Nov 26, 2024
What has PONDERFUL taught us about ponds and pondscapes?Reflections from the principal investigators on the project’s key discoveries and what they have learned about ponds and pondscapes
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Reflections from the principal investigators on the project’s key discoveries and what they have learned about ponds and pondscapes
A review of some recent research and events of general interest for freshwater ecologists over the last six months
CLIMA-pond concept and protocol to help people worldwide harness the power of ponds as a nature-based solution for climate change adaptation and mitigation
Bringing together expertise from across the PONDERFUL consortium and new research findings from the project, new PONDERFUL publications include practical guidance on managing, restoring and creating ponds, and provide policy makers with an international overview of how ponds and pondscapes are protected
Past October, PONDERFUL members meet in Vic focusing on how to further improve and disseminate innovative tools developed during the project to increase their reach and impact
PONDERFUL resources available on the PONDERFUL Information System, providing an important legacy for the project
More than 500 people gathered for the International Pond Conference: ponds for biodiversity, climate and people, on 12th and 13th November 2024
PONDERFUL Coordinator Dr Sandra Brucet answers questions about her career, her role in the project and the legacy of PONDERFUL
The webinar will explore how policymakers can use these small but mighty habitats as nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
The latest PONDERFUL animated video is now available. The video walks viewers through the various steps involved in building a pond for biodiversity
A review of some recent research and events of general interest for freshwater ecologists over the last six months
International pond conference 2024: Ponds and pondscapes for biodiversity, climate and people is hosted by PONDERFUL and the European Pond Conservation
Addressed to policy makers and legislators but also to people involved in planning, designing and implementing practical projects that use ponds and pondscapes as nature-based solutions
Through PONDERFUL, we have now created a series of 16 leaflets in both English and the relevant local language, sharing insights about pondscapes and the Nature’s Contributions to People they provide
The PONDERFUL decision support tool, a PONDERFUL initiative that could change the way we manage, restore and create ponds and pondscapes as nature-based solutions
Particularly interested on policy and governance aspects linked to biodiversity conservation, in PONDERFUL I lead the work package for stakeholder involvement, policy, society, and sustainable financing
PONDERFUL stand as a key attraction at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Science Day
The PONDERFUL consortium is producing 16 leaflets focusing on PONDERFUL results and success stories at PONDERFUL DEMO-sites in eight countries where Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have been successfully implemented
In PONDERFUL project, I deal with the collection and analysis of empirical data that will be used for an overarching analysis of patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in relation to land-use intensity along gradients of climate
PONDERFUL participated in the XXX Argentina Ecology Meeting, in Bariloche, Argentina, promoting and disseminating the advances in the area of ecology and establishing discussions on the “New Frontiers of Ecology: Exploring Global Challenges”
A review of some recent research and events of general interest for freshwater ecologists over the last six months
The third stakeholder workshops focus on co-creating some of the project’s key outputs
ASLO – Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, organised a six-days event to discuss the resilience and recovery in aquatic systems
Several members of the PONDERFUL consortium attended the symposium, presenting their work and sharing results with other freshwater scientists from around the world. The event included special sessions on ponds
The Nature-based Solutions Taskforces include EU Horizon 2020 projects that focus on NBS. This provides opportunities for projects such as PONDERFUL to ‘cluster’ through collaboration and sharing of ideas
A review of some recent research and events of general interest for freshwater ecologists over the last six months
Within PONDERFUL, I’m especially interested in any patterns we see between eDNA biodiversity data, environmental data and traditional biological surveys
The PONDERFUL consortium met in Uppsala, Sweden, to share the most recent results of the project on how ponds will help us adapt and mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity, and deliver ecosystem services
PONDERFUL unites world’s freshwater experts to welcome support for small wetlands and waterbodies
Talking about the role of ponds for aquatic plants conservation with Dr. Jael Palhas from the University of Évora, Portugal, next June 28 at 4 pm (CET) via Zoom
A new animation video created by the PONDERFUL project to discover ponds and how can they help to protect wildlife
The Mission Charter’s objectives of restoring marine and freshwater habitats, fighting pollution and creating a sustainable blue economy are highly relevant to PONDERFUL
The PONDERFUL consortium was invited to speak at a side event to the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention of Wetlands (COP14) in Geneva on 8 November 2022
A review of some recent research and events of general interest for freshwater ecologists over the last six months
Within the PONDERFUL project, the Centro Universitario Regional del Este (Universidad de la República, Uruguay) is carrying out investigations on agricultural ponds of contrasting land use intensity
A special session focused on pondscapes was organized by PONDERFUL partners at INTECOL Congress in Geneva, Switzerland
PONDERFUL is helping to generate high-resolution land use datasets to capture finer detail than ever before on global land use
A group of PONDERFUL partners have analysed the policy framework of the EU to find out potential opportunities for pods as Nature-based solutions
PONDERFUL increases public awareness on pondscapes and on the relationship of ponds and climate
Mariana, Professor of Aquatic Ecology, introduces herself and explains how she and her team are working for a better management of artificial ponds
A review of some recent research and events of general interest for freshwater ecologists over the last six months
PONDERFUL researchers will attend to the INTECOL2022 international congress to discuss how ponds could contribute to mitigate against and adapt to climate change
PONDERFUL researcher Julie Fahy won the Scientific Image Competition of the Swiss National Scientific Foundation for an image she captured while carrying out PONDERFUL fieldwork
Tom is developing better methods for measuring greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and ponds
Delegates attending the World Biodiversity Forum heard about the critical role of ponds in conservation and the importance of small water bodies being reflected in policy
PONDERFUL was featured in a short documentary on Portuguese television
More than 50 freshwater researchers and practitioners from 11 countries came together for the first PONDERFUL consortium meeting from 5 to 7 April hold in Porto
New digital application on ponds; connection between landscape configuration, metacommunity processes and the emergent biodiversity structure; workshops and new team members
Maria investigates the effect of climate change and land use on ponds, and how the loss of biodiversity may affect the provision of ecosystems services
A review of some recent research and events of general interest for freshwater ecologists over the last six months
How heatwaves affect the ecology and biogeochemical processes in shallow lakes and ponds
Have pond NbS got an important role for climate adaptation and mitigation?
Stakeholder workshops that are organised in each DEMO-site between October – Decemeber 2021
Nature-based solutions (NbS) were high up on the COP26 agenda, heralded as one of the paths to prevent catastrophic global warming
In the spring of 2021, the teams from University of Vic and University of Girona sampled several “pondscapes” in the North-East of the Iberian Peninsula
First ever workshop of PONDERFUL organized by HEPIA-HES in Meinier, Switzerland on 19th October 2021
Applications are invited for a two-year post-doctoral research position on the interactions and feedbacks between biodiversity, ecosystems services and climate in ponds
Applications are invited for a two-year post-doctoral research officer post in the School of Natural Sciences at Bangor University.
Join us for the launch of the PONDERFUL project: Pond ecosystems for resilient future landscapes in a changing climate
The University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic – UCC) is a young and very dynamic university
Today see’s the first meeting of the Ponderful project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 research programme
The project aims to improve the use of ponds and pondscapes in managing the adaptation to climate change
A new EU-project will examine the importance of natural ponds