{"id":3195,"date":"2022-12-13T09:10:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T09:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/deepdrop-system-is-being-applied-in-the-life-nieblas-project-as-a-possible-irrigation-system-for-reforestation\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T10:31:46","slug":"deepdrop-system-is-being-applied-in-the-life-nieblas-project-as-a-possible-irrigation-system-for-reforestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/deepdrop-system-is-being-applied-in-the-life-nieblas-project-as-a-possible-irrigation-system-for-reforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"DeepDrop\u00ae System is being applied in the LIFE Nieblas project as a possible irrigation system for reforestation."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/deepdrop-system-is-being-applied-in-the-life-nieblas-project-as-a-possible-irrigation-system-for-reforestation\/#The_LIFE_Nieblas_project\" >The LIFE Nieblas project<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/deepdrop-system-is-being-applied-in-the-life-nieblas-project-as-a-possible-irrigation-system-for-reforestation\/#Methodologies_and_technologies_used\" >Methodologies and technologies used<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1452031897\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1281740642\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2352735395\" class=\"text justify\">\n\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The irrigation system <span style=\"color: #185d9a;\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"color: #185d9a;\" class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/', '');\">DeepDrop\u00ae<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> System has partnered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lifenieblas.com\/es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIFE Nieblas<\/a> project, to be incorporated as one of its methodologies for the recovery of soils at risk of desertification. LIFE Nieblas is an environmental rehabilitation project aimed at contributing to the mitigation of the effects of climate change. A total of 50 DeepDrop\u00ae units have been installed in an extension of plantations located in the Barranco de la Virgen area, on the island of Gran Canaria, where one of the first pilot tests is being carried out in conjunction with the LIFE Nieblas project.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1281740642 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 45px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-597958710\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1450050363\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PastedGraphic-1-300x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PastedGraphic-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PastedGraphic-1-247x167.jpg 247w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PastedGraphic-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PastedGraphic-1.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1450050363 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #185d9a;\"><span style=\"color: #185d9a;\" class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/www.creaf.cat\/es\/personal\/vicenc-carabassa-closa', '');\">Vicen\u00e7 Carabassa<\/span>,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creaf.cat\/es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CREAF<\/a> researcher and scientific supervisor of the LIFE Nieblas project, explains that &#8220;by installing the DeepDrop\u00ae System we hope to reduce evaporation losses and improve the survival, physiological state and growth of seedlings&#8221;. The collaboration between LIFE Fogs and the DeepDrop\u00ae System methodology lies in the possibility of exploring the improvement of the results of the systems being implemented, based on irrigation through water collected from fog.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1612576293\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-403271391\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1740454567\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC00596-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC00596-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC00596-247x139.jpg 247w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC00596-510x287.jpg 510w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC00596-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC00596-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC00596-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC00596-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC00596.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1740454567 {\n  width: 70%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-403271391 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1748509383\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\n  <span  class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/', '');\">DeepDrop\u00ae System<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> is a system that converts surface irrigation to subsurface and localized irrigation. DeepDrop\u00ae devices allow water to be guided directly to the root system of trees and shrubs. Another of its advantages is that it allows to control from the surface and at a glance if there are problems of obturation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1748509383 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_LIFE_Nieblas_project\"><\/span>The LIFE Nieblas project<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project focuses on the recovery of forests in degraded areas, demonstrating the effectiveness and efficiency of the fog water harvesting and irrigation systems used, in contrast to traditional methodologies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-282911527\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-712829313\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project focuses on the recovery of forests in degraded areas, demonstrating the effectiveness and efficiency of the fog water harvesting and irrigation systems used, in contrast to traditional methodologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main area of action is located on the island of Gran Canaria, where 20,000 trees and bushes will be planted on 35 hectares with a high risk of desertification, in the area of Barranco de la Virgen.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-712829313 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -60px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2126843961\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_168819383\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_168819383 {\n  width: 81%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-2126843961 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -60px 80px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">LIFE Nieblas is currently being carried out in Gran Canaria and Portugal, and once more results are obtained, it is planned to replicate the experience in the Mediterranean basin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itccanarias.org\/web\/es\/actividad\/proyectos\/life-nieblas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s2\">LIFE Nieblas project<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a> project is co-financed with funds from the EU and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cabildo.grancanaria.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s2\">Cabildo de Gran Canaria<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>which leads it together with the<\/span><span class=\"s3\">  canary public company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gesplan.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s4\">GESPLAN (Gesti\u00f3n y Planeamiento Territorial y Medioambiental, S.A, a public company of the Canary Islands).<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">), with the participation of the research center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creaf.cat\/es\/reforestacion-y-mitigacion-del-cambio-climatico-testado-evaluacion-y-transferencia-de-metodos-innovadores-basados-en-captacion-de-niebla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s2\">CREAF<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uab.cat\/web\/departamento-de-biologia-animal-de-biologia-vegetal-y-de-ecologia-1283928459885.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s5\">Autonomous University of Barcelona<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icia.es\/icia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s5\">Canary Islands Institute of Agrarian Research<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itccanarias.org\/web\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s5\">Technological Institute of the Canary Islands<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s5\">the University of La Laguna<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cimvdl.pt\/cim-viseu-dao-lafoes-apresenta-projeto-life-nieblas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s5\">Heredad de Aguas de Arucas y Firgas and the Intermunicipal Community Viseu D\u00e3o Laf\u00f5es of Portugal.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Methodologies_and_technologies_used\"><\/span><b>Methodologies and technologies used<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">An innovative methodology is used to capture water from the fog, which supplies water for irrigation to the areas where reforestation is being carried out.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-553294522\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-994668266\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1104569906\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1104569906 {\n  width: 90%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1629337625\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">From these fog water collectors, different technologies are used to irrigate the seedlings that will repopulate the areas to be reforested. These technologies are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Individual collectors as an independent reforestation system.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cocoon degradable irrigation tanks (developed in another LIFE project &#8216;The Green Link&#8217;). <a href=\"https:\/\/thegreenlink.eu\/es\/inicio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"s2\">LIFE project &#8216;The Green Link&#8217;)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Water tanks with an autonomous discharge system (AFDS) and irrigation network.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Traditional reforestation as a control group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And to these, the DeepDrop\u00ae irrigation system has now been added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DeepDrop\u00ae System has already proven <span  class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/last-year-the-trees-were-dormant\/', '');\"><br \/>   <span style=\"color: #185d9a;\">excellent results both in agriculture and in gardens, and in areas with desertifying soils<\/span><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"color: #185d9a;\">and<\/span> in areas with soils in the process of desertification or with very harsh conditions for cultivation. DeepDrop\u00ae System customers achieve an average of 40-70% water savings over surface irrigation models and obtain crop production conditions with good plant health. DeepDrop\u00ae System has been installed for citrus, peach, cherry, almond, walnut, subtropical (mango and avocado), olive, tomato, bell pepper, etc. plantations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vicen\u00e7 Carabassa, CREAF researcher and scientific supervisor of the LIFE Nieblas project, explains that &#8220;by installing the DeepDrop\u00ae System we hope to reduce evaporation losses and improve the survival, physiological state and growth of seedlings&#8221;. The collaboration between LIFE Fogs and the DeepDrop\u00ae System methodology lies in the possibility of exploring the improvement of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}