Entries by Corinne Ronot

The EEA report on the state of water bodies in Europe has just been published : Pollution, over-use and climate change threaten water resilience in Europe

Member States must urgently accelerate the implementation of the Water Framework Directive to improve the state of our waters. Bruxelles, Belgique, 15 october 202, press release from Living Rivers Europe A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) reveals that Europe’s water resources are under serious pressure, with no significant progress made since 2009*. […]

SAVE THE DATE : 26 November 2024: ‘SALMON LOIRE ALLIER’ webinar, one year after the Brioude symposium, what progress has been made and what initiatives ?

SOS Loire Vivante-ERN is organising a webinar on 26 November from 16.00 to 18.00 on the follow-up to the Brioude salmon conference (October 2023). At the conference, a number of announcements were made by the stakeholders, in particular the development of a shared roadmap. 1 year on, where are we? Has a roadmap been drawn […]

Opening of the Poutès dam on Monday 7 October

As has been the case every year for the past 3 years, the large gates of the ‘New Poutès’ were opened in automn to allow the highly migratory fish free passage and a free access to the best spawning grounds. This year, 67 salmon from the Loire-Allier axis passed through the fish pass on the […]

Living Rivers Europe publishes a water manual for the 2024-2029 mandate

Our society relies on clean and abundant water for drinking and sanitation, crop production, cooling down power plants, and manufacturing goods. However, mismanagement and accelerating climate change are making Europeans increasingly vulnerable to water pollution, water scarcity, and floodings. The EU has a role to play in ensuring Europeans are protected from these risks, that farmers […]

24 October : Expert Masterclass on Dam Removal : Register

As we approach the opening of the ORP call for proposals on October 29, WFMF, WWF, and ERN will host a 1 hour expert masterclass on dam removal with French expert Stéphane Weil from CATER Calvados Orne Manche, France . He will present on the topic “: Restoring river continuity at a river or catchment […]

World Rivers Day, another step towards freeing our rivers

This September, thanks to the support of the European Rivers Network under the Open Rivers Programme, a number of river barrier removal projects are scheduled in France, in sub-basins of the Dordogne, Loire, Gave de Pau and Rhône (see details in the press release). After three years of implementation of the Open Rivers Programme, more […]

3 new projects selected by the Open Rivers Programme in France

At the end of the summer of 2024, the Open Rivers Programme announced its support for three new projects proposed by ERN in collaboration with local partners: The town of Argelès-Gazost in the Hautes-Pyrénées will be able to count on the participation of the European Rivers Network and the financial support of the Open Rivers […]

Around a hundred Big Jumps recorded across Europe

The rivers were celebrated at 3pm on 14 July in over a hundred locations across Europe, mostly in fine weather. New registrations are still coming in. You can still label your event for 14 July or this weekend. More info

How do you characterise a Free Flowing Rivers?

The importance of river restoration and free-flowing rivers (FFR) is increasingly recognized by European environmental policy. While the notion of free-flowing rivers is not yet defined in EU environmental legislation, the Commission’s interpretation is that free-flowing rivers are rivers that are not impaired by artificial barriers and are not disconnected from their floodplain, thus allowing […]