Danish municipalities are turning their attention to Skanör. Last week, municipal officials from Denmark visited to see how nature-based protective barriers can help combat rising sea levels while also serving as habitats for plants and animals.
The protective embankments on the Falsterbo Peninsula are a project that Ecogain helped design in collaboration with the Municipality of Vellinge, Lund University of Technology, and the Swedish Geotechnical Institute. The solution is nature-based: instead of asphalt or short-cut grass, the embankments are covered with natural, local vegetation that both protects the community from rising sea levels and enhances local biodiversity.
Nature-based solutions with dual benefits
Many Danish municipalities face exactly the same challenge as the Falster Peninsula, and there is great interest in learning from the Swedish example. When protection against the sea can also serve as a new habitat for plants and animals, climate adaptation becomes more than just a defensive measure. It is this dual benefit that the Danish guests wanted to see firsthand, and which they are now taking home with them.
