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Therapeutic Garden in Zagreb

Therapeutic Garden in Zagreb

December 08, 2023
The City of Zagreb had plans to expand the existing network of urban 'City Gardens' with a new, holistic ‘therapeutic garden’ and a mini urban farm in Sesvete, the easternmost neighbourhood of Zagreb. The garden was developed within the Horizon 2020 project proGIreg (productive green infrastructure for post-industrial urban regeneration) in 2020
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A best practice of the institutional, infrastructural, human and cultural tools to facilitate adaptation to climate change

A best practice of the institutional, infrastructural, human and cultural tools to facilitate adaptation to climate change

October 31, 2023
Rákócziújfalu is one of the 5 pilot sites representing typical water risk situations associated with small settlements in Hungary, amplified by climate change. In many cases, no expensive investments are needed as the municipalities own and have the right to use the various assets but institutional, infrastructural, human and cultural assets are available, and all these are based on local natural assets
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The first best practice implemented in the frame of the LIFE-MICACC project in Hungary

The first best practice implemented in the frame of the LIFE-MICACC project in Hungary

October 10, 2023
Bátya is a small village with 2239 inhabitants and an area of 3386 km2, next to the river Danube. The average annual local precipitation is 550 mm, while in 2010 the local gauging station observed 1000 mm. Extreme rain events cause damage to agriculture, infrastructure (roads, sewage system) and residential and public buildings. On the other hand, the evaporation is also high, and the region is exposed to droughts
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SaveGREEN - Funding Green Infrastructure (at all costs)

SaveGREEN - Funding Green Infrastructure (at all costs)

November 24, 2022
With ecological corridors in the Danube region currently threatened by the lack of proper planning of economic development activities, the need to fund interventions in line with the standards of green infrastructure is critical. Thus, the SaveGREEN project just proposed a new set of general recommendations for funding interventions that promote GI from the EU to the regional, national, and local levels.
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SaveGREEN - Around the World in Green Infrastructure

SaveGREEN - Around the World in Green Infrastructure

November 18, 2022
SaveGREEN is primarily focused upon protecting and strengthening key ecological corridors in the Danube basin, but ecological connectivity is a concern around the world. What do we have to learn from international green infrastructure projects?
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The Power of Nature: An Introduction to Green Infrastructure

The Power of Nature: An Introduction to Green Infrastructure

September 30, 2022
This is the first in a series of articles focusing on green infrastructure (GI) and how its various applications can help tackle the biodiversity crisis in Central and Eastern Europe. We also explain how the SaveGREEN project promotes good GI practices and better ways to design mitigation measures so that they can work adequately and in conjunction with ecological corridors.So let's get started!
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A presence to BEAR in mind

A presence to BEAR in mind

December 06, 2019
The mountains of the Aggtelek National Park seem to be becoming the must-pass-through destination for Carpathian large carnivores: after the recently spotted wolf pack, now it’s time for the brown bear. Get to know the new visitor!
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