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Älvräddarna – River Savers from Sweden
Älvräddarna is a Swedish nationwide organization that works for environmental adaptation of the necessary hydropower and decommissioning of the unnecessary.
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Tagged dam removal, fish migration, fishes, restoration, rivers, water framework directive
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Freshwater Fish are in Trouble
“With hydropower, overfishing, climate change and pollution on the rise, populations of migratory freshwater fish species have plummeted globally by 76% on average since 1970, including a 93% collapse in Europe.”
93% collapse in migratory freshwater fish populations in Europe – new report
Posted in Nature
Tagged biodiversity, conservation, endangered species, fish, fish migration, freshwater, lakes, restoration, rivers
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Help Salmon Find Their Spawning Ground
Several dams were constructed to this river 70 years ago, and salmon could no longer swim up the river to spawn. Now humans have removed dams and built fish passages.
Salmon can run up again!
Help salmon find their spawning ground!
At the same time you also help freshwater pearl mussels.
Freshwater pearl mussels can live very long, over […]
EU Water Law is Fit for Purpose!
Christmas comes early for rivers and nature:
The European Commission’s final evaluation of EU water legislation has concluded the EU Water Framework Directive to be “fit for purpose”.
Posted in Nature
Tagged beaver, fish migration, lakes, rivers, water framework directive, waters, wetland, wfd, wwf
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Fish Migration from Sea to Source
Migratory fish are in trouble
At least half of all the flow in the world’s rivers is manipulated or fragmented, and the wild free flowing rivers are now more threatened than ever. Only 64 of the 177 rivers, longer than 1,000 km, are free-flowing and yet there are plans to build more than 3,500 new large […]
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Tagged dam, fish migration, fishes, fishing, hydro power, lakes and seas, restoration, wetland
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