Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain)
Tackling climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the great global challenges of the 21st century. The nature-based solutions (NbS) approach creates an opportunity to meet efforts on the two agendas while producing other co-benefits beyond climate resilience and biodiversity conservation. Thi...
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| description | Tackling climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the great global challenges of the 21st century. The nature-based solutions (NbS) approach creates an opportunity to meet efforts on the two agendas while producing other co-benefits beyond climate resilience and biodiversity conservation. This opportunity becomes even more relevant in areas with both high climate vulnerability and special interest for conservation. Coastal wetlands in the Mediterranean basin are under severe threat from urban sprawl, mass tourism and climate change. Coastal lagoons, dune systems and halophilic ecosystems are considered as priority habitats of community interest for conservation by the European Habitats Directive. In the Catalan coast, these ecosystems are fragmented and isolated, and ecological protection and restoration efforts are essential. In this context, the present work analyzes the case of de-urbanization and ecological restoration of La Pletera salt marsh by the Life Pletera project (2014–2018), interpreting it within an NbS approach and assessing its effectiveness as a strategy for climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation. The analysis brings insights for the effectiveness assessment of the project during the first years after implementation, gathers elements on the factors and constraints that made its implementation possible and reflects on future challenges so that its effectiveness is lasting in the medium and long term. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-60aae7569a8f4a4d8832d22ece0c372b2025-01-17T11:08:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Water2624-93752025-01-01610.3389/frwa.2024.14624121462412Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain)Diego Pereira Lindoso0Dani Boix1Anna Ribas2Jordi Bou3Xavier D. Quintana4Center for Sustainable Development (CDS), University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, BrazilGRECO, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona (UdG), Girona, SpainDepartment of Geography, SAMBI, Institute of Environment, University of Girona (UdG), Girona, SpainGRECO, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona (UdG), Girona, SpainGRECO, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona (UdG), Girona, SpainTackling climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the great global challenges of the 21st century. The nature-based solutions (NbS) approach creates an opportunity to meet efforts on the two agendas while producing other co-benefits beyond climate resilience and biodiversity conservation. This opportunity becomes even more relevant in areas with both high climate vulnerability and special interest for conservation. Coastal wetlands in the Mediterranean basin are under severe threat from urban sprawl, mass tourism and climate change. Coastal lagoons, dune systems and halophilic ecosystems are considered as priority habitats of community interest for conservation by the European Habitats Directive. In the Catalan coast, these ecosystems are fragmented and isolated, and ecological protection and restoration efforts are essential. In this context, the present work analyzes the case of de-urbanization and ecological restoration of La Pletera salt marsh by the Life Pletera project (2014–2018), interpreting it within an NbS approach and assessing its effectiveness as a strategy for climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation. The analysis brings insights for the effectiveness assessment of the project during the first years after implementation, gathers elements on the factors and constraints that made its implementation possible and reflects on future challenges so that its effectiveness is lasting in the medium and long term.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2024.1462412/fullnature-based solutionsecological restorationecosystem servicesclimate changewetlands |
| spellingShingle | Diego Pereira Lindoso Dani Boix Anna Ribas Jordi Bou Xavier D. Quintana Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain) Frontiers in Water nature-based solutions ecological restoration ecosystem services climate change wetlands |
| title | Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain) |
| title_full | Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain) |
| title_fullStr | Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain) |
| title_short | Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain) |
| title_sort | deurbanizing for conservation and adapting framing ecological restoration as a nature based solution in la pletera salt marsh catalonia spain |
| topic | nature-based solutions ecological restoration ecosystem services climate change wetlands |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2024.1462412/full |
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