnerability to desertification but, simultaneously, represent the 4 main types of desertification (vegetation decline, soil degradation, water scarcity, and depopulation) and strongly contrast in socio–cultural-ecological circumstances. This vision is supported by a transdisciplinary consortium, ranging from universities to SMEs commercially exploiting innovations.
 
TERRASAFE’s vision is implemented through a multi-actor approach by setting up desertification partnerships in the 5 pilot areas. In a co-creation process, these partnerships will then (i) define their visions on building desertification resilience and plan their ensuing TERRASAFE work; (ii) map and analyze past and ongoing desertification, identifying hotspots; (iii) evaluate and demonstrate innovations at these hotspots, comparing them with current and traditional/organic practices; (iv) elaborate policy recommendation for the wider uptake of the TERRASAFE-certified innovations, both within and beyond the pilot areas, taking into account lessons learnt from past and ongoing policies against desertification; (v) share their TERRASAFE’s experience with the other areas, other desertification-prone communities and the general public. The consortium will support the partnerships by providing not only harmonized frameworks for each activity but also advice on adapting these frameworks to their specific needs. Finally, the SMEs will provide a wide offer of innovations that they will tailor towards the respective desertification hotspots, in close collaboration with the partnerships.


Contacts:

Adriana Bruggeman     |     This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.     |     22 208 620

Andreas Savvides     |     This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.     |     +357 22 208 664

 

 

Additional Info

  • Acronym: TERRASAFE
  • Website: https://terrasafe.eu/
  • Center: EEWRC
  • Funding Source: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-04
  • CyI Funding: € 625,062
  • Starting Date: 01/06/2024
  • End Date: 31/05/2029
  • Coordinator: Universidade de Aveiro
  • Partners:

    Wageningen University

    NIBIO - Norsk Institutt for Biookonomi

    Universita degli Studi della Basilicata

    Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)

    Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC)

    AKTI Project and Research Centre

    Institut Des Régions Arides

    Institutul National de Cercetare Dezvoltare in Silvicultura Marin Dracea (ICAS)

    Fondazione Medes

    Isotech Ltd

    Agrodit

    Agrobiogel Gmbh

    Ibero Massa Florestal, S.A.

    Edafotec Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza SL

    University of York

    University of Gloucestershire

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