1 / 5

Ecosystem services in water management

Ecosystem services in water management. Fabio Masi , Giulio Conte IRIDRA Brussels , 28 October 2015. Role in OpenNESS. Designers of the ”neo eco-system” used as case study (constructed wetland for combined sewer overflow on-site treatment)

miliani
Download Presentation

Ecosystem services in water management

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ecosystem services in water management • Fabio Masi, Giulio Conte • IRIDRA • Brussels, 28 October 2015

  2. Role in OpenNESS • Designers of the ”neo eco-system” used as case study (constructed wetland for combined sewer overflow on-site treatment) • Monitoring and quantification of some indicators used to assess ecosystem services (water pollution control and flood prevention) • Support to Joint Research Center for the quantification of ESs (JRC) Firstname Surname, Organization

  3. Main expectedoutputs • Quantification of the different ecosystem services of the ”neo ecosystem” (pollution control, flood prevention, recreation, habitat to support biodiversity) • Publications providing scientifically sound arguments on ecosystem services provided by an artificial wetland • Quantification of benefits of green in comparison with grey (conventional) options in water management Firstname Surname, Organization

  4. Main expectedbenefits to the company • Deepening the market application of green infrastructure in water management , thanks to ecosystem services they can provide • Increase of awareness of key stakeholders on opportunities offered by green infastructure • Entering in OPPLA network as expert consultants in water management Firstname Surname, Organization

  5. Genericlessons for SMEs • Possibilities to test innovative solutions currently not ready for the market • Strict collaboration with high quality international research centers • Interaction with key stakeholders at different levels Firstname Surname, Organization

More Related