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Flyer for Peatland Hydrology session at EGU 2026 concluding QR code to session information

Peat friends!

Our #EGU26 session "Peatland hydrology: From tropical to subarctic latitudes" 🌍🌿💧 is open for abstracts. We welcome studies on a broad range of hydrological processes in peatlands. Submission deadline is Thu 15 Jan, 13:00 CET. Full info here: www.egu26.eu/session/56151

Get your abstracts ready for the CGU/IAH-CNC Meeting May 24-27 in Halifax, NS. Deadline is January 10th!

If you study streams, wetlands, forests, land-air fluxes, GHGs, carbon, soils, pollution, or nature-based climate solutions submit to exciting Biogeosciences sessions: tinyurl.com/CGUBGS2026

National AI Boom Hits Home as Demand for Power Surges PLYMOUTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN — On a warm fall afternoon, dairy farmer Chris Kestell pushes through prairie brambles taller than himself, tracing a path overgrown with thickets and swarming with bees as he hikes toward a hidden waterway. Though the route is unidentifiable to the untrained eye, Kestell, 47, has lived here, in the small town of Waldo, Wisconsin, for nearly all his life.

A remote Wisconsin creek — the cleanest in the Milwaukee River watershed — is now in the path of massive high-voltage power lines built to feed far-off data centers. Residents fear forest loss, groundwater risks, and a future shaped by forces far beyond Waldo.

New approaches to financing ambitious freshwater restoration projects A key message from the MERLIN project is the need for freshwater restoration managers to embrace new forms of funding in order to mainstream their work across Europe. As we’ve explored in previous …

💸 Looking for finance to support your ambitious environmental restoration projects?

🌊 Look no further than the @merlin-project.bsky.social Off-the-Shelf Instrument toolkit.

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The 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 will be dedicated to identifying solutions for the conservation and restoration of rivers in the context of climatic, social, and environmental change, focusing also on Nature-based Solutions. Registration is open and free: life2rivers.si/en/internati...

Man-made disasters and their long-lasting impact on 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, human health and the environment.

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗸 𝗢𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗹 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬, 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗸, 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮)

DANUBElifelines Business Club Join the DLL Business Club and shape the Danube region’s future with nature-based business models, innovation and sustainable growth.

Registration for this free programme gives access to four online modules designed to help participants develop sustainable businesses related to water-based tourism, recreation, transport, and innovative technologies for migratory fish protection in the Danube basin: danubelifelines.eu/businessclub

This new report explores how freshwater ecosystem restoration projects can benefit from carbon sequestration credits. It provides practical guidance, including European case studies, key consulting agencies, and suitable voluntary carbon marketplaces: project-merlin.eu/outcomes/off...

Don't miss this opportunity to hear what @schmidtkloiber.bsky.social has to say in our last MERLIN webinar. This is happening already next Monday!

In our new MERLIN podcast we take a tour of the MERLIN Academy, an online platform which offers free resources and training to support researchers, practitioners and policy makers in applying cutting-edge freshwater restoration concepts to their work. Tune in here: project-merlin.eu/podcasts.html

A total of 𝟳𝟭 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 form the EU Green Deal Restoration Cluster, which is scaling up restoration across Europe. Check out the different sites and see what has been happening in this interactive StoryMap: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e2cb...

MERLIN Podcast EP.13 – Sharing cutting-edge information on freshwater restoration in the MERLIN Academy In this podcast we take a tour of the MERLIN Academy, an online platform which offers free resources and training to support researchers, practitioners and policy makers in applying cutting-edge fr…

🐟 Want to learn about cutting-edge concepts and approaches for freshwater restoration?

📻 Tune into the new @merlin-project.bsky.social podcast on their free, open-access Academy to find out more.

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The MERLIN webinar series is concluding! While this marks the closing of a great chapter, we are pleased to take this opportunity to share more about the MERLIN Academy and its future. Join us and be the next restoration leader!

📅: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝘀𝘁, 𝟭𝟱.𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧
🖊️: project-merlin.eu/webinars.html

Learn everything you need to know about 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 in this Off-the-Shelf Instrument – from their structure and functioning to their benefits and limitations, implementation timelines, associated costs, and regulatory requirements.

