On 22 June 2022, the European Commission presented its long-awaited proposal for a law to restore Europe’s degraded ecosystems, habitats and species. The draft law, […]

On 8 and 9 November, Wetlands International Europe participated in the stakeholder consultation on the Annual Action Programme (AAP) 2023 for the Neighbourhood Development and […]

Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval retires on 9 November from the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) after a long carrier in waterbird research and management. In the late-1980s, Jean-Yves […]

On 25-26 October, Wetlands International Europe hosted an online workshop on improving the conservation status of migratory freshwater fish in Europe. This acted as the first […]

On 27 October, Wetlands International Europe attended a roundtable on Water, Peace and Conflict: Exchanging Opportunities and Best Practices, organised by the European Peace Liaison Office […]

On 26th October 2022, Horizon 2020 project WaterLANDS and Interreg North-West Europe project Care-Peat hosted a joint event in Brussels to discuss peatland policy recommendations […]

The 3rd European Rivers Summit took place in Brussels, Belgium, from 29 September to 01 October. The four-day event, organised by Wetlands International Europe and […]

Wetlands and nature-based solutions need feature higher on the political agendas of the EU and its member states, due to the concerning developments in these […]

#DamBusters, a documentary exploring why river heroes from across Europe are working to remove dams, has now been released worldwide. The 73-minute feature length documentary […]

The Italian Centre for River Restoration and Wetlands International Europe have launched a new website on river connectivity www.freeflowingrivers.eu to draw attention to the importance of […]