Celebrating World Rivers Day 2025!
Every year, World Rivers Day reminds us of the importance of rivers for biodiversity, climate resilience, and human well-being. Rivers shape landscapes,
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Fântâna Banului Lake has completely dried up
Written by Calin Dejeu One of the worst ecocides in Romania is the destruction of the Danube Floodplain. Hundreds of
Read More$200 million investment in US rivers – World Fish Migration Day
Today on World Fish Migration Day, let’s draw attention to some good news from across the pond. Last week, the
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International Day of Action for Rivers – Antlers detect lead pollution
Today is the International Day of Action for Rivers! In Europe, many rivers suffer from pollution, whether through chemicals, nutrients
Read MoreA stand for free-flowing rivers on World Fish Migration Day
You might not have heard of it before, but today is World Fish Migration Day. Many fish species need to
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Montenegro bring halt to new small hydropower plants
Good news has reached us from Montenegro! Its government has announced its recent decision to stop licensing construction of new
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Over 1 million barriers block European rivers
The majority of rivers in Europe have been dammed, forded or bridged over the past centuries. Yet, an overview of
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Loss of an ancient fish: here for an epoch, gone in a day
A 65 million year old fish species, almost eliminated in the space of 60 years. That is sadly the story
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Vjosa National Park: Victory over hydropower on the doorstep
The last European wild rivers are under increasing threat, due to inadequate or complete lack of protection, traditional use or
Read MoreMigratory fish populations declined by 76% since 1970
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 in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
We already covered the main points of the new ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030‘ and its commitment to free-flowing rivers. But
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EU commits to support free-flowing rivers
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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European rivers threatened by more and more dams
A new report on the effects of damming on European rivers has highlighted how rivers are saturated with dams. Currently,
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Hydropower tsunami – shouldn’t there be something that we don’t destroy?
The Balkan Peninsula is home to the last wild rivers in Europe. At present, around 3,000 hydropower plants are planned
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AMBER – how they are changing rivers across Europe
The European Wilderness Society recently attended the week long Balkan River Defence event for a day. While listening to presentations
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Meeting Balkan River Defence
Last Thursday, the European Wilderness Society team participated at the Students for Rivers Camp, organised by the Balkan River Defence
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A victory for Mura river
Recently, the Slovene government has stopped the preparation of the spatial plan for a hydroelectric powerplant on Mura river. As
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Last days to sign for #ProtectWater
Have you signed already? So far, over 345,000 citizens took part in the EU wide campaign #ProtectWater! This campaign is
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Dyje WildRiver and Podyji Wilderness Brief
Today we are releasing two new and up to date Wilderness Briefs about Wilderness in the Czech Republic – Podyji
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Ecosystem services of alpine rivers
Only 14% of alpine rivers are in a good ecological state, according to a brochure of the project “Strategic Planning
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