WaSHa Project
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Title: Inventory and characterization of ancestral systems of Sowing and Harvesting Water as an example of Nature-Based Solutions for Integrated Water Management in Spain.
Code: 3256
Initial date: 17 de November de 2023
Ending date: 31 de May de 2025
Funding: 199235 €
E-mail: s.martos@igme.es
Project description
Characterize and disseminate different ancestral systems of BNS for Water for Water Management in Spain, is essential for them to be maintained over time.
Targets
The current water management model requires a new approach that contributes to the Ecological Transition by working with nature. To achieve this, it is necessary to apply Nature-based Solutions for Integrated Water Management (NBS), since they are tools for adapting to climate change, generate ecosystem services and increase biodiversity.
NBSs have been applied in our country for more than a thousand years, through ancestral techniques of Sowing and Harvesting Water (WS&H), which consist of a series of systems with which water is derived and infiltrated in the subsoil to be recovered in other places a few months or years later. The goals of this project are
- to inventory the historical techniques of NBS,
- to publicize and complement research on these systems in Sierra Nevada and in the regions of La Vera and La Valduerna,
- to identify areas of recoverable WS&H, and
- to disseminate, transfer and make recommendations for their recovery.
Activities
- Inventory of historical SbNGIA techniques, known as WS&H systems, in the framework of peninsular Spain.
- Hydrological, hydrogeological and ecosystemic characterization of selected cases of different WS&H systems operating in Sierra Nevada (Granada) and in the regions of La Vera (Cáceres) and La Valduerna (León).
- Identification of potentially recoverable WS&H areas, through the development of restoration and reactivation proposals and the elaboration of management recommendations.
- Dissemination of results, transmission of local ecological knowledge and development of policy recommendations and proposals for sustainable planning and management.
Specific Objective 1
Inventory the historical techniques of NBS applied to water management, known as WS&H systems, in the framework of peninsular Spain.
This is the first step of the project that seeks to compile all existing WS&H systems in Spain. A database, maps and inventories of the existing information will be created.
Specific Objective 2
Hydrological, hydrogeological and ecosystem characterization of selected working cases of WS&H in Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Vera (Cáceres) y La Valduerna (León).
Creation of a monitoring system for the study zones, hydrogeological control of the zones for one year and analysis of the results obtained.
Specific Objective 3
Identification of potentially recoverable WS&H areas, development of restoration and reactivation proposals, and elaboration of management and management recommendations.
Evaluate the potential of abandoned WS&Hs and their possible recovery, develop restoration and reactivation proposals and proposals for management and recovery of WS&Hs.
Specific Objective 4
Dissemination of results, transmission of local ecological knowledge, and development of policy recommendations and proposals. and development of policy recommendations and proposals for sustainable sustainable planning and management.
Prepare scientific articles, videos, brochures and an informative book to disseminate the results of the project.
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