🔗 Download link: project-merlin.eu/outcomes/off...

The scientific literature identifies >80 citizen science (CS) activities globally on stream monitoring. Yet, CS-supported restoration actions remain rare — pointing to a significant opportunity for broader community involvement in future restoration work: project-merlin.eu/files/merlin...

Online informative sessions on how to become an Associated Region within the DANUBElifelines project.

📅 𝟭𝟴 & 𝟮𝟰 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
✍️ Register here: forms.office.com/e/QxuGuy1PkR

In Module 2 of our MERLIN Academy, Kerry Waylen guides you through the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions. Take a look: merlinacademy.thinkific.com

At the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, the 2nd edition of the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™ was launched. This standard provides a robust, evidence-based framework for the consistent and credible application of NbS across sectors and geographies: inbs.iucn.org/understand/g...

Help @biodiversa.eu further support restoration efforts by filling out this 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 📝

This anonymous survey aims to identify research and implementation gaps that hinder the success of current restoration efforts. Take part here: ecologic.limesurvey.net/BioDivRestor...

Italy’s UNESCO-designated Po Delta saved from offshore gas drilling Offshoring drilling threatened to submerge parts of the delta, which is already bracing against a barrage of problematic, climate change-induced conditions.

Environmental groups have won a landmark case against a project to drill for offshore gas in Italy's Po Delta, a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve.
The 500 km2 wetlands located around an hour south of Venice are some of the largest and richest in the Mediterranean. www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...

[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦.

All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions.

Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed!

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Ukrainian river restoration project during wartime wins major award The Bilyi River after the removal of an obsolete dam. Image: Danube-Carpathian Programme Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has brought death and destruction not only to towns and cities, but als…

Even in these most challenging times river restoration in Ukraine is ongoing: freshwaterblog.net/2025/11/04/u...

Interested in fish-friendly upgrades, migration-trail development, low-impact river-corridor solutions, educational initiatives, or any other fin-tastic idea you want to bring to life? 🐟

🔗 Check the DANUBElifelines Business Club and turn your idea into reality: www.danubelifelines.eu/businessclub

In case you are looking for a leading role in a fieldwork campaign to sample 240 perialpine and alpine lakes in Switzerland over multiple years... @eawag.bsky.social's Department of Aquatic Ecology is offering a postdoctoral position in Aquatic Ecology (m/f/d) 80-100%. More info in the link below.

The 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆.𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 database provides ecological characteristics and preferences, biological traits, and distribution patterns for more than 20,000 European freshwater organisms, including fish, macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, phytobenthos, and phytoplankton. Version 8.0 is now online:

Last-minute registration is still available! Join us to learn what it takes to carry out effective lake restoration.

NBS4Drought project kicks off to advance Nature-based Solutions for drought resilience across Europe

A new, just-launched project aims to boost drought resilience across Europe by showcasing the role of wetlands as powerful Nature-based Solutions for sustainable water management: iucn.org/news/202510/... #NBS4Drought #NbS

#danubelifelines #fridayfacts #fishmigration #freeflowingrivers #freshwaterconservation #horizoneurope #danuberiverbasin #missionwaters #danube #sterlet #migratoryfish | DANUBElifelines 🐟 FRIDAY FACTS with DANUBElifelines: Rebecca Tibbetts' research, conducted in collaboration with Sturgeon Conservation, investigated the diet of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) using genetic methods....

We joined @danubelifelines.bsky.social's Friday Facts! This time, we're sharing a few facts about the #sterlet – a migratory fish and the last native sturgeon species in the Danube.

🔗 Watch the video: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The Freshwater Blog has featured another MERLIN product describing how grants are used for restoration.
Timely topic, as the future of major EU restoration grants is uncertain: LIFE+ might be cancelled, the second GAP pillar is shaking... private investments in restoration will gain relevance.

Sponsorship relationships between nature restoration projects and businesses are intended to deliver mutual benefit through the exchange of specific assets and activities that meet the needs of both organisations.

🔗 Discover how it works: project-merlin.eu/files/merlin...