{"id":5217,"date":"2026-11-04T09:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T09:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2026-11-04T10:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:00:39","slug":"beside-autumn-school-explores-digital-tools-for-wetland-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/beside-autumn-school-explores-digital-tools-for-wetland-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"BESIDE Autumn School explores Digital Tools for Wetland Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5217\" class=\"elementor elementor-5217\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc77e89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc77e89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b9d226\" data-id=\"1b9d226\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd86cdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd86cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1166-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5218\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1166-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1166-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1166-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1166-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1166-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6923921 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6923921\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8f46e1\" data-id=\"f8f46e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81e09c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81e09c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants in the BESIDE Autumn School 2026, held from 26 to 30 October at the University of Aveiro, had the opportunity to explore the RESTORE4Cs Decision Support Tool, an interactive platform designed to support the assessment, monitoring and restoration of European coastal wetlands.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The session was delivered by Anis Guelmami (Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory\/Tour du Valat), based on a programme jointly developed with Christoph Schr\u00f6der (European Topic Centre\/University of Malaga). Participants were introduced to the platform&#8217;s main functionalities, including interactive maps, environmental indicators and tools for identifying potential wetland restoration areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44870e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44870e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-267343b\" data-id=\"267343b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e129d03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e129d03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9285-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5222\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9285-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9285-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9285-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9285-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9285-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e4f39e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e4f39e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e5fd47\" data-id=\"5e5fd47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b67e122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b67e122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a hands-on activity, participants completed specific tasks to explore the platform and understand how its data and tools can support restoration planning and decision-making. The exercise concluded with short presentations in which participants shared their findings for different European countries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd1f0d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd1f0d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d71fcb\" data-id=\"3d71fcb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e85a2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e85a2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1175-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5220\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1175-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1175-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1175-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1175-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beside-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1175-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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conservation and restoration.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RESTORE4Cs is one of the EU-funded projects contributing to the BESIDE Platform, supporting the project&#8217;s goal of connecting scientific knowledge with practical solutions for sustainable natural resource management.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Explore the RESTORE4Cs Interactive Platform:\u00a0<\/strong><a style=\"font-style: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/biodiversity.uma.es\/knowledge-platform\/wetlands-ecosystem\/interactive-tools\/european-coastal-wetlands-interactive-platform\/\">https:\/\/biodiversity.uma.es\/knowledge-platform\/wetlands-ecosystem\/interactive-tools\/european-coastal-wetlands-interactive-platform\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f7f27b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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