MONALISA
Introducing Solutions for Combating
Land Degradation and Desertification
Who We are
The MONALISA project (MONitoring and Assessing prevention and restoration soLutIons to combat deSertificAtion), an Innovation Action Horizon project aimed at preventing and reversing Land Degradation and Desertification (LDD) across Mediterranean drylands, has started with the Kick-off Meeting hosted by Università degli Studi di Sassari (UNISS) in Sassari, Italy. The project is funded under the Horizon Europe program under the topic HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-04. The Granting Authority for this project is the European Research Executive Agency (REA), under the European Commission.
Our Approach
Transdisciplinary Strategy
Combining scientific insights and local know-how
Stakeholders’ Engagement
Leveraging social learning environments in multiple sectors and disciplines
Analog and Digital
Integration of research and knowledge with innovative technologies
MONALISA in numbers
MONALISA Case Studies
The development of the MONALISA project and solutions will be carried out in 6 Mediterranean Case Studies – Los Pedroches, Spain; Médenine, Tunisia; Berchidda-Monti, Italy; Alta Murgia Park, Italy; Asterousia, Greece; and Beit Dajan, Palestine.
The solution groups that are being assessed, replicated and expanded are nature-based and high-tech:
- Innovative grazing systems;
- Organic fertilizers/amendments and microbial-based solutions;
- Conservation agriculture practices;
- Water-related solutions – water harvesting techniques and treated wastewater reuse in agriculture.
- Natural ecosystem and agro-ecological restoration practices.
MONALISA PROJECT VALUE
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