Adaptation Actions

SALAM-MED Sustainable Approaches to LAnd and water Management in MEditerranean Drylands

10/07/25

Duration:

2022 – 2025

Coordinator:

University of Sassari (IT)

Project link: https://www.salam-med.org/

Funding:

EU PRIMA

Sector:

Agriculture and Livestock

SALAM-MED identifies, tests, and validates nature-based practical solutions to enhance the resilience of threatened socio-ecological systems in Mediterranean drylands or to restore degraded ecosystems in arid and hyper-arid regions. The project explores the following solutions:

Adaptive vegetation management,
Integrated olive grove management,
Innovative technologies to improve grazing management and preserve ecosystem services in degraded rangelands within agroforestry systems,
Water harvesting and groundwater retention technologies,
Microbial consortia for improved productivity in drylands,
Managed aquifer recharge
Wadi basin water harvesting

Status:

In progress

Geographic Region:

European Union

Target audience:

Business

Co-beneficiaries: https://www.salam-med.org/partners/

Key Deliverables:

Contact Details:

Name: Stavros Solomos

Organization: Academy of Athens

E-mail: ssolomos@Academyofathens.gr