FutureLakes
The overarching objective of FutureLakes is to demonstrate innovative solutions needed to transform European lake restoration.
- Project period
- -
- Funders
- Horizon Europe
- Total budget (NOK)
- 49,000,000
- Research section
- Freshwater Ecology
- Contact persons
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Laurence Carvalho
Aleksandra Mjøs
Silje Graffer
Julia Szulecka
Sigrid Haande
Camilla H C Hagman
Valentina Elena Tartiu
Caroline Enge
Xiaxia Di
Ståle Mygland
About the project
FutureLakes aims to transform lake restoration by demonstrating innovative nature-based and circular economy solutions to reduce pollution, restore biodiversity and stimulate the blue economy around lakes.
The project demonstrates integration of these technical solutions into lake basin management in six large European lakes, creating a tested blueprint for lake protection and restoration. This blueprint will include guidance on how to attract green financing for implementing restoration measures and innovations in policy that support the restoration process.
FutureLakes will also pilot more effective and inclusive approaches to collaboration in water management. This will focus especially on important economic sectors and public engagement to help co-create visions for their lake in the future, and subsequent actions they can take to achieve this. Additionally, the project will develop a roadmap for scaling up lake restoration across Europe, supporting the broad aims of the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters. This includes creating a prototype for a European Lakes Digital Innovation Hub.
FutureLakes is a project contributing to the European Union’s "Mission Restore our Ocean & Waters” and is funded under the call, HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-04".
