Join us on the banks of the Danube River in Austria to hear how ambitious restoration projects are helping free the river from human alterations. We meet Robert Tögel and Alice Kaufmann from viadonau and Silke Drexler from BOKU beside the river

Water, climate and farming: making space for stream restoration in Portugal

Jan 24th, 2024 31m 32s

In this episode we explore the issues around stream restoration in the Sorraia catchment in Central Portugal. Restoration of the Sorraia river needs to be able to navigate the needs of intensive agriculture in a landscape increasingly affected

How economic thinking can help us restore Europe's freshwaters

Nov 30th, 2023 38m 21s

In October 2023, the WWF released a major report stating that freshwater has long been significantly undervalued in global economies, leading to widespread environmental costs. The report estimates that the annual economic value of water and fr

Mainstreaming freshwater nature-based solutions across economic sectors

Aug 28th, 2023 38m 4s

Nature-based solutions are a hot topic right now. So-called 'NbS' are environmental management approaches that use natural processes to help tackle socio-environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, flooding, food product

Restoring Europe's peatlands and wetlands

May 29th, 2023 30m 32s

Peatlands and wetlands are vital landscapes. They store carbon and so help mitigate the harmful effects of climate change, they help buffer floodwaters and naturally filter drinking water, and they are often rich habitats for biodiversity. But

Freshwater Restoration in Europe: Transformation, Disruption and Inspiration

Oct 20th, 2022 20m 21s

This episode explores the big ideas that are shaping how ambitious freshwater restoration projects are being carried out across Europe. From dam removal to floodplain restoration, the European Union funded MERLIN project is investing millions o

Introducing MERLIN // Large river and floodplain restoration on the Rhine Delta

Sep 8th, 2022 34m 8s

In July 2022 podcast host Rob St John travelled to the Netherlands to meet MERLIN practitioners working on the project’s large river restoration sites. Over a number of hot, sunny days the team explored floodplains across the Rhine Delta which

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