To mark World Migratory Fish Day on Saturday 25 May, ERN-SOS Loire Vivante is launching three videos about Atlantic salmon and ecological continuity. These videos are previews of remixed extracts from the documentary entitled “Pour une fois qu’il faut laisser couler”, which will be released shortly. The 2-minute portrait and landscape modules presented here, in […]
Every two years, the WWF publishes a report measuring the state of biodiversity. In 2024, we are presented with the state of France’s rivers. The report states that “Despite spending an estimated €500 billion on water policies over the past 20 years, freshwater bird and fish populations are stagnating at a worrying rate, and only […]
The new Living Planet Index (LPI) report on migratory freshwater fish published today by the World Fish Migration Foundation (WFMF), ZSL, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Wetlands International and WWF has highlighted an 81% decline in the size of monitored populations on average between 1970 and 2020, including catastrophic declines of 91% in Latin America […]
Will swimming in the Seine become a reality? We’ll find out when the Olympic Games get under way in less than 100 days’ time. But before the Olympics, on 14 July 2024, Europe’s citizens will be holding a major rally for their rivers. For more than 20 years now, the second Sunday in July has […]
In the series of Tuesday webinars organised by ERN- SOS Loire Vivante, book your Tuesday 4 June trip to the Sélune. ERN France in partnership with the OFB is organising a webinar on the Sélune on Tuesday 4 June from 4pm to 6pm. We will be welcoming 3 researchers. They will present the latest results […]
World Migratory Fish Day* is just one month away! 25th May 2024. More than 200 organisations have already registered their events, including more than 70 in Europe. Register your event and celebrate the importance of free-flowing rivers and migratory fish! See the map of events at https://www.worldfishmigrationday.com/events/ Any type of event is welcome (visit, conference, […]
A new in-depth study carried out by five major climate and environmental organisations, brought together under the “Vote Nature” alliance and comprising BEE, CAN Europe, BirdLife Europe, Transport & Environment and the WWF European Policy Office, reveals that only a minority of MEPs during the 2019 – 2024 mandate acted to protect Europe’s climate, nature […]
The Free Flow conference organised by the World Fish Migration Foundation in Groningen has just come to an end. The 2024 winner of the Dam Removal Award was announced. 3 projects were finalists and the jury and public vote, taken in equal parts, awarded the prize to GEOTA in Portugal for the removal of the […]
Following the successful removal of 4 weirs on the Tardoire in 2023, ERN will have the pleasure of supporting, as part of the Open Rivers programme, the removal of the Pont de Rhodes weir being carried out by the Syndicat Mixte de la Dordogne Moyenne et de la Cère Aval, on the Ressegue, a sub-tributary […]
487 dams and weirs to be removed in 15 European countries by 2023 Dam Removal Europe published its report on progress in removing river barriers in Europe in 2023 on 15 April. 487 barriers were removed in 15 European countries in 2023, an increase of 50% on last year’s figure. These initiatives have enabled more […]
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