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Workshop with stakeholders<\/h3>\n
On December 3, we held a final stakeholder meeting with participants from agriculture, tourism, fisheries, and NGOs who had been involved in workshops to co-develop the system dynamics socio-ecological model for Mar Menor. During this session, stakeholders were presented with the final user interface and interacted with the model, testing various long-term scenarios for sustainable management of Mar Menor.<\/p>\n
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Meeting with the Regional Government<\/h3>\n
On December 4, we welcomed Juan Mar\u00eda V\u00e1zquez, Regional Minister for the Environment, Universities, Research and the Mar Menor, and Antonio Caballero, General Director for Universities and Research, at the UCAM HiTech high technology incubator, where we showed a demo of our completed digital twin.<\/p>\n
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Meeting at the European Parliament<\/h3>\n
On December 10, a delegation of our team went to Brussels for a meeting with Spanish MEP Maravillas Abadia. During the session, we presented the project\u2019s key outcomes and discussed how the tools and insights generated over the past four years could contribute to more effective management and protection of the Mar Menor and other coastal lagoons.<\/p>\n
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The road ahead<\/h3>\n
As SMARTLAGOON closes its final chapter, the tools, technology, and knowledge we developed will ensure its legacy continues to benefit the Mar Menor and beyond. All resources created during the project – including the digital twin – will be handed over to public administrations to guarantee their ongoing use and effectiveness in managing the lagoon. With this transfer, SMARTLAGOON aims to empower governments and stakeholders to address the Mar Menor\u2019s complex challenges while also providing a model for managing other coastal lagoons across Europe. This handover marks not just the end of a project but the beginning of a new era of sustainable and data-driven environmental management.<\/p>\n
Although SMARTLAGOON has concluded, its impact will resonate for years to come. We leave confident in the knowledge that the tools we have developed will continue to support the preservation and stewardship of the Mar Menor, ensuring its beauty and ecological richness for generations to come.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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