The latest report uncovers a surprising figure of (at least) 325 barriers have been removed in 16 European countries – a new record! As in 2021, most of the removed barriers were weirs, as these structures have a high probability of being old and obsolete and can be removed in a cost-efficient way. But large […]
On the occasion of World Water Day on 22 March and with a particularly dry spring and tensions on the resource already high, the media in the Haute Loire did not fail to talk about water sharing and the project we are proposing around the renewal of the Montpezat concession. Read the special report and […]
Ten years after the last meeting, SOS Loire Vivante – ERN is organising a new conference on the Loire salmon. This is an opportunity to take stock of the situation of the Atlantic salmon in the Loire and elsewhere. National and international experts will try to understand the reasons for the decline despite restoration efforts […]
The Sélune has been free since last autumn. After the dismantling of the two large dams, the path is free for sediment and migratory fish for almost 100 km. In a 12-minute video (in French and English) with spectacular images, you can follow the steps of the renaturalisation: Video in french https://vimeo.com/549070141 Video in english […]
ERN and more than 100 NGOs write to EU negotiators asking them to protect Europe’s rivers from new hydropower deployment in the revised Renewable Energy directive. Already in 2020, 150 NGOs signed a manifesto asking EU decision-makers to stop new hydropower development in Europe. Read the WWF press release: Ahead of the nextpolitical trilogue on […]
The new law concerning “the acceleration of the production of renewable energies” has seen the appearance in the Senate of amendments in favour of the development of micro-hydroelectricity to the detriment of water resources, biodiversity and, above all, the general interest. They were not in the project initially submitted. Fortunately, the Assembly did not retain […]
Since 2020, Dam Removal Europe (DRE) has been reported the number of obstacles removed* from rivers in Europe, results that were also highlighted in 2021 by The Guardian. From the beginning of this year and until 1 March, DRE is launching its 2022 data collection campaign, to share the final report in May 2023. This […]
Officially launched on 8 October 2021 by Mrs. Bérangère Abba, Secretary of State to the Minister of Ecological Transition, in charge of Biodiversity, the first shovels began to be dug in Rhinau and Marckolsheim this autumn 2022. A great technical challenge awaits EDF. These fish passes will be the largest ever built in France and […]
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