Together with our cooperation partner – the Federal State Institute of Agriculture and Fishery MV – we installed the first two floating islands in the aquaculture research station in Born at the Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain (Germany). The two floating wetlands, … Continued
Curonian Spit National Park Administration (KNNP) started preparation works to open beach in the Curonian Lagoon, at Parnidis Bay, therefore tourists will have the possibility to swim not only at sea, but also in the lagoon. “Klaipėda University (KU) together … Continued
LiveLagoons will participate at the Interreg South Baltic Annual Event in Klaipeda, Lithuania. We are looking forward to lively discussions during the thematic round tables on green technolgies or sustainable tourism. Let’s unlock the potential of blue and green development together! … Continued
Soon the first floating wetlands will be installed in the Curonian lagoon, Szczecin lagoon and Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain! One of the pilot islands will help to reduce nutrients in the brackish aquaculture ponds for sturgeons at the Federal State Institute … Continued
Carmen Bâlon from Belgium is joining the LiveLagoons project for a few weeks as a trainee and she started by reviewing all the existing scientific literature dealing with floating wetlands. She is part of the IMBRSea Master Program (International Master … 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
Cristina Nazzari from Italy arrived a few weeks ago in freezing Germany as an Interreg Project Partner within the Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY) Program. She will also support the LiveLagoons project and as a law graduate she will have a look … Continued
The Greifswald Mire Centre demonstrated yesterday how mowing of cattail (Typha) in coastal wetlands is conducted. Typha can be used as a sustainable construction material and has excellent insulation properties. More information on paludiculure, the productive use of wet peatlands, … 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
LiveLagoons will be present at the 8th European Coastal Lagoons Symposium in Athens 20-23 March and talk about the potentials of internal measures to combat eutrophication in lagoon environments. In the session on European networks and projects in transitional areas … Continued