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
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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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400 kg of garbage: How clean rivers help Slovensky raj
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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Chinook salmon die-off as a consequence of climate change
The numbers of Chinook Salmon have dropped drastically in the recent years. In Columbia, US, 17 million salmon used to
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Lets Save the last WILD Rivers of Europe
Wild, free-flowing rivers are a beauty of nature that can be rarely found in Europe nowadays. But the Balkans in
Continue reading 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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Ongoing river destruction in Romania
The following message from the ‘Group of local Initiative – The Coalition for Biodiversity’ has come to our attention, which
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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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How we lose our last wild rivers
Most of the European rivers already lost their wild character, and the handful remaining wild rivers are quickly disappearing.
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WILDRivers in Ukraine
This are the Briefs for three WILDRivers in Ukraine – Mala Uholka, Shyrokyy Luh and Velyka Uholka WILDRiver. All are
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First European River Summit to save Europe’s last wild rivers
According to the recent European State of Water report from the European Environment Agency, nearly two thirds of European rivers are in
Continue reading Belá WILDRiver under Threat
It is impossible to overlook the intensity and extent of excavations with heavy machines in the Bela river, Slovakia. The
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Romania: Management of Protected Areas and Wild Rivers
Romania is a source of vast natural beauty. It has a variety of unique landscapes; notably some of the largest
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New EU Report reveals shocking state of European waters
The European State of Water 2018 report, published this month, has concluded that only 40% of EU freshwater is of
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