Category: News
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Exploring River Restoration and Wetland Resilience at the Lower Inn
How can river restoration, wetland protection and biodiversity monitoring work together to create healthier landscapes? During the LIFE DAYS in Braunau, ALFAwetlands partner, European Wilderness Society, joined a field visit to the Lower Inn floodplains and gained valuable insights into one of the region’s important river restoration initiatives. Field visits like this help translate restoration…
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Session 6 Wetlands in Action Webinar Series
The webinar Session 6 “Tools for Climate-Resilient Wetland Restoration” took place on 06 May 2026 from 10:00 – 11:30 CEST. This time our our presentations and experts were: Our previous sessions If you missed our previous four sessions, find more details and recording here:
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ALFAwetlands Field Visit: Restoring Space for Water
In the beginning of March ALFAwetlands team of the European Wilderness Society visited the Russbach region near Deutsch-Wagram in the Marchfeld plain (Lower Austria), together with representatives from LIFE AMooRe and local stakeholders and decisions makers. The field visit provided an on-the-ground view of how historical drainage and river engineering reshaped the landscape and how…
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Advancing Gender Equality in Wetland Restoration
Wetland restoration is not only about ecosystems, it is about people.At ALFAwetlands, we recognise that gender equality is essential to achieving sustainable and impactful restoration outcomes. On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the vital contributions of women in wetland research, restoration, and community stewardship. We continue working to ensure gender equality is reflected throughout our…
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Healthy soils — healthy cities, wetlands & climate
Celebrating World Soil Day 2025 with ALFAwetlands! Every year, 5 December marks World Soil Day — a global reminder that soil underpins our food security, biodiversity, climate resilience and more. This year’s theme is “Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities” emphasising the vital role soils play even in urban environments. Beneath pavements, roads and buildings lies…
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The Influence of Temperature and Precipitation on Methane Emissions
One of the recent scientific articles, released with the support of ALFAwetlands project is the “Air temperature and precipitation constraining the modelled wetland methane emissions in a boreal region in northern Europe”. The article is led by the project partner, Finnish meteorological institute. It provides research based information about the influence of temperature and precipitation…
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ALFAwetlands newest results: Recommendations for wetland restoration, Part 2
One of the ALFAwetlands current important results is the Report on the “Recommendations for wetland restoration” and is already available! The Report among other includes: Please also read: Part 1 ALFAwetlands results: Recommendations for wetland restoration. The Figure shows countries in which restoration projects have been implemented. The number of projects included in the database…
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ALFAwetlands newest results: Recommendations for wetland restoration, Part 1
The ALFAwetlands project is an ambitious initiative focused on exploring the role of wetland restoration in Europe’s journey towards climate neutrality and resilience. One of its important results is the Report on the “Recommendations for wetland restoration” and is already available now! The Figure 1 on the top of this page shows an overview of…
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From Wetlands to Market
Wetland restoration holds the potential not only for ecological recovery but also for reweaving the socialfabric. It is important to understand the historical context to build sucesssful future restoration strategies. Wetlands as a Cradle of Life and Social Bonds Prehistoric wetlands provided not only food but also a stable foundation for the emergence of early…