REDRESS

Restoration of deep-sea habitats to rebuild European Seas

REDRESS aims to make a fundamental contribution to the EU’s commitments to restore degraded ecosystems, particularly in deep marine environments. REDRESS will provide solutions to identify priority actions for the restoration of deep-sea habitats and demonstrate the feasibility, potential, and value for the success of deep-sea marine ecosystem restoration. The project will focus on habitats with significant potential to contribute to carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation but have been degraded by deep-sea fishing, particularly trawling. Specifically, we will study vulnerable marine ecosystems identified by various species, including sea pens, octocorals on mobile sediments, and sponges. REDRESS will map degraded deep-sea marine habitats and identify refuge areas to prioritize restoration efforts in light of future climate change scenarios. REDRESS will provide solutions to public authorities and operators to promote ecosystem restoration in deep marine environments. Building on the experience of MERCES, REDRESS will go beyond the state of the art, developing new methodologies, utilizing sophisticated technologies, defining success indicators, and expanding target habitats to include cold seeps. The results will enable significant progress in the EU’s marine restoration strategy. The project will also provide socio-economic data, protocols, and tools to plan and expand restoration interventions in deep-sea habitats.

The project involves collaboration among 25 partners coordinated by the Polytechnic University of the Marche.

 

Project partners:

  1. Polytechnic University of the Marche – UNIVPM Italy
  2. Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas – CSIC Spain
  3. Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la Mer – IFREMER France
  4. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel – GEOMAR Germany
  5. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research – NIOZ Netherlands
  6. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research – HCMR Greece
  7. National Oceanography Centre – NOC UK
  8. National University of Ireland – Galway Ireland
  9. Universidade de Aveiro – Uaveiro Portugal
  10. Göteborgs Universitet – UGOT Sweden
  11. University of Haifa – UH Israel
  12. REV OCEAN – OCEAN REV Norway
  13. Marine and Freshwater Research Institute – MFRI Iceland
  14. National research Council – CNR Italy
  15. University of Edinburgh – UEDIN UK
  16. Sorbonne University – SU France
  17. Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences – HVHL Netherlands
  18. Stazione Zoologica di Napoli Anton Dohrn – SZN Italy
  19. ESI-Ltd – ESI Cyprus
  20. DEESS – DEESS France
  21. ECOREACH SME-Ltd – ECOREACH Italy
  22. Society for Ecological Restoration – SERE Belgium
  23. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research – IOLR Israel
  24. Wageningen University – WU Netherlands
  25. University of Azores Portugal

Referent:

Valentina Lauria

Researcher

Mazara Del Vallo

SCOPRI DI PIÙ

Duration: February 1, 2024 - January 31, 2028

Areas of Research:

TEAM
Germana Garofalo

Researcher

Mazara Del Vallo

Vincent Georges

Research Fellow

Mazara Del Vallo

Valentina Lauria

Researcher

Mazara Del Vallo

Research Projects



Research Projects

The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.

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