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, […]
The Nature Restoration Law, which sets targets for the restoration of lands and marine areas, is a key text for the European Green Deal. Already under threat in the Environment Commission at the end of June, the parliamentary vote in Strasbourg was awaited. On Wednesday 12 July, MEPs voted against the motion for rejection tabled by […]
After 6 days of walking and 2 days of canoeing, the citizens’ walk for the fair sharing of water resources came to an end on Sunday 9 July after the Big Jump. The forty or so walkers who took part between 1 and 9 July discovered all the facilities that make up the Montpezat hydroelectric […]
The Open Rivers Program announces the next call for applications for 7 July 2023 (5th sessions since the programme began, deadline for application : 1st September). For this call, organisations from all over Europe are encouraged to apply for all grant categories. A new feature of this call for proposals is that public-sector support structures […]
June 15 MEPs from ENVI Comission saved the Nature Restauration Law project, the amendment to reject the legal proposal did not pass, although with the smallest margin possible (44/44). Compromise amendment 6 on Article 7 (river connectivity) was approved, which means that the 25,000 barrier removal target is – so far – still in the […]
The Nature Restoration Law, which will be shortly put to vote in the European Parliament, sets the target of restoring at least 25,000 km of free-flowing watercourses by 2030 (Article 7) in order to improve the natural longitudinal and lateral connectivity of watercourses. These objectives complement the obligations of the Water Framework Directive and is […]
To mark World Oceans Day on 8 June, Patagonia is launching a global campaign to protect and restore the oceans. While this is a global campaign for Patagonia, we have a clear and specific ask for our leaders across Europe: “Bottom trawling is bulldozing our ocean floor, undermining small-scale fisheries, and deepening the climate crisis. We […]
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ERN is the official WWF Freshwater Partner in France and cooperates with WWF Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands and others
