Naaer River Summit 2022

The River Summit by the ONGs starts in Brussels (29 sept – 1 october)

EUROPEAN RIVERS SUMMIT

 

Wetlands International Europe, EuroNatur, GEOTA, Riverwatch and WWF Adria invite you
to the third European Rivers Summit in Brussels, Belgium from 29 September to 1 October.

The European Rivers Summit aims to inspire a movement of connected citizens in Europe to protect and restore European rivers, fight new dams and remove obsolete barriers. Healthy rivers are essential to delivering the European Green Deal and we aim to connect river champions around Europe to policy-makers in Brussels, with a two-day conference plus a third day to visit a river restoration site.

The event will inform attendees on the most important policy issues, big ideas and latest science around healthy rivers, and engage directly with Brussels as the home of the European Commission and Parliament in defending healthy rivers for people across Europe. We will also explore the power of communicating about rivers in film and art and see the transformative power of restoring urban rivers.

> to the programme

Living Rivers Coalition publishes its briefing paper on the natural connectivity of rivers and natural functions of the related floodplains

Freshwater ecosystems are one of the most degraded in Europe, with freshwater molluscs and fish the two most threatened animal groups  and 60% of surface waters failing to reach good ecological status. The fitness check of the Water Framework Directive concluded that the main reasons for failure are for a large part connected to insufficient measures to tackle diffuse pollution coming from agriculture, and the hydromorphological changes affecting water bodies. Restoring freshwater ecosystems is therefore a necessity to sustain the natural functions of rivers, lakes and wetlands. Only with healthy, biodiverse water bodies can we allow nature to thrive, ensure clean and sufficient water supply, and resilience to climate change impacts.

read the complet document : > FINAL LRE briefing – freshwater – NRL

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Next days : World Rivers day and European River Summit

In the next few days, rivers will once again be in the international spotlight.
On 25 September, a large number of river events will be organised in over 100 countries and the European River Summit will take place frim Sept 29 – Oct 1 in Brussels. ERN will also be part of the programme.

> more info World Rivers Day
> more info European Rivers Summit

Sélune River / France : The salmon is back !

France / Sélune River : Only 4 weeks after the demolition of the Roche qui boit dam and 2 years after Vezin’s demolition, a first salmon was already electronically located upstream of the construction sites !

more information on the dam removals on the Sélune River !

Big Jump 2022, July 10, Last call

Big Jump Sunday 10 july 3 pm (GMT+ 2)

Last CALL

Dear Big Jump organisers and friends,

In past years you all have organised and participated in our successful Big Jump movement. Some of you have even registered for this year’s event. Organisers from 10 countrys has allready registered ober 75 Big Jumps.

As you know, this year’s Big Jump is Free Flowing Rivers themed and it will witness hundreds of jumps in the river to raise the voice against dams and other barriers in our streams The event will also see the first ever European Dam Removal Simultaneous Action – July 5th to 11th (crowd funding).

Please join us, register your Big Jump event, jump, donate and spread the word to help us raise the profile of dam removal as a key restoration measure !

HELLO Romania, Greece, Austria,Bosnia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Turkey,Ukraine, Russia (yes both), Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland and others . . , NO Big Jump this year ?

In order to avoid problems with Corona virus you can organise small events even family or individual Jumps, swim events or just meetings to informe citizens

> Register your Big Jump event for sunday 10 july 3pm: www.bigjump.org
After registration we will send them further information for your communication and media work

Good Jump

Roberto Epple, President Europran Rivers Network
Founder of the Big Jump Mouvement

Ecosystem services of wild rivers: Webinar replays available

The study relating to the research and development contract on the ecosystem services of wild rivers in connection with the ecological label “Site Rivières Sauvages” carried out by the Office Français de Biodiversité (OFB) in partnership with ERN France, Association du Réseau Rivières Sauvages and Cerema is being finalised, one of the stages of which was the holding of a restitution seminar in the form of a webinar, remotely, on Tuesday 07/12/2021 from 9.30 am to 12 noon.

This webinar highlighted the main lessons learned on the technical and scientific, social, environmental, territorial and economic aspects of the so-called ecosystem services generated by rivers in very good ecological condition that have been awarded the “Wild Rivers Site” label.

The challenge in terms of research consisted in addressing the dynamics of the interdependence between an ecosystem and the stakeholders who benefit from it, in order to shed light on the modalities of an adapted sustainable management. The aim was to go beyond an approach based on the pure functionality of the ecosystem.

Three labelled watersheds were analysed: the Estéron (06), the Léguer (22), the Nant Bénin (73) following the study on the Taravo (2A) …

 

> to the replay page (in french only)

France/Sélune River : the large Roche qui boit dam removed

– The “La Roche qui boit” dam has been removed!
After many postponements, the second 17-metre high dam “La Roche qui boit” on the Sélune has been demolished. A 45-metre wide breach has already been opened to allow the flow of any floods. The remaining sides of the 120 m wide structure and the renaturation work should be completed by the end of 2022. After the demolition of the 37 m high Vezins dam two years ago, the ecological continuity of the historic salmon river Sélune is now restored after about 100 years. In the main river alone, more than 60 km are free and allow access to former spawning sites. Salmons could swim up the Sélune from the Baie Saint Michel during the next salmon migration, at the latest in spring 2023. Two castillons (salmon that have only spent one year at sea) have already been observed by specialists just downstream of the “Roche qui boit”. The campaign for a free Sélune led by associations including ERN, the French Fishing Federation, FNE and others will have lasted 20 years. A great success!

 

Copyright : ERN – Roberto Epple

> more information 

 

[Replay-Webinar] What services do wild rivers provide?

The replay of the webinar on wild river services is online.

This webinar presents the results of a study conducted on 3 watersheds labeled “Wild Rivers Site”. It highlights the main technical and scientific, social, environmental, territorial and economic lessons learned from the ecosystem services generated by rivers in very good ecological condition.

The research and development contract on the ecosystem services of wild rivers in connection with the ecological label “Site Wild Rivers” is carried out by the French Office of Biodiversity (FOB) in partnership with ERN France, Association du Réseau Rivières Sauvages and Cerema.

Following a first study of the ecosystem services of the Taravo watershed financed by the department of South Corsica, the related study, financed by the OFB, concerns 3 labeled watersheds: the Esteron (06), the Léguer (22) and the Nant-Bénin (73).

It has been followed by agents of territorial services and National Parks. It is in the process of being finalized, with this seminar being one of the stages.

To discover it, chapter by chapter in french only, go to: https://professionnels.ofb.fr/fr/node/1405