📢 Just 1 week left until the registration deadline! 📢

If you haven't already, now's the time to secure your spot for our NBS EduCommunity workshop. Your participation and inputs are essential in shaping the future of #NbSeducation .

Register today! bit.ly/49J0kLp

📢 Calling the excellent marine scientists of the future!

Graduate program applications are now open! Join us in exploring the mysteries of Turkish Seas and beyond as we tackle regional and global challenges in marine ecosystems.

#ApplyNow ➡️ims.metu.edu.tr/graduate-progr…

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1 week to go 🚨 if you want to have an overview of NbS in the Nordics, don't forget to register!

Experience the journey firsthand through this film, shot in October 2023, as a group of researchers from the EU MERLIN project visited the Sorraia floodplains to meet local restorationists and farmers: youtube.com/watch?v=MTm_j9…

🌍💧OPTAIN webinar - Natural Small Water Retention Measures🌱📚

📅 Date: 30 April 2024.
🕒 Time: 13:30 - 15:00

📎 Registration here: lnkd.in/e-eRUrXm .
#OPTAIN #hunrenatk #TAKI #Webinar #WaterRetention

Are you interested in the restoration of rivers & aquatic ecosystems? 🌊 Dive into the MERLINproject | @merlin-project.bsky.social newsletter! Get biannual updates on blog posts, projects, podcasts & the future of river restoration. Read this month's edition & subscribe for more: app.getresponse.com/view.html?x=a6…

🎙️ Did you know? We also host a podcast exploring the issues around stream restoration in the Sorraia catchment. Tune in here: open.spotify.com/episode/1lVSv3…

Financing river / wetland restoration. New guidances on unusual financing sources. More to come...

Slow drawdown, fast recovery: Stream macroinvertebrate communities improve quickly after large dam decommissioning. New paper from the #Artikutza #dam #removal study led by Miren EhuStream Facultat de Biologia UB besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

📢 NEW on the MERLIN website: Off-The-Shelf Instruments (OTSIs) by CONNECTOLOGY.
 
💡These instruments are designed to specifically address diverse funding requirements.

🔎 Discover how OTSIs can elevate your funding strategies: project-merlin.eu/outcomes/off-t…

🌳🪲 Did you know that #Mediterranean stone pines are being attacked by the pine tortoise scale insect?

Join us for a new webinar on 2 May to learn more about this threat & how forest #genetics research can help tackle it!

More info & registration 👇mailchi.mp/21bcd69d8bc5/e…

Delve deeper into the impact of these NbS on river functioning and floodplain biodiversity by visiting: merlinsorraia.com/2023/07/05/res…

Discover the extend of NBS in the Nordics in our next webinar!

👨: Leonard Sandin, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Oslo/Norway
💬: Working with Nature-based solutions in the Nordics – going from words to actions
📅: May 6th, 15.00 CEST
🖊️: project-merlin.eu/academy.html#n…

🐟 Did you know there's a website where you can live-stream the underwater world of a Dutch canal?

🔘 And when you see a shoal of fish... ring the doorbell to let them through the lock gate!

🗺️ Find out more...

freshwaterblog.net/2024/04/15/rin…

Days like today, #EarthDay , remind us about the importance of protecting our planet. So all generations ahead can celebrate nature, today, we must protect and restore nature. Days like today remind us of the urgent necessity for the implementation of the #NRL EU Council Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024

🌍Today's #EarthDay reminds us that the fight for the Nature Restoration Law is far from over! Europe is the fastest-warming continent and needs solutions to protect its citizens, economy & environment. The law to #RestoreNature is the solution Europe needs! EU Council Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024

How can the hydropower sector be supported to help remove barriers from across Europe’s river networks?

SEGS’s Esther Carmen (Esther Carmen) is at the #FreeFlowConference this week, presenting on this topic from the lens of nature-based solutions, with the MERLINproject | @merlin-project.bsky.social.

The MERLIN's new policy briefing is offering guidelines on:

🌱 the Green Deal
🌱 the Nature Restoration Law
🌱 the Water Framework Directive
🌱 the Common Agricultural Policy
🌱 the Climate Change Law
🌱 the Adaptation Strategy

Find out more 👇

Nearly 500 barriers were taken out of European rivers last year, an increase of 50% from the year before. France led the way in helping rivers recover, with 156 removals, the report found, followed by Spain, Sweden and Denmark.
theguardian.com/environment/20…