The NATMed project consortium has met 1st and 2nd October in Ténedos Island (Turkey) to hold its fourth regular meeting. During these days the partners have evaluated the overall progress of the project, and beside this, they have the opportunity to visit the Turkish Case Study to know about the implementations and state of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) who have been set up there.
The main objective of the project is improve the water management and water cycle through the NbS so, to achieve it, some solutions who have been implemented in this Case Study was the natural infiltration and soil management, smart irrigation, conservation agriculture and the use of reclaimed water of irrigation.
The project, coordinated by CARTF, has started in May 2023 and arise to optimise the water cycle and the related Ecosystemic Services through the combination of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) in existing water infrastructures in five Mediterranean coastal countries, as Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Algeria.
Throughout these months, the consortium has held the following meetings where they took the opportunity to visit three of its five Case Study. The first of these was in Arborea (Italy) in September 2023, and in February 2024, they visited the Spanish Case Study located in Seville.
The NATMed project has a duration of three years. The NATMed project consortium is composed of CARTIF, Environment and Water Agency, Social Climate, Tero PC, Environmental Center of Region of Western Macedonia, University of Sassari, Demir Enerji, University of the Aegean, Izmir Institute Technology, SBNCLIMA, Research & Scientific Technical Center Sur Les Régions Aride, Municipality of Bozcaada, the University of Cagliari and the University of Western Macedonia.