Author: Lika Kvizhashvili
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ALFAwetlands at SERE Conference
ALFAwetlands and its sister projects joint SERE Conference in Estonia on 26-30 August, 2024! We were at the booth N8, located on the ground floor of the Estonian National Museum, near gate A and the registration area. The “joint moment” took place on 27th of August from 16:30 to 17:00. SERE-2024 is an international conference…
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Expert on biodiversity and ecosystem services
The call is over and we will keep you updated. ALFAwetlands is aiming to identify a set of indicators that can be used across wetland types to assess Biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) and the effect of land use change and restoration on them. Therefore we need your expertise! You, as an expert, will be…
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Importance of Beavers in Wetland Restoration: The UK Example
Beavers, known for their remarkable ability to transform landscapes through dam-building and waterway management, once thrived across the British Isles. Their journey from native inhabitants to locally extinct species and finally to their reintroduction highlights the complexities of human-wildlife interactions and the evolving understanding of ecological restoration. Ancient Inhabitants Beavers were once widespread across the…
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Living Lab Open Day in Germany
On 11th July, 2024 ALFAwetlands German Living Lab Open Day had been conducted. It took place in Malchin, Germany at the river Peene Valley. Visitors were invited to participate in excursions through the peatland and get more information about wetlands, learnt about ALFAwetlands project and restoration activities in the Upper Peene Valley. Educational input on the subject of…
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Fire Management of reed belt in Austria
Management of the reed belt is one of the most important topics of the ALFAwetlands Austrian-Hungarian ALFAwetlands Living Lab. Introduction Recent studies (Nemeth et al. 2022) have shown that large parts of the reed belt consist of reed stands that are decades old and that there are clear signs of progressive dieback processes in these…
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ALFAwetlands Midterm Conference
ALFAwetlands Midterm Conference took place between 21-24.05.2024 at the Lake Neusiedl – Seewinkel National Park Visitor Center, Illmitz, Austria. The Conference aimed to review the progress of ALFAwetlands implementation, present and exchange current results and discuss further plans; interact with the national and local stakeholders and broader public, raise awareness about the importance of wetlands…
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Meet ALFAwetlands partner: Finnish Meteorological Institute
We are continuing introducing ALFAwetlands partners. One of them is Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). Tuula Alto, FMI team leader, has prepared this post, we are sharing with you. Please also read: Young researchers’ introduction – Ville Tuominen About FMI FMI is a research and service organization under the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland.…