{"id":15800,"date":"2026-02-02T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/ebro-resilience-wetlands-a-landscape-to-protect-and-a-natural-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:42:54","slug":"ebro-resilience-wetlands-a-landscape-to-protect-and-a-natural-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/ebro-resilience-wetlands-a-landscape-to-protect-and-a-natural-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebro Resilience Wetlands: a landscape to protect and a natural technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This February 2 we celebrate World Wetlands Day<\/strong>, a date that commemorates the Ramsar Convention of 1971. However, this year we want to invite you to see these ecosystems from a different perspective: they are not just landscapes to protect, but intelligent tools and “natural technology”<\/strong> that allow us to coexist with the dynamics of our rivers. <\/p>

Within the framework of the Ebro Resilience Strategy<\/strong> and the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1<\/strong> project, wetlands have become benchmarks for Nature-based Solutions (NBS).<\/strong><\/p>

Three milestones in the middle stretch of the Ebro River<\/strong><\/p>

Through these interventions, spaces have been created and recovered that act as authentic “shields” against floods:<\/p>

La Nava Wetland (Alfaro, La Rioja):<\/strong> created in 2020, this area is an example of how river restoration can generate specific habitats, such as those designed for the European mink<\/strong>. Its construction included a design of “beaches” with very steep slopes to facilitate access for wildlife and vertical sections for nesting of the sapper flycatcher. <\/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

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2. La Roza Wetland (Alfaro, La Rioja):<\/strong> integrated in 2023 within a morphological adaptation that recovered 22 hectares of river space, this wetland communicates directly with the water table of the river<\/strong>. This guarantees a constant sheet of water that favors biodiversity in an area protected by the Natura 2000 Network. <\/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

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3. Wetland in the Meandro de Aguilar (Osera de Ebro – Fuentes de Ebro, Zaragoza):<\/strong> this is the most recent part of the project, completed at the end of 2025. With an area of 1.4 hectares<\/strong>, this wetland not only improves biodiversity, but also reinforces the natural capacity of the land to store water and sediments. Its surroundings will be renaturalized by planting 12,500 native trees<\/strong>, including poplar and elm trees resistant to graphiosis. <\/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

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The innovation of the “Lobes”: wetlands against flood<\/strong><\/p>

One of the most original and pioneering solutions are the Lobes, wetlands against flood <\/strong>, hydraulic defenses that take advantage of the river’s own erosion on the banks. Instead of repairing a broken defense with the classic method, a cell is created that functions as a wetland on the edge, in some cases, temporary, in others, permanent<\/strong>.<\/p>