{"id":2127,"date":"2025-01-06T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.improveaquaticlife.se\/2025\/02\/06\/400-million-for-nature-conservation\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:56:29","slug":"400-million-for-nature-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.improveaquaticlife.se\/en\/2025\/01\/06\/400-million-for-nature-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"400 million for nature conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The County Administrative Board of Sk\u00e5ne is receiving support from the EU to launch Europe’s largest water restoration project. Almost SEK 400 million will be invested in improving <\/strong>aquatic environments, mitigate the effects of climate change and strengthen threatened fish and mussel populations in southern Sweden, including the restoration of rivers, wetlands <\/strong>and coastal waters will be restored.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Largest project ever<\/strong>
\n– It is extremely gratifying and somewhat fantastic that on the first attempt we achieved the largest Life Nature SAP project ever in terms of EU funding. We will start this fall and continue until 2031 with initiatives in nine counties in southern Sweden, says project manager Karin Olsson at the County Administrative Board of Sk\u00e5ne, which runs Improve Aquatic LIFE, as the project is called. <\/p>\n

500 actions<\/strong>
\nOver seven years, project stakeholders will implement more than 500 actions in 20 water bodies. These range from removing migration barriers to recreating floodplains, restoring wetlands and restoring habitats for fish and other aquatic animals in rivers and coastal waters. <\/p>\n

Over seven years, project stakeholders will implement more than 500 measures in 20 water bodies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Success factors<\/strong>
\n– In Improve Aquatic LIFE, we connect authorities, research and non-profit organizations. The fact that actors from different areas collaborate and implement large-scale projects is the key to long-term effective restoration and sustainable water management,” says project coordinator Vibeke Lir\u00e5s, adding that the diversity of actors and measures within the project is of central importance for the project to be successful. <\/p>\n

Sk\u00e5ne measures<\/strong>
\nThe Sk\u00e5ne measures amount to around SEK 50 million and concern measures in R\u00f6nne \u00e5, R\u00e5\u00e5n, K\u00e4vlinge\u00e5n, Vrams\u00e5n and coastal waters. The measures include: <\/p>\n