ALFAwetlands blog
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ALFAwetlands Consortium meeting-2025
The ALFAwetlands Consortium held its annual meeting from June 26–28, 2025, in the vibrant academic city of Tartu, Estonia. Nestled near one of Europe’s largest bogs, Tartu served as the ideal location to host the event, bringing together over 50 experts and partners from across Europe. The meeting was hosted by the University of Tartu
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ALFAwetlands and sister projects at INTECOL Conference
The INTECOL Wetlands Conference took place together with the 20th Annual Meeting of Society of Wetland Scientists Europe in Tartu, Estonia on June 29-July 4, 2025. ALFAwetlands, together with its sister projects REWET, Restore4Cs and WET Horizons joint it! ❗ Sister projects joint Symposium 13: Restoration of wetlands: Pathways, trade-offs and co-benefits had been conducted
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Austria’s Approach to the Ramsar Convention
Water is life. For centuries, wetlands have been the world’s natural sponges—absorbing water, protecting ecosystems, and supporting an extraordinary array of plant and animal life. However, these critical habitats are under threat from urban expansion, industrial activities, and climate change. Austria, a country known for its commitment to environmental protection, is putting a lot of
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Living lab Open Day in Sanginjoki, Finland
Despite the rainy weather, there was plenty of atmosphere and interested visitors in Sanginjoki river area on Sunday, June 8th, as the ALFAwetlands project, in collaboration with Metsähallitus (state enterprise managing and developing Finland’s state-owned land and water areas), the City of Oulu, BusinessOulu and several local nature organizations, hosted the ALFAwetlands Living Lab Open
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Restoration projects across Austria, Part 2
Within the ALFAwetlands research project we are also investigating different restoration projects and learning their experience. Our research shows, that here are more and more wetlands restoration projects are being implemented in Austria. And with the time deeper understanding of wetlands importance is gained. Please also read: Restoration projects across Austria, Part 1 Hydrological and
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Restoration projects across Austria, Part 1
Within ALFAwetlands research project we, among other, are investigating different restoration projects and learning their experience. There is already a number of restoration projects in Austria, which is a one of the ALFAwetland´s project countries. Over the years, in Austria, similar to many other countries, extensive draining for agriculture and peat extraction has led to
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ALFAwetlands in the 2025 City Nature Challenge
In April 2025, ALFAwetlands actively participated in the City Nature Challenge (CNC), engaging citizens of different European countries in documenting wetland biodiversity and raising awareness about wetlands value. Building upon the success of the 2024 initiative, the 2025 ALFAwetlands CNC expanded to include new Living Lab sites in Rampillon, France, and Tarragona, Spain, alongside the
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ALFAwetlands Living Lab in Spain
ALFAwetlands contains 9 Living Labs in 10 European countries. One of them, comprising 4 sites, is located in Spain and is managed by the University of Barcelona. Tordera: relict flooded forests in the Mediterranean Basin Roureda de Tordera is a forested area (35 ha) located in the lowlands of the La Tordera River. The uniqueness
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Join exciting biodiversity observations 2025
This year ALFAwetlands will again join City Nature Challenge initiative as an important citizens engagement activity. This will support understanding of wetlands importance and biodiversity benefits by involving the public in data collection and awareness initiatives. The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is an annual global community science event that encourages individuals worldwide to document urban biodiversity. Participants photograph
