Tag: rewilding rivers

Dam removal in Europe goes from strength to strength

May 14, 2025  |  News

The removal of dams and other barriers is one of the best ways to rewild rivers and enhance the benefits they deliver to people and nature. Dam Removal Europe’s latest progress report – which reveals a record number of dams were removed from European rivers in 2024 – shows the European dam removal movement continuing to gather pace.

Dam removal boosts connectivity in Nordic Taiga

October 23, 2024  |  News

A grant from the Open Rivers Programme has enabled the removal of a number of small dams in the catchment of the Vindel River, in the Nordic Taiga rewilding landscape. By enabling the free flow of water, this will help to revitalise waterscapes and the wildlife populations they support.

Rewilding efforts breathe new life into Oder Delta waterways

July 27, 2024  |  News

In the Oder Delta, which is shared between Germany and Poland, many rivers have been negatively impacted by human intervention. Recent river restoration work carried out by the local rewilding team and partners on the Polish side is reinvigorating two tributaries of the Ina River, with benefits for nature and people.

Rewilding Europe supports the #ProtectWater campaign

October 10, 2018  |  News

Inviting widespread public support, the objective of the campaign is to keep the EU’s Water Framework Directive as rigorous as possible. With many EU member states failing to meet the targets of the directive, rewilding can help to improve the health of European water ecosystems and guarantee sustainable supplies of freshwater.

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