Good News : The paper drafted by a group of government officials was NOT endorsed at the Water Directors’ meeting November the 29!! This document included a series of proposed changes to the WFD which, if ever put into effect, would constitute a significant weakening of the legislation. The letter sent to Water Directors on […]
Living Rivers Europe coaltion (European Anglers Alliance, EEB, ERN, Wetlands International et WWF) sent to the Water Directors, before the meeting in Vienna 29 and 30 November, a letter to express there grave concerns over the process and the content of the work of the Consultation Group on the future of the Water Framework Directive […]
Read the Rivernews France November 2018 (french only) Contents : Notre Directive-Cadre sur l’Eau est menacée ! Continuité écologique : Pays-Bas 1 / France 0 Le Prix EuroNatur 2018 attribué à … La Métropole du Grand Paris adopte le Big Jump ! Effacement sur la Sélune, Abaissement sur l’Allier L’Eau vous consulte : Donnez votre avis ! En bref… […]
The #ProtectWater campaign call exceeded 100,000 signatures in less than a month. Congratulation !! But that’s not enough for the European Commission! The announced threat of a weakening of the Framework Directive is coming to fruition. Member States have been preparing a paper on the future of the WFD which is explicit on the need […]
The #ProtectWater campaign call exceeded 100,000 signatures in less than a month. Congratulation !! But it is not enough ! For the second phase of the campaign, we launched new visuals to engage the public. The threat of seeing our emblematic species disappear if the WFD is changed or weakened is the theme for the […]
European rivers and lakes are under attack ! Act now to protect them ! Participate in the European Commission’s public consultation ! This is the appeal of the online campaign #ProtectWater, lunched today by WWF, the European Environmental Bureau, European Anglers Alliance, European Rivers Network and Wetlands International, who together form the Living Rivers Europe […]
The WFD is one of the most ambitious, holistic pieces of EU environmental legislation ever to pass. The new report by WWF, EEB, the European Anglers Alliance and European Rivers Network shows, where political will exists, the WFD provides an effective framework for addressing the main pressures facing rivers, lakes, wetlands, streams and groundwater. This […]
++ Women block bridge in Bosnia-Herzegovina for over a year to protect their river ++ New attempt by the investor to vacate the bridge has been successfully fended off ++ Documentary on resistance against dams in the Balkans now available on iTunes ++ Press release from “Blue Heart” campaign, Riverwatch, EuroNatur Kruščica, Vienna, Radolfzell, […]
Press release from EuroNatur 4 july 2018 2018 EuroNatur Award goes to Roberto Epple, founding President of the European Rivers Network, he has devoted himself for decades to the wild rivers of Europe. Hydroelectric dams downgrade living river landscapes into a string of species-poor reservoirs. This trend has been resisted with body and soul by […]
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ERN is the official WWF Freshwater Partner in France and cooperates with WWF Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands and others
