Rexus
Managing resilient nexus systems through participatory system dynamics models.
Generalitat Valenciana, Third Vice-Presidency and Regional Ministry of the Environment, Infrastructure, Territory and Recovery.
Sustainability, Adaptation, Participation and Governance
University of Valencia, Acció Ecologista Agró, Councils Towns of Tavernes, Sagunto, Xeresa, Xeraco, Gandía, Benavites, Moncofa, IUCN, Felixx Landscape, MITECO and SEO/BirdLife.
Finished in February 2026
Coastal wetlands face fragmented management, with multiple administrations and users, poor coordination, and difficulties in integrating environmental, agricultural, and social objectives. This situation limits the effectiveness of conservation measures, adaptation to climate change, and the prevention of water-related conflicts and risks in a climate change context.
The project addresses these challenges through an integrated approach that combines technical analysis, international exchange of experiences, and participatory processes. Based on pilot projects in the Valencian Community, it fosters dialogue among government agencies, managers, the agricultural sector, the scientific community, and civil society, with the aim of co-creating more effective, resilient, and replicable governance models. Cooperation with the Netherlands allows for the incorporation of proven lessons learned and the strengthening of long-term institutional capacities.
Concrete Measures
The measures are aimed at improving institutional coordination, water management, biodiversity conservation, and fundraising.
The workshop has greatly strengthened the ties between Dutch black-tailed godwit researchers and local ornithologists in Valencia. There is tremendous enthusiasm for taking the next step in ecological research and agricultural nature management related to the black-tailed godwit. Some farmers are even eager to participate. It remains to be seen whether the embassy's initiative will help in this regard. But everything starts with good relationships. This is a small but telling example of how your colleagues in Spain have recently utilized the connecting role that migratory birds play. I would like to express my hope that the positive connecting power of migratory birds will be used much more in these times when we could all use some connection.
Coastal wetlands face fragmented management, with multiple administrations and users, poor coordination, and difficulties in integrating environmental, agricultural, and social objectives. This situation limits the effectiveness of conservation measures, adaptation to climate change, and the prevention of water-related conflicts and risks in a climate change context.
The project addresses these challenges through an integrated approach that combines technical analysis, international exchange of experiences, and participatory processes. Based on pilot projects in the Valencian Community, it fosters dialogue among government agencies, managers, the agricultural sector, the scientific community, and civil society, with the aim of co-creating more effective, resilient, and replicable governance models. Cooperation with the Netherlands allows for the incorporation of proven lessons learned and the strengthening of long-term institutional capacities.
Concrete Measures
The measures are aimed at improving institutional coordination, water management, biodiversity conservation, and fundraising.
Generalitat Valenciana, Third Vice-Presidency and Regional Ministry of the Environment, Infrastructure, Territory and Recovery.
Sustainability, Adaptation, Participation and Governance
University of Valencia, Acció Ecologista Agró, Councils Towns of Tavernes, Sagunto, Xeresa, Xeraco, Gandía, Benavites, Moncofa, IUCN, Felixx Landscape, MITECO and SEO/BirdLife.
Finished in February 2026
The workshop has greatly strengthened the ties between Dutch black-tailed godwit researchers and local ornithologists in Valencia. There is tremendous enthusiasm for taking the next step in ecological research and agricultural nature management related to the black-tailed godwit. Some farmers are even eager to participate. It remains to be seen whether the embassy's initiative will help in this regard. But everything starts with good relationships. This is a small but telling example of how your colleagues in Spain have recently utilized the connecting role that migratory birds play. I would like to express my hope that the positive connecting power of migratory birds will be used much more in these times when we could all use some connection.
