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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 3h

🌿 The latest #ALFAwetlands Newsletter #19 is out 🌊

🔗 Read the full Newsletter and explore related resources here:

alfawetlands.eu?na=view&id=34

‼️ Our important deliverable "Recommendations for wetlands restoration" is also available now:

alfawetlands.eu/wp-content/u...

#HorizonEurope @luke.fi

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 4d

Learn more about ALFAwetlands Living Lab Upper Peene Valley
in Germany from our website: alfawetlands.eu/living-lab-u...

Living Lab Upper Peene Valley, Germany

The Living Lab “Upper Peene Valley” is located in the north-easternmost federal state of Germany Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania. The River Peene gives the region its name, a river measuring 100km in le...

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 4d

The excursion was organised with the projects @alfawetlands.bsky.social #MOOReturn & PaludiPROGESS the @succow-stiftung.de & Universität Greifswald (Partners in @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social)

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 4d

Check out important news from #HorizonEurope!

Horizon Europe @horizoneu.bsky.social · 4d

Wildfires have become more frequent and severe in Europe. That’s why we’re investing in solutions to tackle the challenge.

See how #EUGreenDeal-funded projects are driving action in landscape management, technology and community engagement.

🔗 link.europa.eu/CDRXCK

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 4d

☘️As a part of #RRR2025 an excursion, led by @succow-stiftung.de with policy makers to #paludiculture sites took place!

🙋‍♀️ 🙋‍♂️ @juttapaulus.bsky.social, Garreth Kratz and Jörn Mothes joint the event!

‼️ The transition to paludiculture is a long-term undertaking and requires innovation and exnovation!

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 5d

#ALFAwetlands shares a study by Finnish Meteorological Institute:
“Air temperature and precipitation constraining the modelled wetland methane emissions in a boreal region in northern Europe”:

Check out our website:
alfawetlands.eu/the-influenc...

or #ZENODO platform:

zenodo.org/records/1653...

Air temperature and precipitation constraining the modelled wetland methane emissions in a boreal region in northern Europe:
https://zenodo.org/records/16532642

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 5d

#alfawetlands partner @iiasa.ac.at celebrates its Birthday!

On behalf of the project consortium, we congratulate IIASA team and are grateful for your input to the #Wetlands research!

Happy birthday!

#restorationforfuture

IIASA @iiasa.ac.at · 6d

🎉 Happy Birthday, IIASA! For over 50 years, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis has united science and policy to tackle global challenges - from climate and energy to data-driven sustainability - connecting the Global North and South through systems thinking. 🌍

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 12d

☘️ News from #ALFAwetlands #LivingLab in #France, led by @cnrs.fr

Regional Nature Reserve Garonne-Ariège Confluence celebrates its 10th anniversary!

www.francebleu.fr/emissions/l-...

#ALFAwetlands #BES #CNRS #RestorationForFuture #LivingLab #France

La réserve naturelle confluence Garonne-Ariège fête ses 10 ans et prépare son agrandissement - ici

La réserve naturelle confluence Garonne-Ariège, qui s’étend sur une vingtaine de kilomètres au sud de Toulouse fête ses 10 ans ce week-end. Une zone protégée qui aimerait s’agrandir : trois nouvelles ...

www.francebleu.fr

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 15d

🌍 Celebrating World Rivers Day with ALFAwetlands Living Labs 🌊:

🌿 Cànoves Stream, Spain
🌿 River Peene, Germany

Discover more:
alfawetlands.eu/celebrating-...

#WorldRiversDay #Wetlands #Biodiversity #RestorationForFuture #LivingLabs #ALFAwetlands #UniversityBarcelona #MichaelSuccowFoundation #Luke

Sanginjoki river, Living Lab Finland, Natural Resources Institute Finland / Luonnonvarakeskus

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 20d

#ALFAwetlands is currently undergoing its second period review by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, CINEA.

And we are sharing our progress and key findings ⤵️

www.linkedin.com/pulse/alfawe...

#RestorationForFuture #HorizonEU

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 24d

Meet #ALFAwetlands at the Paludiculture Conference - Renewable Resources from Wet and Rewetted Peatlands #RRR2025🎯

📍 23–26 September 2025

✅ Co-creation workshop
✅ Excursion for policy-makers
✅ Policy workshop and more!

Find more ⤵️

rrr2025.com

@succow-stiftung.de @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social

Index - Renewable Resources from Wet and Rewetted Peatlands - RRR 2025

rrr2025.com

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 26d

Do you know, where restoration projects were implemented?

Those were investigated by
@inbo.be and embedded into ALFAwetlands deliverable "Recommendations for Wetland Restoration"!

📊 Full public report is coming soon, but some details could be checked ⤵️

alfawetlands.eu/alfawetlands...

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · 28d

Water resource management improvement efforts should be doubled!
#RAMSAR #Wetlands

Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 28d

💧 Imagine not having enough water to drink, cook or wash with.

To ensure sustainable distribution of water to meet domestic, industrial and environmental needs, the average global rate of implementation of improved management of water resources needs urgently to double.

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Sep 11

🌿 New Research from ALFAwetlands 🌿

📖 “The role of relational learning in knowledge co-production“, led by, Carolin Seiferth, Erik Andersson and Maria Tengö,, from Stockholm University/ Stockholm Resilience Centre ⤵️

#ALFAwetlands #CoCreation #HorizonEU #Öland

zenodo.org/records/1692...

