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WILDRivers 

International Day of Action for Rivers – Antlers detect lead pollution

March 14, 2022March 15, 20224 months ago Victoria Steckhan 263 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

Today is the International Day of Action for Rivers! In Europe, many rivers suffer from pollution, whether through chemicals, nutrients

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Wildlife 

Eurasian otters to be killed in Salzburg

February 18, 2021February 18, 20211 year ago Julia Ramsauer 1575 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

The Eurasian otter is a strictly protected species according to the Fauna-Flora-Habitats-Directive (FFH). Nevertheless, Austria has already allowed in the

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Wilderness Policy 

A river in New Zealand legally becomes a person

December 17, 2020December 16, 20202 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 1984 Views 1 Comment 8 min read

In 2017, an exceptional incident occurred. Whanganui River became the first waterway in the world to get legal personhood. The

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Research 

Migratory fish populations declined by 76% since 1970

August 20, 2020August 19, 20212 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 1834 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

In the last century, humans have altered the Earth’s surface in many ways. Most people are aware of climate change,

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Wilderness Policy WILDRivers 

EU commits to support free-flowing rivers

May 27, 2020September 30, 20202 years ago Vlado Vancura 2562 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The recently released the new EU-wide Biodiversity Strategy revealed the ambition to put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery

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Polesia, the largest floodplain of Europe under urgent threat

March 26, 2020May 11, 20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 2507 Views 1 Comment 6 min read

Back in 2013, Polish, Belarusian and Ukrainian governments agreed to the construction of a long shipping channel, refered to as

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WILDRivers 

400 kg of garbage: How clean rivers help Slovensky raj

October 30, 2019April 16, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 3501 Views 1 Comment 9 min read

Another Citizens Engagement Activity, organized by our employee and ex-IVY volunteer Hanna Öllös and our current IVY volunteer Jonas Sommer,

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WILDRivers 

AMBER – how they are changing rivers across Europe

July 23, 2019July 21, 20193 years ago 3153 Views 1 Comment 2 min read

The European Wilderness Society recently attended the week long Balkan River Defence event for a day. While listening to presentations

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