SUNDANSE
Sustainable Sediment solutions for the Danube - Black Sea system
What are sediments?
Sediments are solid materials that are moved and deposited in new locations. They can consist of rocks, minerals, and the remains of plants and animals. Sediments can range in size from tiny grains of sand to large boulders.
They play a crucial role in enriching the soil with nutrients, making areas rich in sediments often rich in biodiversity.
Climate change increases erosion and flooding, alters river flows, and raises sea levels, all of which disrupt sediment dynamics. These changes can degrade soil and habitats, threaten infrastructure, and impact biodiversity. Integrated management is essential to mitigate these risks and sustain ecosystems and human activities.
Project Objectives
SUNDANSE is part of the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean & Waters" and the Danube & Black Sea Lighthouse
The EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters” aims to protect and restore the health of our ocean and waters through research and innovation, citizen engagement and blue investments.
Four lighthouse areas were created in four major EU sea and river basins in order to achieve the Mission goals.
These Mission Lighthouses are sites to pilot, demonstrate, develop, and deploy Mission activities across EU seas and river basins: Atlantic-Arctic, Mediterranean Sea, Baltic-North Sea, and Danube-Black Sea. Each of these lighthouses is coordinated by a CSA project and accompanied by several IAs.
The Danube Lighthouse is one of the four Lighthouses within the Mission Ocean & Waters. Besides SUNDANSE, it currently includes five other projects: EcoDaLLi as Coordination and Support Action (CSA) and four Innovation Actions (IAs): DANUBE4all, DALIA, DaWetRest and Restore4Life.
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