Dieter Cuypers

How so, retaining water in the polders? After all, polders are pieces of land reclaimed from the water, and everything there used to revolve around getting rid of it. Yet, since 2017, efforts in this drained polder landscape have also been directed at retaining water instead of only discharging it. This has led to dynamic water and level management—but what does that actually mean?

MOSAIC is a new EU-funded project working to understand and influence how land-use across Europe is managed. Twenty organisations from across Europe are collaborating on the 4.5-year MOSAIC project. VITO coordinates the project at the European level. Additionally, VITO will collaborate with INBO, ILVO, and VLM for Flanders, specifically in the recently recognised landscape parks.

For the first time, the numerous streams of renewable raw materials and processes in the Flemish economy have been mapped and their economic value for Flanders has been estimated.