PONDERFUL will assess scenarios of pondscape management in seven European (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK) and one CELAC (Uruguay) countries representing three bioclimatic regions in northern and southern hemisphere, where PONDERFUL ideas will be tested in a network of demonstration (DEMO) sites.
Each DEMO site comprises one to three pondscapes where benefits of pond creation, restoration and management for biodiversity and ecosystem services, as well as for climate change adaptation and mitigation are assessed.
Specifically, up to 8 DEMO sites, comprising 16 DEMO pondscapes and more than 500 ponds have been selected. Furthermore, additional ponds (up to 30 ponds per site) located in similar regions as those in the DEMO sites are surveyed in a stratified sampling).
SEE DEMO-SITES| Site name | Country and Project Lead | Bio-climatic zone | Land use | Number of Ponds | Nature Based Solution | Nature’s Contributions to People (IPBES) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New pond creation | Former pond restoration e.g. creation, ghost ponds | Pond management (e.g. digging, vegetation clearing) | Regulation of hazards: floods | Create, maintain habitats | Regulation water quantity | Regulation water quality | Regulation of climate | Physical/ psychol. experience | Learning, inspiration | ||||||
| 1 | Pikhakendonk (Boortmeerbeek) | Belgium (KUL) | Atlantic | Grassland | 12 | x | x | x | ? | ||||||
| 2 | Gete Vallei, Tienen | Belgium (KUL) | Grassland/ arable land | 16 | x | x | x | x | ? | ||||||
| 3 | Tommelen, Hasselt | Belgium (KUL) | Nature reserve | 22 | x | x | ? | ||||||||
| 4 | Pinkhill Meadows complex, Oxford | UK (FHT) | Floodplain | 50-60 | x | x | x | ? | x | x | |||||
| 5 | Water Friendly Farming, Leicester | UK (FHT) | Farmland | 120 | x | x | x | x | x | x | ? | x | x | ||
| 6 | Bois de Jussy, Geneva Demo | Switzerland (HES-SO) | Continental | Woodland | 25 | x | x | x | x | ? | x | x | |||
| 7 | Rhône de Verbois, Geneva Demo | Switzerland (HES-SO) | Intensive grass/arable | 40 | x | x | x | x | x | ? | x | x | |||
| 8 | Fyn Islands, Odense | Denmark (AU) | Pasture/ arable | > 30 | x | x | x | x | ? | x | x | ||||
| 9 | Lystrup, Aarhus | Denmark (AU) | Suburban/ arable | > 14 | x | x | x | x | x | ? | x | x | |||
| 10 | Schöneiche, Berlin | Germany (IGB) | Agriculture | 12 | x | x | x | x | x | x | ? | ? | x | x | |
| 11 | La Pletera,Torroella de Montgrí (Girona) | Spain (UVic) | Mediterranean | Coastal marshes | 20 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 12 | Albera, Figueres Demo | Spain (UVic) | Mediterranean Scrub | 23 | x | x | x | ? | x | x | |||||
| 13 | Laguna Garzón, Maldonado – Rocha | Uruguay (UDELAR) | Subtropical/ temperate-humid | arable/extensive grazing cattle/afforestation | 18 | x | ? | x | x | ? | x | ||||
| 14 | Sierra del Caracol, Maldonado | Uruguay (UDELAR) | extensive grazing cattle | 10 | x | x | ? | x | x | ? | ? | x | |||
| 15 | San Carlos, San Carlos | Uruguay (UDELAR) | extensive grazing cattle/ agriculture/ semi urban | 17 | x | x | ? | ? | x | ? | x | ||||
| 16 | Laguna de Rocha, Rocha | Uruguay (UDELAR) | extensive grazing cattle / agriculture/ regenerative grazing cattle | 11 | x | x | ? | x | x | ? | x | x | |||
| 17 | Maldonado, Maldonado | Uruguay (UDELAR) | Peri-urban | 6 | x | x | ? | ? | ? | x | x | ||||
| 18 | Lake Mogan Pondscape, Ankara | Turkey (METU) | Central-Anatolian arid-cold steppe climate | Urban | 10 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| 19 | Imrahor River Valley, Çankaya, Ankara | Turkey (METU) | Urban | 12 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 20 | Gölbasi Düzlügü Pondscape, Ankara | Turkey (METU) | Urban | 50 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||