ALFAwetlands blog
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Living Lab Open Day in Austria
On 24th May 2024 ALFAwetlands Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab Open Day had been conducted. It took place in Illmitz, Austria, at the Lake Neusiedl. There visitors learnt about ALFAwetlands project, its Living Labs, restoration activities, about the Lake Neusiedl and research done. Living Lab Open Day took place from 14:00 till 23:00 at 2 Locations: Furthermore,…
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Young researchers’ introduction – Ville Tuominen
ALFAwetlands encourages input of young researches to the project. We have already introduced Leo Raivonen from Luke. Now it´s time for Ville Tuominen from FMI. I’m Ville Tuominen, a young scientist working at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). My background is in Systems and Operations research at Aalto University in Finland, and I ended up…
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Investigating the benefits and costs of wetland restoration
ALFAwetlands’ Work Package 5 focuses on the benefits and costs of wetland restoration. We use three separate surveys to acquire this information: The surveys will be carried out in six ALFAwetlands partner countries: Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Austria and Spain. Exploring the recreational use of wetlands The survey focusing on the recreational use of wetlands…
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Young researcher’s introduction – Leo Raivonen
I am a first-year doctoral researcher working in the Wetland Restoration for the Future – ALFAwetlands project on the economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits and related costs of wetland restoration. Before explaining more about what that means in practice, let me share the story of how I ended up where I am now. Before…
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International Day of Forests 2024
The International Day of Forests is annually celebrated on 21st of March. ALFAwetlands joins the celebration and highlights its Living Labs sites, which include peatland and riparian forests! The reason to celebrate this Day is raises awareness and the importance of all types of forests for biodiversity, climate regulation, and human well-being. Celebrating forests helps…
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Peatlands restoration in Western Czechia
ALFAwetlands continues sharing knowledge, gained by our expert, Vlado Vancura, who had joint synergy meetings and the study tour to wetlands restoration practices in Czech Republic. In the last decade, Western Bohemia in Czech Republic has already gained rich experience with the restoration of peatlands. Good examples of such a process are the restoration of…
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Peat bogs revitalization and restoration
More than 9,000 years ago, extensive peatlands were formed along the line of the Ore Mountains, located on the modern territory of Czech Republic. Natural feature, which was heavily damaged by peat extraction and drainage for centuries, is now an endangered habitat. These areas were declared on both sides of the border: on Czech and…
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Learning from past restoration projects
Under ALFAwetlands Work Package 1, EVINBO and MSF partners are conducting a literature review focusing on restoration measures and approaches implemented in European wetlands over the past 40 years. Primary objective is to gain valuable insights into the entire process of restoration projects, including the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation phase. This will help to…
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Wetlands restoration in Slavkovský les
To learn about wetlands restoration practices and build ALFAwetlands synergies with other projects and initiatives, European Wilderness Society have visited various Czech Republic wetlands restoration sites. It was a part of the study tour, organised in October 2023 by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Carpathian Wetlands Initiative…
