Outcomes

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Scientific data

Empowering indigenous resilience with treatment wetlands. (https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-sustainability/fulltext/S2949-7906(24)00235-0)

Constructed wetlands as nature based solutions – hands-on activities to highlight their potential to minimize ocean pollution. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11852-024-01044-3)

Saltmarsh plants role in metals retention and the potential of vegetation for metal removal in the long term. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772411524000016)

The Role of Estuarine Wetlands (Saltmarshes) in Sediment Microplastics Retention. (https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/7/1382)

Identification of Antibiotic Resistance Gene Hosts in Treatment Wetlands Using a Single-Cell Based High-Throughput Approach. (https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/13/2432)

Cellular stress affects the fate of microbial resistance to folate inhibitors in treatment wetlands.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722044163)

Antibiotics removal from aquaculture effluents by ozonation: chemical and toxicity descriptors. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135422004511)

Potential of nature-based solutions to reduce antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, and pathogens in aquatic ecosystems. a critical. review (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174273)

Nature-based solutions for antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance removal in tertiary wastewater treatment: Microbiological composition and risk assessment. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122038)


Outreach and dissemination

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6th IWA International Conference on Eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (IWA – ecoSTP) 26-29 June 2023, Girona, Spain – Oral presentation. Premio mejor póster del congreso.

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34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Europe (SETAC) 5-9 May 2024, Sevilla, Spain – Poster presentation.

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17th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control 6 –10 November 2022 in Lyon, France

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Outcomes

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Partners

NATURE project gathers the expertise and knowledge of six international partners.

Problem

The diffusion of antibiotics in aquatic environments contribute to water pollution.

Project overview

Nature project will assess the effectiveness of using NBS to reduce aquatic pollutants.

Solution

Nature-based solutions are green systems to reduce antibiotics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance from aquatic ecosystems.

NEWS

12/11/2024

The final NATURE Project event took place at the CIIMAR facilities. Porto, Portugal. 5th of November 2024.

12/09/2024

The results of the NATURE Project were presented in the press and on the radio. September 2024.

25/07/2024

6th IWA International Conference on Eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (IWA – ecoSTP) 26-29 June 2023, Girona, Spain – Oral

Partners

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Funding: Aquatic Pollutants call 2020. ID: 243
The authors would like to thank the European Commission (and AEI, IFD, BMBF, FCT, and Sida) for funding in the frame of the collaborative international consortium (NATURE) financed under the 2020 AquaticPollutants Joint call of the AquaticPollutants ERA-NET Cofund (GA Nr. 869178). This ERA-NET is an integral part of the activities developed by the Water, Oceans and AMR JPIs.

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