ELaN
Methodology
In order to develop integrated solutions for each of two “site components”, thematic research for water, nutrient and carbon fluxes as well as land use and socio-economic governance were realised. Regionally focussed comprehensive system solutions for sustainable land use were developed.
The result was a combined water resources and nutrient management. Central parts were the use of purified waste water and recycling nutrients for sustainable agricultural production lines. In a next step, new value-added chains, operator and financing models as well as institutional arrangements were established.
Embedding the activities into a transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research design with appropriate methods of knowledge integration ensured results to be implemented and strengthens their applications within and beyond the region.
Target groups
- Policy
- Regional planning authorities
- Environment and approval authorities
- Waste water disposers
- Farmers and agricultural associations
- Local municipalities
- Electric power industry
- Nature conservation organisations
Partners
- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) Müncheberg
- University of Applied Sciences in Eberswalde (HNEE)
- Technical University Berlin (TUB)
- Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS)
- Humboldt University Berlin (HUB)
- Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB)
- Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG)
- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim
- ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH (ECT)
- Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Free University Berlin (FUB)
- Research Institute for Bio-active Polymer Systems (Biopos)