Stories from the water’s edge: getting freshwater restoration done in Europe
This is a podcast telling stories about how restoration gets done across Europe. First we hear from Joshua Royte, a conservation scientist working for the Nature Conservancy in the USA. Josh has led a...
17 Juni 202450min
Learning from the river: restoring the Danube
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 ...
9 Apr 202437min
Water, climate and farming: making space for stream restoration in Portugal
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 agric...
24 Jan 202431min
How economic thinking can help us restore Europe's freshwaters
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 th...
30 Nov 202338min
Mainstreaming freshwater nature-based solutions across economic sectors
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 chang...
28 Aug 202338min
Restoring Europe's peatlands and wetlands
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 ar...
29 Maj 202330min
Freshwater Restoration in Europe: Transformation, Disruption and Inspiration
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 f...
20 Okt 202220min
Introducing MERLIN - Large river and floodplain restoration on the Rhine Delta
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 explor...
8 Sep 202234min
