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Safeguarding the livelihood of rural communities and the environment in the Mediterranean through Nature-based Solutions.
Mara-Mediterra’s overarching aim is to stimulate the uptake of Nature-based Solutions in agro-ecosystems around the Mediterranean.
IRMCo’s role
Mara-Mediterra‘s offer consists of 9 proven, cost-effective agro-ecological practices and 4 eco-engineering solutions. These solutions will be tested and validated in 5 ‘hotspots’ of land and water degradation. A Thematic Park in Greece will bring the opportunity to showcase NbSs to key actors and the public, while acting as a knowledge transfer hub thus ensuring a project legacy.
IRMCo is entrusted with the lead role on the work package dedicated to Communication and Dissemination, and of the task ‘Guiding the Living Labs’.
As part of the initial portfolio of project promotional materials, IRMCo with the graphic design support of Eleanna Pana at SWRI, produced a 3-gated project flyer in English, French and Arabic. A booklet informing about the challenges afflicting each of the Mara-Mediterra hotspots of land and water degradation, the challenge owners, together with a mission statement of how the case study partners will address these challenges has also been compiled in English, French and Arabic.
Throughout the duration of Mara-Mediterra, Dirk De Ketelaere, Senior Researcher at IRMCo will be documenting the project progress and achievements in a non-technical, easy-to-grasp language. Each update will be the object of a News post in the Media section of the project website, https://mara-mediterra.com/, which is maintained by IRMCo. Eventually, these updates will be compiled in a manuscript with the prospective title ‘Mara-Mediterra’s Journey‘. The currently foreseen stages in this journey are illustrated in the schematic presentation below.
