Acronym: AquaPLAN
Keywords: #ArtificialLight; #AnthropogenicNoise; #Conservation
Coordinator/Lead Partner: University of Pisa (UNIPI), Biology Department, Italy
SZN Principal Investigator(s): Francesca Rossi/Francesco Caruso
Partnership: UNIPI, Bar Ilan Univ. BIU Israel, Plymouth PML UK, HAVFORSKNINGSINSTITUTTET Norway, Agencia Estatal CSIC Espana, SZN, Erinn Innovation Ireland, Univ. Plymouth UK, CEFAS UK, FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV FVB-IGB Germany, Univ. I Tromsoe Norway, Universiteit Leiden Ulei Netherland, Univ. Adelaide, Australia.
Funding body and amount: European Union under the Horizon Europe Programme, Grant Agreement No. 101135471 (AquaPLAN)
Overall funding: ~3.500.000 €
Funding to GMC-SZN: 160.000 €
Grant period: January 1st 2024 – December 30th 2027
Project in a nutshell:
AquaPLAN aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodiversity in European waters and facilitate the implementation of empirically sound strategies for managing these pollutants through novel interdisciplinary approaches.
Contacts: francesca.rossi(at)szn.it
To know more: https://aquaplan-project.eu/