ALFAwetlands blog
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ALFAwetlands Annual Meeting
From 8th till 12th of May ALFAwetlands Annual meeting took place in France. Main hosting partner was the French National Centre for Scientific Research, based in Toulouse. Beside Toulouse, partners also visited one of the ALFAwetlands Living Lab France sites -Rampillon, located close to Paris. Please also read: ALFAwetlands press release Meeting Agenda More than
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Wetlands in Europe at the dawn of history
Wetlands in Europe at the dawn of history used to be one of the dominant ecosystems. After the last glaciation retreated, they covered extensive areas and significantly contributed to maintaining of the continental water balance. Wetlands already in the past were important source of the water that supported all forms of life. Even in last
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Wetlands restoration in Slovakia
Wetlands are important Wetlands are critical part of our natural environment. They are the vital link between land and water. They provide a huge benefit in sheltering important biodiversity and in addition, they also provide a wide range of benefits to people. In Slovakia the leading organization dealing for 25 years with wetlands restoration is NGO Broz (Bratislava
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Impacts of the EU’s proposed restoration regulation on habitat and peatland targets in Finland
EU’s Nature Restoration Law proposal sets targets for restoration. Initial assessment of the potential impacts for Finland have been published by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Large-scale restoration mainly in wetlands, forests, and inland waters must be conducted to halt biodiversity loss. However, the state of the ecosystems and needed restoration actions are still
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Living Laboratories
ALFAwetlands HORIZON project, supported by the European Union, is focusing on the various kind of peatlands, wetlands and floodplains across the Europe. The project is multinational and it includes 10 EU countries. The Living Laboratories (Living Labs) are fundamental for ALFAwetlands project. One of the ultimate goals of this project is to improve the geospatial knowledge base of wetlands. Living
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A new wetlands National Park in Slovakia?
Podunajsko National Park The new Podunajsko National Park would be the tenth national park on the Slovak Republic the territory. At the same time, it would be the only Slovak park located on the wetlands. Recently, a group of members of the National Council of the Slovak Republic came up with the initiative to create
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Importance of wetlands
Wetlands are extremely important. They provide a huge benefit in sheltering important biodiversity and in addition, they also provide a wide range of benefits to people. Nevertheless, since ancient times, humans have behaved very irresponsibly and have heavily damaged many of them. The result is that due to this behavior Europe lost about 80% of their original wetlands
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Soil Science days in Helsinki
ALFAwetlands was introduced to wider audience for the first time in connection of ‘Soil science days’ in Finland. The ‘Soil science days’ are organised every second year, this year 10 – 11 January 2023 in Helsinki by Finnish Society of Soil Sciences. Please also read: Peat in the Heat: European wetlands during Climate Change There were
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World Wetlands Day
2nd of February and its relation to wetlands World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on 2 February to raise awareness about them. Moreover, on the 30th of August 2021, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 75/317 that established 2 February as World Wetlands Day. This day also marks the anniversary of the Ramsar Convention
