🌊 PESACONAT | Joint Methodologies for Laboratory, Field and Diving Activities

One of the first major achievements of the PESACONAT – Preventing the Erosion of Sandy Black Sea Coasts through a Nature-Based Solution project is the development and harmonisation of the scientific methodologies that will support the implementation of all project activities.

Within Activity 1.1, experts from all four project partners worked together to prepare a common set of methodologies, ensuring that the same scientific procedures and standards will be applied across the study areas in Romania, Türkiye and Georgia.

The developed methodologies include:

🔹 fieldwork procedures;

🔹 laboratory methodologies for water and sediment analyses;

🔹 a special methodology for diving and underwater monitoring activities;

🔹 protocols for the identification and mapping of Zostera noltii habitats;

🔹 standardised procedures for data collection and pilot site monitoring.

The harmonisation of these methodologies across the consortium ensures consistency, comparability and high scientific quality throughout the project implementation.

These methodologies constitute the scientific foundation for the next project stages, including habitat mapping, environmental monitoring and the implementation of nature-based solutions aimed at preventing coastal erosion in the Black Sea.

The PESACONAT project is funded by the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme and is implemented by a consortium of partners from Romania, Türkiye and Georgia.