MIRAMAR
Monitoring cumulative Impact to guide mitigation and Restoration in the Mediterranean Region
MIRAMAR is an INTERREG project with the aim to develop a joint approach to improve our understanding of, and response to, the combined effects of different environmental pressures on three vital ecosystems in the Euro-Mediterranean region: seagrass meadows, wetlands and habitats of endangered species.
MIRAMAR will design, test, and validate a new holistic monitoring method to identify suitable nature-based mitigation and restoration solutions.
By aligning with regional and national monitoring strategies, as well as the management plans of protected areas, MIRAMAR will tackle the shared challenge of preventing, mitigating and restoring environmental degradation across these vital ecosystems.
MIRAMAR will produce a set of concrete, high-value deliverables aimed at supporting environmental monitoring, management and policy action across the Mediterranean:
• Harmonized strategies to monitor the cumulative impact of multiple stressors in degraded ecosystems
• Toolkits for assessing combined effects of pollution, invasive species and habitat degradation
• Assessment of the cumulative impact of multiple stressors in the nine pilot areas
• Good Practices, developed through Living Labs, illustrating successful examples of restoration and mitigation
• Training on monitoring cumulative impact and identifying pollution mitigation and restoration solutions
Project duration: 33 months, starting from April 2025
HCMR PI & contact person: Dr. Catherine Tsangaris (ctsangar@hcmr.gr)
Project website: https://miramar.interreg-euro-med.eu/