With between 70 and 90 people registered for each webinar, SOS Loire Vivante – ERN is helping to raise awareness of the issues surrounding water and rivers. Watch the replays of our webinars from December 2023 and January 2024 (french only): 9 January 2024: Flood risk: “How can technology help us respond better to flood […]
On 4 January 1994, precisely 30 years ago, the Interministerial Council decided to definitively abandon the construction of the large Serre de la Fare dam. This was a major victory for the Loire and SOS Loire Vivante, supported by numerous NGOs. See our press release for the 30th anniversary of the victory (french only) At […]
Our latest Rivernews december / january 2024 is devoted entirely to the Montpezat hydroelectric complex and provides an update on the volumes stored and transferred in 2023. Allg figures are to be confirmed during January 2024 and will be updated if necessary on our dedicated webpages. In 2023, 108.4 million m3 were transferred to the […]
The World Fish Migration Foundation and the Institute of Fisheries Management, invite you to a 3-day conference about the protection and restoration of Free-Flowing Rivers in Europe. Gathering policy makers, river managers, ecologists, researchers, students, and industry, this international event expects +400 delegates from all over Europe and the rest of the world. View the […]
From Thursday 30 November to Friday 1 December, the ERN team travelled down the Rhine to see the progress of the fish passes under construction at the Marckholsheim and Rhinau sites. These projects, managed by EDF, represent an investment of several tens of millions of euros to protect the Rhine’s large migratory species. The two […]
France presents its new strategy for preserving and restoring biodiversity. The aim of the National Biodiversity Strategy 2030 is to halt and then reverse the loss of biodiversity. It gives concrete expression to France’s commitment by proposing 40 specific measures in 4 axis: 1: Reduce the pressures on biodiversity 2: Restore degraded biodiversity wherever possible […]
72 projects supported by the Open Rivers programme throughout Europe and a new call for projects underway At the beginning of November 2023, the Open Rivers Programme* launched a new call for projects to provide financial support for the removal of weirs and dams. Applications can be sent in until 8 December. After two years […]
On 26 October, a coalition of six NGOs grouped under the umbrella of Living Rivers Europe published a position paper calling for a more resilient Europe. Read press release from WWF : “Six NGOs call for a new EU Climate and Water Resilience Law to address the climate and water crises” A coalition of six […]
In February, around a hundred NGOs co-signed Living Rivers Europe’s letter to the European Commission calling on EU decision-makers to protect Europe’s rivers from the deployment of new hydropower plants. The Commission’s response, received on 4 May 2023, contains several erroneous statements about the role of hydropower in the deployment of renewable energies in Europe. […]
The salmo salar – extinction or restoration? We need a shared roadmap! Salmon is in decline in France, as is biodiversity in general. Migration statistics are clear: fewer and fewer migratory fish are reaching their best spawning grounds, particularly those on long rivers, such as the Loire-Allier axis…. All hope is not yet lost, however, […]
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