Project DESIRE - Development of Sustainable wetland management by restoration and biomass utilisation of peatlands in the Neman river catchment to imporve water quality of the Baltic Sea

The objective of the project is to increase efficiency of peatlands management in the Neman catchment to reduce nutrient release to the Baltic Sea. The project aims to formulate peatland chapters in river basin management plans, provide guidelines for paludiculture for nutrient reduction, implement pilot sites, form a transnational platform for knowledge exchange and harmonise policies and coordinate joint implementation of sustainable river basin management.

Lead: Greifswald University (DE)

Project period: 2019-2021

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