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Removing “Road Dams” in Europe – Webinar

The World Fish Migration Foundation, The United States Forest Service, and The Nature Conservancy invite you to join us for a 3 hour, international webinar highlighting the need and opportunities to improve road and stream crossings to enhance the biodiversity of rivers across Europe! 
January 19th, 2022 from 15:00-18:00 Central European Time (CET) 
River fragmentation from constructed […]

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Help Migratory Fish Break Free

Please help migratory fish Break Free for World Fishmigration Day 2022 on Saturday May 21, 2022.
The official WFMD 2022 Participants Guideline is now available!
Download the guide for free on our resources page.

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Are EU MEPs Ready to Boost Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies?

When the European Commission announced the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, exactly one year ago, we estimated that they could be potential game changers for EU nature, food and farming policies.
In the next few weeks, EU lawmakers have a chance to show their strong support for nature and sustainable agriculture, argue Sabien Leemans and […]

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Libertad para el río salmonero

Un activista finés, el profesor Vesa Puuronen tiene que pagar compensaciones a una corporación hidroeléctrica “Kemijoki Oy” por “dañar una presa” con pinturas de salmones. Las presas sin escalas para peces han eliminado la población local de salmones.
Gracias a Mario Quevedo por traducir la viñeta!

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Umweltaktivist wurde wegen Lachs-Graffiti an Staudamm-Mauer zum Schadenersatz von 20 000 € verurteilt!

Der Fluss Kemijoki im Norden Finnlands war einst einer der lachs-reichsten Flu?sse Europas.
Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurden die Vorkommnisse an Lachs- und anderen Wanderfischen durch den Bau von Stauda?mmen schlagartig und vollsta?ndig zersto?rt.
Bis heute fehlen bei den seither 16 gebauten Wasserkraftwerken die natu?rlichen Wanderwege fu?r Fische. Dafu?r verantwortlich zeichnet sich das staatliche (Betreiber)- […]

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