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Sep 9

Meet Maud Raman from @inbo.be
at the Ecosystems in a Changing World conference, where on 10 September she will present:

✅ #ALFAwetlands latest Results: Recommendations for Wetland Restoration
alfawetlands.eu/alfawetlands...

✅ Results of the #LivingLab in Belgium
alfawetlands.eu/living-lab-i...

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Sep 3

One of the #ALFAwetlands latest key outputs is the Report on “Recommendations for wetland restoration” – a synthesis of past peatland restoration projects across Europe.

Learn more from #ALFAwetlands website:

alfawetlands.eu/alfawetlands...

#RestorationForFuture #HorizonEU

ALFAwetlands newest results: Recommendations for wetland restoration, Part 1

The ALFAwetlands project is an ambitious initiative focused on exploring the role of wetland restoration in Europe’s journey towards climate neutrality and resilience. One of its important results is ...

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌿 From Wetlands to Market 🌿

Wetland restoration holds the potential not only for ecological recovery but also for rebuilding the social fabric!

#ALFAwetlands explore how wetland restoration can:
✅ Revive social cohesion and wellbeing
✅ Capture values through the surveys

#HorizonEU

Lern more ⤵️

From Wetlands to Market

Wetland restoration holds the potential not only for ecological recovery but also for reweaving the socialfabric. It is important to understand the historical context to build sucesssful future restor...

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Aug 14

🌿 Welcome to the #alfawetlands new Podcast! 🌿

🎧 Join us as we explore the vital role wetlands play in building a sustainable future. Learn more about our Living Labs with @luke.fi ⤵️

alfawetlands.eu/podcast/epis...

#RestorationForFuture #HorizonEU #Cocreation #Wetlands

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Aug 13

In September #alfawetlands will join 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀, organised by our sister project - @wethorizons.eu!

We will be glad to meet you there!

#restorationforfuture #sisterprojects #wethorizons #peatlands

WET HORIZONS @wethorizons.eu · Aug 11

🌿 Working on peatland restoration in 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇫🇮?

Help shape National Impact Plans for peatland restoration

Join WET HORIZONS’ online workshops (2, 8 & 10 Sept) to turn policy vision into action.

@rewet-he.bsky.social @alfawetlands.bsky.social

www.linkedin.com/company/wet-...

A peatland landscape with green mossy areas and reflective blue water under a bright, partly cloudy sky. Overlaid text reads: "National Impact Plan for Peatlands — Join the Online Workshop." Below are event dates and times: Germany — 2nd September, 12:00–13:30 BST / 13:00–14:30 CEST; Netherlands — 8th September, 14:00–15:30 BST / 15:00–16:30 CEST; Finland — 10th September, 12:00–13:30 BST / 13:00–14:30 CEST / 15:00–16:30 EEST. Logos for SRUC, Wet Horizons, Eurosite, and the Global Peatlands Initiative appear at the bottom.

ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Aug 6

At the #INTECOL Conference #alfawetlands team joint technical study tours to the Estonian wetlands

🧩We also visited #alfawetlands #livinglab Estonia.

Learn more in the post below⤵️

#restorationforfuture #wetlands #HorizonEU #estonia #INTECOL

alfawetlands.eu/intecol-2025...

INTECOL 2025 Technical Tours

During INTECOL Conference ALFAwetlands team joint technical study tours to the Estonian wetlands. There also been a chance to visit sites of the ALFAwetlands Living Lab Estonia. A defining tradition o...

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Jul 31

Join #ALFAwetlands #LivingLab Open Day in #Germany!

💦 The event is organised by @succow-stiftung.de and the association Wasserwerk der Zukunft, as part of the projects ALFAwetlands & MOOReturn.

🎫 Admission free, no registration necessary!

#RestorationForFuture #OpenDay

Michael Succow Stiftung @succow-stiftung.de · Jul 30

🌿 MOORTAG beim Moorbauern – 14.08.2025 ab 14 Uhr!
Erlebt das Moor mit Führungen, Gesprächen, Musik & mehr – beim Ausflugslokal Moorbauer in Malchin. Eintritt frei! @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social @alfawetlands.bsky.social #Moortag #Paludikultur #Klimaschutz

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Jul 30

On 19 July 2025, #ALFAwetlands was presented by #EuropeanWildernessSociety, during the Final #LIFE Conference in Styria, #Austria.

It welcomed around 200 guests and 100 professionals from various LIFE projects across #Europe!

A particular focus was on the #LivingLab in Austria!

#HorizonEU

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Jul 23

Check out our Press Release for more details:
alfawetlands.eu/wp-content/u...

alfawetlands.eu

ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Jul 23

🌿 #ALFAwetlands Consortium Met in Tartu, Estonia in June! 🌍

✅ Highlights:
🔬 Technical sessions on Living Labs & wetland restoration
🌱 Field visits to Living Lab
🗺️ Workshop on European Wetland Map

#restorationforfuture #HorizonEU #livinglabs

Check out more in our Press Release in 1st comment ⤵️

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ALFAwetlands HORIZON @alfawetlands.bsky.social · Jul 11

New Press Release!

@alfawetlands.bsky.social, @restore4cs.bsky.social, @wethorizons.eu and @rewet-he.bsky.social joined forces at 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🇪🇪!

Check out more in our joint press release:

alfawetlands.eu/wp-content/u...

#SisterProjects #HorizonEU #INTECOL

alfawetlands.eu

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