{"id":3191,"date":"2025-03-10T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2025-07-06T22:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T20:56:44","slug":"sentando-las-bases-para-la-restauracion-de-la-posidonia-taller-con-actores-locales-en-creta-en-el-marco-del-proyecto-artemis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/sentando-las-bases-para-la-restauracion-de-la-posidonia-taller-con-actores-locales-en-creta-en-el-marco-del-proyecto-artemis-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Laying the foundations for posidonia restoration: Workshop with Local stakeholders in Crete within the framework of the ARTEMIS Project\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Greece prepares to implement the European Regulation for Nature Restoration, the partners of the ARTEMIS Project<\/a> met in early March in Crete with representatives of local stakeholder groups to jointly shape an institutional framework and explore alternative financing mechanisms for the restoration of Posidonia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Green Tank<\/a>, in collaboration with the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR<\/a>), convocaron en la C\u00e1mara de Comercio de Heracli\u00f3n el taller titulado \u00abRestauraci\u00f3n de praderas de posidonia: marco institucional, desaf\u00edos y perspectivas\u00bb, que cont\u00f3 con la presencia de proyecto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

representantes de la Region of Crete<\/a>, the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (NECCA<\/a>), the Decentralized Administration of Crete, the University of Crete<\/a> , and other stakeholders, as well as representatives from the consortium driving the ARTEMIS project. The aim of the workshop was to understand the existing institutional framework, identify challenges, and outline the perspectives that arise following the adoption of the Nature Restoration Law, so that, starting with Crete, the foundations for the effective restoration of Posidonia meadows throughout Greece can be laid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikos Xylouris, Deputy Regional Governor for the Environment of the Region of Crete \u2013an entity associated with ARTEMIS\u2013 stated in welcoming the participants: 'Given that the great environmental value of Posidonia meadows has been widely recognized in recent years, the Interreg Euro-MED ARTEMIS project is of great importance and interest. The Region of Crete, understanding the enormous environmental relevance of these meadows, has supported this project from the very beginning. We hope that the initiative will provide clear guidelines for restoration, so that we have a tool for the protection and promotion of these areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durante la sesi\u00f3n, se trabaj\u00f3 con los actores locales en la identificaci\u00f3n de los pasos necesarios para conformar el nuevo marco institucional. En este sentido, Dimitra Syroy, asociada de Pol\u00edticas de la Naturaleza de The Green Tank, afirm\u00f3 que \u00abla restauraci\u00f3n de la naturaleza es un nuevo campo de acci\u00f3n, y esto supone en s\u00ed mismo un desaf\u00edo. Aprovechando la experiencia y la respuesta positiva de los actores involucrados, hemos identificado las posibles autoridades u organismos competentes, as\u00ed como las etapas de implementaci\u00f3n y monitoreo de las acciones de restauraci\u00f3n. De este modo, estamos un paso m\u00e1s cerca de formular propuestas para un marco institucional realista y viable para la restauraci\u00f3n de la posidonia\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For her part, Evgenia Apostolaki, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Oceanography of HCMR, emphasized that 'today, we have sufficient knowledge to carry out pilot projects for nature protection and restoration, and we are constantly enriching it. With projects like ARTEMIS, we are working in this direction. What is now needed is to implement policies that reinforce protection, eliminate pressures, and create the institutional framework for active restoration.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durante el taller se incidi\u00f3 en esquemas de financiaci\u00f3n alternativos para promover este tipo de acciones, como los pagos por servicios ecosist\u00e9micos (PES) \u2014incentivos financieros a individuos, comunidades u organizaciones para gestionar ecosistemas de manera sostenible\u2014. Para la posidonia, los servicios ecosist\u00e9micos considerados en el marco del proyecto ARTEMIS son la captura y almacenamiento de carbono, la conservaci\u00f3n de la biodiversidad y el desarrollo de actividades recreativas y tur\u00edsticas. Los PES buscan asignar un valor monetario tangible a los beneficios proporcionados por las praderas marinas, lo que puede atraer inversiones p\u00fablicas y privadas, que son cruciales para implementar pr\u00e1cticas sostenibles y garantizar la gesti\u00f3n a largo plazo de estos valiosos ecosistemas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Through interaction with local stakeholders, we can adapt the financing schemes proposed by the ARTEMIS project for the restoration of Posidonia to the conditions of each area, which will increase their acceptance and effectiveness,\" emphasized David \u00c1lvarez Garc\u00eda, Executive Director of Ecoacsa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Some topics discussed during the workshop focused on key challenges for implementing PES, including transparency\u2014the need for standardized metrics to report the state of biodiversity; economic benefits\u2014clear financial incentives for nature custodians; and business regulation\u2014aligning corporate objectives with regulatory requirements and verification and monitoring. Other highlighted challenges include natural capital accounting to identify, quantify, and value impacts, which allows integrating the value of natural resources into decision-making. Lastly, business models\u2014long-term financing plans for restoration\u2014also pose a significant challenge. Therefore, the ARTEMIS project seeks to develop innovative techniques to integrate them into policy formulation and investment decisions.\"<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A medida que Grecia se prepara para implementar el Reglamento Europeo para la Restauraci\u00f3n de la Naturaleza, los socios del proyecto ARTEMIS se reunieron a principios de marzo en Creta con representantes de grupos de inter\u00e9s locales\u00a0\u00a0 para dar forma conjuntamente a un marco institucional y explorar mecanismos alternativos de financiaci\u00f3n para la restauraci\u00f3n de la posidonia.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[46,23,45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3192,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions\/3192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}