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WaterLANDS: Water-based solutions for carbon storage, people and wilderness

WaterLANDS: Water-based solutions for carbon storage, people and wilderness

Peatlands

WaterLANDS restores wetland sites across Europe that have been decimated by human activity and lay the foundations for scalable protection across much wider areas.

The project undertakes hands-on restoration of specific wetland sites, covering an initial 10,500 ha, and creates best practice models that can be applied to wetland restoration at other sites. By engaging with local communities and stakeholders, the project will ensure that wetland restoration results not only in environmental gains, but also social and economic benefits for the communities involved.

Our role is to connect the policy and governance work with communication, dissemination and upscale wetland restoration. We propose transformative roadmaps and advocacy tools for decision-makers and practitioners in ecological restoration and contribute to the achievement of international targets such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the EU Green Deal. These tools are promoted to the relevant stakeholders and the general public across the EU.