Empowering local communities to combat desertification across Southern Europe and North Africa. Co-funded by the EU and UKRI.
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📢Save the date! Join us on 27th Sept, 11:00-13:00 CET, for the public launch of TERRASAFE.
Learn how our research will help local communities in southern Europe & North Africa by testing innovations for combatting #desertification🏜️
Registration link to follow!
#HorizonEurope
🌿#Desertification researchers - it's not too late!
You still have time to submit your abstract to our #EGU2025 session SSS9.4:
✨Innovations to assess, prevent and combat desertification✨
Deadline: Wed 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET
meetingorganizer.copernicus.…
#MissionSoil
We welcome presentations on:
🌿 the assessment of desertification processes and indicators
🌿findings from the testing and analysis of field management practices, material and social innovations
🌿methods for assessing land degradation neutrality under SDG 15.3.1.
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Here's to the soil beneath us! 🌱
This #WorldSoilDay we highlight the importance of measuring, monitoring, and managing soil for food security & sustainable soil management.
Our @TerrasafeEU project is restoring healthy soil across Europe & Northern Africa by empowering local communities to combat desertification.
Check out their first newsletter ⬇️
terrasafe.eu/wp-content/uplo…
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MONALISA & @TerrasafeEU at #EGU25 in Vienna! 📢
💡Joint session "Innovations to Combat Desertification"
👥 Launching a new Community of Practice on sustainable land management.
📅 Abstracts due: Jan 15, 2025.
🔗 monalisa4land.eu/2024/10/28/…
#Soil #Desertification #Research #EGU
TERRASAFE are now on #Bluesky! 🦋
Follow us here if you're interested in #desertification and following our project as it progresses: bsky.app/profile/desertifica…
Colleagues in our Cyprus pilot area are eagerly awaiting some much-needed rainfall 🌧
This photo, taken in the Cyprus pilot area in Nov '24, highlights the severity of desertification in the region.
Find out more about our Cyprus pilot area: terrasafe.eu/cyprus-pilot/
Over 160 people registered for our recent launch event, where we explained the importance of combatting #desertification and introduced the TERRASAFE project.
🧐Missed the event? Watch the recording here: youtu.be/tBJg9_XdMco
#HorizonEurope #SoilMission @EUAgri @HorizonEU
Today's reading: a review of desertification in Karst landscapes 🏜
Karst landscapes = shaped by the breakdown of soluble rocks like limestone. These terrains are known for their fragile ecosystems and can be susceptible to #desertification.
Review: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our launch webinar today - over 130 people from all over the world joined us! 🌎
Missed it? Stay tuned - we will be sharing the recording very shortly 📽️ #HorizonEurope
That's a wrap for our webinar! Thanks to everyone for joining us today 🏜️
For more project updates, follow @TerrasafeEU and check out their website ▶️ terrasafe.eu
P.s Photo was taken during the project kick-off 3 months ago
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"@IEEP_eu and @TerrasafeEU are reviewing policies at the EU and national levels to identify the gaps and develop new instruments.
The final goal is to synthesize the results of policy recommendations for the regional, national, and EU-level"
said Melanie
#EU #policy #desertfication
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🚨Half of 🇪🇺 countries declare at risk of #desertification yet, the EU has NO dedicated direct strategy or instruments to prevent or reduce desertification.
Our Melanie Muro is talking about policy context for tackling desertification
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🟥 = bad
🟦 = improving
@jeaanb from @CyprusInstitute is presenting #LandDegradation neutrality in pilot areas.
Check out @TerrasafeEU website for more on the project ➡️ terrasafe.eu/
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🔴L I V E now!
Our @TerrasafeEU project launch webinar has started.
Jacob Keizer from @UnivAveiro is presenting how #dessertification is affecting southern European and northern African countries
#Romania Forrest decline
#Italy Depopulation
#Cyprus Soil degration
#Spain Water scarcity
#Tunisia Soil degration
🧵Follow our threads for updates⤵️
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That's a wrap for our webinar! Thanks to everyone for joining us today 🏜️
For more project updates, follow @TerrasafeEU and check out their website ▶️ terrasafe.eu
P.s Photo was taken during the project kick-off 3 months ago
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📢 @TerrasafeEU Project launch event
Learn about #desertfication in Southern Europe and Northern Africa by
✔️ Understanding desertification
✔️ Pilot areas and multi-actor approach
✔️ Mapping and analysis
✔️ Innovative solutions
Register ⬇️
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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🗓️ 27 September - ONLINE
Join us to find out how @TerrasafeEU will co-test innovations with local communities to combat #desertification - a growing challenge in the face of #ClimateCrisis
Register 👇
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Registration now LIVE!
Join us on 27/09 from 11:00-13:00 CET to find out how TERRASAFE will co-test innovations with local communities to combat #desertification - a growing challenge in the face of #ClimateCrisis 🌎
Register here:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
📢Save the date! Join us on 27th Sept, 11:00-13:00 CET, for the public launch of TERRASAFE.
Learn how our research will help local communities in southern Europe & North Africa by testing innovations for combatting #desertification🏜️
Registration link to follow!
#HorizonEurope