Dam Removal Europe main focus is on the removal of old, obsolete dams to ‘free’ our European rivers again. This is because natural rivers provide better opportunities for fisheries, flood protection, drinking water, recreation and nature. The ambition of Dam Removal Europe is to restore and preserve free-flowing rivers in Europe. Nobody knows exactly how many river barriers there are in Europe but we are talking about hundreds of thousands. Europeans have been fragmenting rivers for centuries thanks to the construction of dams, weirs and other constructions that influence natural flow of water and sediment. However, there are hardly any free-flowing rivers left in Europe. They boost an enormous variety of species, including flagship species like salmon, sturgeon and otter. Rewilding Europe partner in Dam Removal Europeįree-flowing rivers are the veins of Europe’s richest ecosystems. In fact, you could argue that it is critical to our very survival. Rewilding can keep nature healthy and help recover it. This list is far from exhaustive but demonstrates the incredible complexity of the natural environment in which we live, and on which we depend for our very existence. Below are six examples of important natural processes. And we can understand that nature is the best manager of natural processes. While we may conduct research and analysis, we can never fully understand the vast, intricate workings of nature. For example, a wolf’s activity helps to bring back trees through their influence on deer grazing behaviour, trees and dead wood maintain the health of rivers and natural grazing helps thousands of species to thrive in our grasslands and half-open forests. In such an environment, natural processes are driven by the Earth’s systems and by species doing what they have evolved to do over millennia.
#Undisturbed rivers europe free
Working properly means that nature is free to work undisturbed in all its breathtaking and beautiful complexity. It gives us everything from fuel and food to medicine and building materials. When nature is working properly it provides us with an abundance of clean air, fresh water, carbon storage and flood prevention.
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