ALFAwetlands blog
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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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Save the date: ALFAwetlands & REWET Final Conference
Save the date for the Final Conference of the ALFAwetlands and REWET projects, taking place on 17–18 September 2026 in Brussels. This joint event will bring together policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and other interested stakeholders to reflect on project achievements and to discuss the future of wetland restoration in Europe in the context of EU climate and nature policies. The event also…
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Citizen engagement activities in Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab
From 23 to 27 April 2026, citizen engagement returned to the Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab within the ALFAwetlands project. The City Nature Challenge 2026 and the Living Lab Open Day invited citizens, families, researchers and protected area representatives to document biodiversity of international importance and to explore the results and activities of ALFAwetlands. The focus was…
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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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Citizen engagement events 2026 at Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab
From 23 to 27 April 2026, citizen engagement returns to the Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab within the ALFAwetlands project. The City Nature Challenge 2026 and the Living Lab Open Day invite citizens to document biodiversity of international importance and explore the results and activities of ALFAwetlands. Many events in one place The Illmitz Information Centre in…
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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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Session 5 Wetlands in Action Webinar Series
The webinar Session 5 “From Policy to practice: Unlocking Wetland restoration through Markets, Regulation and Communities” took place on 21 April 2026 from 10:00 – 11:30 CEST. This time our our presentations and experts were: If you missed our previous four sessions, find more details here:
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Co-creation Online Training Course
ALFAwetlands Co-creation Training Course: Inclusive processes for collaborative actions starts soon! ALFAwetlands Co-creation Training Course is a three-session online programme designed for practitioners working with Living Labs, knowledge co-creation, and participatory wetland restoration. Online training sessions will take place: Who is this for? This training is primarily for practitioners actively engaged in knowledge co-creation, Living Labs, or similar participatory processes for…
