Sustainable protected areas as a key value for human well-being

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-C Interreg Europe

Date of latest update: 2023-08-11

Description

Description (EN):

GREENHEALTH project aims to make EU regions more biodiversity-resilient by improving the management of European Protected Areas through strengthening links as well as strategic & operational collaboration between biodiversity protection and human health & well-being. Protected Areas in EU are a key tool, not only for the preservation of nature & biodiversity conservation but also for the provision of multiple benefits in ecosystem services. The COVID pandemic has further emphasised the relevance of natural spaces for human well-being and led to an increased number of visitors to Protected Areas. If this phenomenon has positive impacts for Protected Areas with people increasingly value them, it is also true that there is a risk to biodiversity if the public use of Protected Areas is not appropriately managed. It is urgent to improve and adapt public policies related to the management of Protected Areas. This way, it will be possible to achieve resilient spaces that are accessible and improve European citizens' well-being, without compromising the environmental objectives. What will this project change: We want to remove environmental barriers and design friendly spaces, to encourage people to take care of nature and of their own health, and to incorporate human health initiatives into Protected Area Programmes. Our seven partners want to create linkages between health and environmental policies, leading to engagement with the health sector, with universities and with other areas of the society to help us to have both ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS. We will develop networks, foster collaborations and the exchange of expert knowledge. We aim to identify, transfer and adopt innovative and successful good practices and lessons learned across Europe. Our final goal is to improve regional public policies and to create the right regional contexts to maximize the links between Protected Areas and health and well-being!

Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/

Thematic information

Sustainable management of natural resources Climate change and biodiversity

Partners (1)

Lead Partner: Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia

Address: Murcia, Spain

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): Sustainable protected areas as a key value for human well-being

Project acronym: GREENHEALTH

Project start date: 2023-03-01

Project end date: 2027-05-31

Project status: ongoing

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 745 776.00

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Financing programme

2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-C Interreg Europe

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-08-10

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

72 / 255 (28.24%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

72 / 2 057 (3.5%)

Notes on the data

Source of estimation of the number of projects as of 2025-03-17: Website of the programme

Method for estimating the number of partners as of 2025-03-17: Average partners per project based on the average of the previous period.

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