People and Projects Solving Freshwater Restoration Challenges

EcoAdvance European Project

People and Projects Solving Freshwater Restoration Challenges in SPAIN:

SPAIN

SPAINArturo Elosegi

Professor of Ecology at Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU

Restoration Engineers / Consultants / Practitioners

  • River connectivity
  • Dam removal
  • Habitat restoration
  • Flooding risk

Arturo works on the H2020 MERLIN project where he is responsible for the removal of obsolete weirs in the Deba River. He is researching ecosystem functioning in the most natural rivers in the region to better understand the impacts of multiple human activities .

SPAINPao Fernández Garrido

Senior Grants Manager at Open Rivers Programme

EC / PolicyMakers / Funders / Government

  • River longitudinal connectivity
  • Barrier removals
  • Restoring freshwater ecosystems
  • Recovering freshwater species
  • Recovering ecosystem services
  • Avoid flooding in urban areas

Pao is active in implementation of the Natural Restoration Law in Spain.

SPAINJuan Tomás García Bermejo

Associate professor (Mining and Civil Engineering Department)
Director de la ETS de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos y de Ingeniería de Minas

Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Research group: HIDROM Ingeniería Hidráulica, Marítima y Medioambiental

Scientists & Researchers

  • Hydraulics
  • Water quality / Pollution control
  • Hydrology
  • Climate change

Juan is the leader of the LIFE DESIROWS (LIFE19 ENV/ES/00447)- the demonstration project to reduce first-osmosis brine, crystallize salts, eliminate nitrates and recover water resources.

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