Pollen composition monitoring in Navarre 2025-2029
We intend to adapt Navarre to climate change, to reinforce the network of atmospheric pollen atmospheric pollen and improve data analysis in order to monitor pollen throughout Navarra.
The LIFE-IP NAdapta-CC project , coordinated by the Government of Navarra, aims to adapt Navarra to climate change. Within this project, the Institute of Public and Labor Health of Navarra leads the initiative "Pollen composition monitoring in Navarra 2025-2029", which seeks to strengthen the network of atmospheric pollen collectors and improve the analysis of data to carry out a monitoring of pollen throughout the region. Tasks developed by the Biodiversity and Environment Institute BIOMA.
This contract responds to a growing need: between 15% and 20% of the population of Navarre suffers from some form subject pollen allergy, a problem aggravated by the effects of climate change, which is altering both the pollination seasons and the intensity of emissions. With the creation of a pollen calendar and the dissemination of alerts to the public, the contract aims to improve the quality of life of allergy sufferers and provide the health system with more effective tools for prevention and care.
General objectives
The main goal of the project is to adapt Navarra to climate change through various fields of action. In the specific case of this contract, the following objectives stand out:
CAPTATORS
Expanding and maintaining the network of pollen collectors in the Community of Navarre
COMPOSITION
To systematically analyze the composition of pollen in the atmosphere.
ALGORITHMS
Develop and implement new methodologies and algorithms to improve the accuracy, speed and efficiency of data processing.
FORECAST
Develop weekly forecasts of pollen concentrations and pollen types
CALENDAR
Design and maintain an updated pollen calendar.
PUBLIC SERVICES
Providing core topic information to public health services
CITIZENSHIP
Informing and raising public awareness
Principal Investigators
Arturo Ariño
coordinator and IP
BIOMA Institute researcher team
External collaborators
Anabel Perez
Duration:
1/01/2025 - 31/12/2029
Funding:
44,730 - Government of Navarra
Location:
Community of Navarra
core topic
WHY IS THIS project NECESSARY?
In Navarra, between 15% and 20% of the population suffers from some subject of pollen allergy. With the advance of climate change, pollination periods and pollen intensity are altered, which directly affects thousands of people. This contract makes it possible to maintain a monitoring network that serves to alert society to atmospheric pollen peaks and to provide public health services with tools to prevent allergic crises.
WHAT SOLUTIONS IS THIS CONTRACT STUDYING?
Thanks to this contract, the pollen monitoring network is being expanded throughout Navarra and new methodologies and algorithms are being developed to calculate the presence of pollen more accurately and efficiently. In addition, the contract allows the implementation of a pollen calendar, which organizes and predicts the seasonality of the different types of pollen. All these advances are shared with the Institute of Public and Labor Health of Navarra to make them available to society in an easily accessible way.
HOW DOES THIS CONTRACT AFFECT THE COMPANY?
This pollen monitoring network in Navarra has a direct impact on public health. It allows the population to anticipate episodes of high pollen concentration, reducing risks and improving the quality of life of allergy sufferers, provides health professionals with reliable and updated information, facilitating diagnosis, treatment and preventive measures, and contributes to adapt Navarra to climate change, by understanding how the vegetation and pollen content in the air has varied following the current climatic dynamics.