Between January 20- 24 the Eurolag 9 conference about lagoons worldwide took place in Venice. Already at the last Eurolag conference LiveLagoons participated with a workshop. This year we presented results from our research regarding biodiversity and nutrient up-take by … Continued
The LiveLagoon project has been presented at the Baltic Sea Science Congress in Stockholm. The poster presentation ‘Application of floating wetlands for nutrient removal, enhancement of biodiversity and cultural services in coastal lagoons’ drew attention of specialists working on wetland … Continued
The project has participated in science and technology exhibition “Innovation Drift 2019” (2019 June 13 – 14, Vilnius, Lithuania) were floating islands as green technology presented to the public together with other Klaipėda university’s technological-scientific achievements. Constructed floating wetlands is … Continued
Since 1993, the UN’s World Water Day has been celebrated annually on the 22th March to raise awareness about the importance of fresh water for all living beings. The week surrounding this day was a perfect time to present the … Continued
LiveLagoons project was presented at the interdisciplinary “GeoAdvances 2018” conference held in Casablanca, Morocco on October 10-11 2018. The conference was attended by more than 100 participants from 17 countries including Japan, Canada, Germany, Turkey, Malaysia, UAE, Philippines, Magreb countries. … Continued
Two great days just passed! We had our project meeting in Warnemünde discussing the current status of existing floating wetlands, first monitoring results and the upcoming installations next year. During a joint dinner with the Morpheus project we had the … Continued
The South Baltic Interreg projects Morpheus and LiveLagoons participated in the biggest trade fair of environmental protection in Poland: POL-ECO-SYSTEM (23.-25.10.2018). Exhibitors from a variety of backgrounds (business, science, politics, media…) presented innovative products and ideas around the topics water, … Continued
The LiveLagoons project was presented at the biggest protected areas professionals’ event in Europe! The annual EUROPARC federation conference this year was organized in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. More than 600 participants from 32 countries came together to … Continued
What an exciting week at the 8th European Lagoon Symposium in Athens – with lectures on biodiversity, water quality, ecosystem services, fisheries and aquaculture. Poster sessions in combination with the art exhibition “Lagoons: those vulnerable entities” and participative mapping enabled … Continued
The idea behind floating wetlands was introduced to various stakeholders from politics, tourism, business, science and environmental protection during our first German workshop on the 23rd of January 2018. Favored sites, island design, choices of emergent macrophytes and installation challenges … Continued