{"id":4297,"date":"2023-09-22T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wattega.eu\/2023\/09\/22\/sant-boi-respira-verd-project-wins-a-3-75-million-euro-state-grant\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:47:41","slug":"sant-boi-respira-verd-project-wins-a-3-75-million-euro-state-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wattega.eu\/en\/sant-boi-respira-verd-project-wins-a-3-75-million-euro-state-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Sant Boi Respira + Verd project wins a 3.75 million euro state grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

ERF has collaborated in obtaining a grant from the Biodiversity Foundation to promote renaturalization actions in Spanish cities<\/em><\/h3>\n
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The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, through the Biodiversity Foundation, has given the green light to the Sant Boi Respira + Verd project, which aims to renaturalize the municipality, promote urban biodiversity and improve the connection between the urban center and the natural environment, including forest, agricultural and river areas.<\/p>\n

The grant, totaling \u20ac3,743,010.99, was drawn up by the ERF-Energy & Sustainability consulting firm, as an expert in environmental consulting and sustainable city strategies. ERF has contributed to the definition of the planning and executive actions that make up the Sant Boi Respira + Verd Strategy, focused on improving ecological connectivity between urban green spaces and the natural environment, increasing the renaturalized surface, promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services. The Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and the Sant Joan de D\u00e9u Health Park have collaborated in the project.<\/p>\n

According to the project, Sant Boi will obtain 26,000 m\u00b2 of new green spaces and will improve the conditions of 39,000 m\u00b2 of existing spaces.<\/p>\n

Some of the main actions contemplated are:<\/p>\n