Restoring Coastal Wetlands in Europe – Portugal

 

RESTORE4Cs project, 2025

Restoring Coastal Wetlands in Europe – Portugal

Pilot roadmap on coastal wetland restoration in Portugal

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Lillebø, A., Elkina, E., Kampa, E. (2025). Restoring Coastal Wetlands in Europe – Pilot roadmap on coastal wetland restoration in Portugal. Horizon RESTORE4Cs Project GA ID: 101056782.

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Planning the restoration of coastal wetland habitats is a key element for National Restoration Plans under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation, national commitments under the Ramsar Convention as well as reporting requirements on wetlands emissions and removals under the EU Regulation on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry.

This pilot roadmap is designed to support national authorities and stakeholders in Portugal in developing a strategic framework for planning coastal wetland restoration, for example in the context of National Restoration Plans. It draws on the latest scientific data, tools and methods developed by the EU-funded project RESTORE4Cs. The roadmap follows the step-wise approach set out in the RESTORE4Cs Implementation Roadmap to Guide National Action for coastal wetland restoration, thereby contributing to the achievement of key policy targets for  climate and biodiversity.

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Ana Lillebø (University of Aveiro)
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Acknowledgement: Maps produced with support from the project partners University of Malaga and Tour du Valat.
Layout: Jennifer Rahn

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coastal wetland restoration, coastal wetlands Europe, nature-based solutions, climate change mitigation wetlands, blue carbon Europe, carbon sequestration wetlands, biodiversity conservation wetlands, ecosystem services coastal areas, climate adaptation wetlands, greenhouse gas reduction wetlands, CO₂ removal ecosystems, wetland rewetting, habitat restoration, EU Nature Restoration Regulation, sustainable land management, wetland management strategies, ecological restoration Europe, coastal ecosystem resilience, water quality improvement wetlands, natural flood protection, coastal erosion control, sustainable coastal development
Europe, Atlantic coastal, Portugal
Spatial Decision-Support Toolbox, GIS analysis, remote sensing, Copernicus Digital Elevation Model, land use land cover analysis (LULC), Potential Wetland Areas (PWA), Potentially Restorable Wetlands (PRW), multi-criteria analysis (MCA), cost-benefit analysis (CBA), meta-analytic value transfer (MAVT), indicator-based assessment, ecosystem condition assessment, SEEA ecosystem accounting, MAES framework, hydrological modelling, Topographic Wetness Index, NDVI analysis, time series analysis, scenario modelling, stakeholder engagement, policy analysis, monitoring frameworks, decision support systems (DSS), EU data integration, spatial mapping tools
PublicationReportRestoring Coastal Wetlands in Europe
 

RESTORE4Cs project, 2025

Europe’s coastal wetlands are vital ecosystems that play a crucial role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services. As highly productive and valuable environments, they function as natural... Read more

Kampa, E., Elkina, E., Otero, M., Lago, M., Schritt, H., Guelmami, A., Camacho, A., Bodivit, A., Pollman, N., Suarez, S., Lillebø, A., Schröder, C., & Ronse, M. (2025). Restoring Coastal Wetlands in Europe ‒ Implementation Roadmap to Guide National Action. Horizon RESTORE4Cs Project GA ID: 101056782.