PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF NATURAL LAKES IN THE SPIRIT OF EUROPEAN LIFE HERITAGE SUPPORT (ProCleanLakes)

Anca-Iulia Stoica, Erika Cuida Lopez, Lada Fialova University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, Vienna, Austria [email protected] https://procleanlakes.eu Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) Call: Actions for the implementation of the Mission Restore our ocean and waters by 2030 (HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01 Type of action: HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions European natural lakes: demonstration of integrated approaches for protection and restoration of natural lake ecosystems and their biodiversity Focus on delivering solutions ready to be used by society •Less research •More innovation activities •TRL ~ 7 at the end (= system prototype demonstration in operational environment) Project time:June 1st 2024 – May 31st 2028 Consortium: Maximum grant amount (award decision) 3,968,226.00 € ProCleanLakes in numbers…. Enhance the ecological and chemical status of ENL, including biodiversity, through the use of innovative integrative Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Using new 4.0 Digital solutions for supporting ecosystem monitoring, restoration, protection, and knowledge transfer to other regions Promote business activities grounded in the circular economy concept, facilitating the shift from a Blue to a Green Economy. Increase awareness, empower communities, build capacities, and collaboratively develop solutions with citizens and stakeholders to address challenges related to the restoration and protection of ENL. The Horizon European Project ProCleanLakes aims to develop an Action Plan and a Guidelines for long-term restoration and protection of European Natural Lakes (ENL) ecosystems and biodiversity’s.This plan aims to: Demonstration sites (DS) •Demonstration site 1(DS1)- Trichonis Lake (Greece) •Demonstration site 2(DS2) - Brates Lake (Romania) •Demonstration site 3(DS3)-Langvatnet lake (Norway) Monitoring sites (MS) •Monitoring site 1(MS1) - Vransko Lake (Croatia) •Monitoring site 2(MS2) – Medard Lake (Czech Republic) •Monitoring site 3(MS3) – Zaghen Lake (Romania) Replication sites (RS) •3 Replication sites in Associated Regions DS 1 – Trichonis Lake (Greece) chemical pollution partly from agriculture (wastes of olive oil mills), water abstraction, climate change, biodiversity loss DS 2 – Brates Lake (Romania) anthropogenic pollution, nutrient enrichment, pollution by pesticides, heavy metals, and possible emerging pollutants DS 3 – Langvatnet Lake (Norway) runoff of acidic waters (acid mine drainage, AMD) and metal pollution Follow us: procleanlakes_ ProCleanLakes Project https://procleanlakes.eu