🌍 International Biodiversity Day 2026 is approaching! ❗ Theme of this year is: Acting locally for global impact Read our new post about exchange visit to #LIFE project, protecting biodiversity: alfawetlands.eu/exploring-ri... #RestorationForFuture #Biodiversity #BiodiversityDay #CINEA

🌿 Did you know that @alfawetlands.bsky.social is developing methods applicable across diverse wetland types in temperate and boreal climate regions? Learn more from the webinar presentation: alfawetlands.eu/register-for... or watch the video of all six webinars: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

New @alfawetlands.bsky.social #Podcast, dedicated to #WorldMigratoryBirdDay How can policy and stakeholder engagement support bird protection in practice? 🐦🌿 Listen to our talk with with environmental scientist, lawyer and sustainability expert Volker Mauerhofer ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu/podcast/epis...

How can Latvia reduce greenhouse gas emissions while improving land-use efficiency? What is the distribution of organic soils across Latvia? Learn this and more from video of Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ZE...

Wrapping up @alfawetlands.bsky.social Citizen Engagement Events at Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab: Together with the #CNC, Long Night of Research (500+ visitors) #ALFAwetlands #LivingLab #OpenDay; 3200+ biodiversity observations of 1020+ species Learn more: alfawetlands.eu/citizen-enga...

❗ Don´t miss our Final Joint Wetlands in Action Webinar on May 6th! The session will be dedicated to the tools for Climate-Resilient Wetland Restoration! Register here: alfawetlands.eu/register-for...

Meet @alfawetlands.bsky.social #EGU2026 in Vienna with oral and poster presentations: ✅ 04 May, 08:35–08:45 (CEST) @iiasa.ac.at ✅ 04 May, 17:20–17:30 (CEST) @creaf.cat ✅ 08 May, 16:47–16:49 (CEST) @creaf.cat ✅ 04 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) @luke.fi

ALFAwetlands 2026 citizen engagement activities in action: ✅ Signs installed ✅ #LivingLab Open Day conducted 🚀 #CityNatureChallenge 2026 launched: 888 observations over 2 days! 🐸 🦆 2 more days, including transboundary bike excursion -ahead! Join us too: www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...

🎉 ALFAwetlands successfully contributed to the joint Wetland Policy Webinar! Watch the Webinar 5 “From Policy to Practice: Unlocking Wetland Restoration through Markets, Regulation and Communities: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs4B... 👩‍💻 👨‍💻 Access Presentation: alfawetlands.eu/.../Session5....

📍 Have you already registered for our joint webinar "From Policy to Practice: Unlocking Wetland Restoration through Markets, Regulations and Communities"? We start tomorrow -April 21 at 10.00 CEST! ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu/register-for...

🤝 Join Wetlands in Action Webinar 6! 📍 Webinar "Tools for Climate Resilient Wetland Restoration" takes place: Date: 06 May 2026 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 CEST (9:00 -10:30 BST) Location: Online 💻 Details and registration here: alfawetlands.eu/register-for... #WetlandsInAction #RestorationForFuture

📸 🦆 🐸 Citizen engagement events 2026 at Austrian-Hungarian #LivingLab are just around the corner! 📍 Find more details about events in English and German: alfawetlands.eu/citizen-enga... 🖼️ Join City Nature Challenge 2026: www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit... #CNC2026 #OpenDay #LivingLab

🤔 Could establishing berry plantations on former peat extraction sites be an effective strategy for lowering greenhouse gas emissions? Watch @alfawetlands.bsky.social first video from Latvia, prepared by partner - Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava" ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Uh...

In March @alfawetlands.bsky.social team of the European Wilderness Society and LIFE AMooRe strategic Austrian project visited the Russbach region in Lower Austria. This visit included meeting with local stakeholders and decisions makers. Find more details ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu/alfawetlands...

🚀 @alfawetlands.bsky.social ‪co-creation training course launched! It is an online journey on co-creation and #LivingLabs: 💧Session 1 Setting up a #LivingLab 💧Session 2 Bringing plural actors together 💧Session 3 is still ahead! Learn more about training module ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu/co-creation-...

🎉 Celebrate International Day of Action for Rivers Learn more about @alfawetlands.bsky.social / @cnrs.fr #LivingLabs research, helping better understand wetland restoration support addressing urgent environmental challenges ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Rana Kanaan Thesis ⤵️ lnkd.in/dbVbCAgQ

🚀 @alfawetlands.bsky.social latest Newsletter is now online! Check out ALFAwetlands and joint sister projects latest events in our newsletter ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu?na=view&id=36 @ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social #RestorationForFuture #HorizonEurope #Conference #Webinar #Training

Advancing Gender Equality in Wetland Restoration @alfawetlands.bsky.social remains committed to: 💦 Gender mainstreaming 💦 Promoting inclusive communication and representation 💦 Supporting equitable participation 💦 Contributing to EU values #IWD2026 Learn more ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu/advancing-ge...

💻 Register now for the Wetlands in Action Webinar Session 5 "From Policy to practice: Unlocking Wetland restoration through Markets, Regulation and Communities": @alfawetlands.bsky.social will be represented by Jan Peters from @succow-stiftung.de alfawetlands.eu/register-for... #WetlandsInAction

The @alfawetlands.bsky.social and LIFE AMooRe teams met for their second synergy meeting to discuss ALFAwetlands Landowners survey, led by @luke.fi updates and wetland restoration modeling, led by @iiasa.ac.at, planned events and further collaboration.🤝 Read more ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📣 Save the date for the Final Conference of the @alfawetlands.bsky.social and @rewet-he.bsky.social projects, taking place on 17–18 September 2026 in Brussels. 🆒 Tools presentation and Living&Open Labs visits ❓ Find more details and stay tuned for further updates ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu/save-the-dat...

👏 First In Situ Non-Invasive Assessment of Pesticide Effects in Amphibians at @alfawetlands.bsky.social #LivingLab, led by @inrae-france.bsky.social! 🐸 Researchers applied buccal swabbing for common toad and green frog! 🧐 Curious to read the whole article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🛰️ Watch the remote sensing webinar! Learn how we support #climate #mitigation and #ecosystem #restoration! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pstf... This Wetlands in Action webinar, led by @alfawetlands.bsky.social , @restore4cs.bsky.social @rewet-he.bsky.social , @wethorizons.eu

💦 The Finnish Peatland Day 2026 brought together wetland researchers! @alfawetlands.bsky.social was featured in no fewer than five presentations by @luke.fi and Finnish Meteorological Institute! And "Mating Display of the Peatlands" by Soiden Soidinmenot became a delightful surprise ⤵️ #WWD2026

Register for ALFAwetlands Co-creation Training Course! Join 3 Online sessions: 1. Setting up a Living Lab – 12.03 2. Bringing plural actors together – 18.03 3. Inclusive integrated strategies for action – 26.03 Led by @sthlmresilience.bsky.social Registration ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu/co-creation-...

🌲 Did you know that closed-canopy forests provide higher ecosystem service values than partially open or open-canopy areas? 📝 Learn more from the research article: zenodo.org/records/1653... and join the webinar with author, Rana Parvez alfawetlands.eu/join-our-new... 🛰️ @horizoneu.bsky.social

📣 Wetlands in Action Webinar 4! When: 10 February 2026, from 11:00 –12:00 (CET) Topic: "Remote Sensing of Wetland and Peatland Dynamic: Restoration and Carbon Emissions", featuring @alfawetlands.bsky.social and @wethorizons.eu experts! Registration is still open: alfawetlands.eu/join-our-new...

Celebrating #WorldWetlandsDay 2026 🌍 Across Europe, ALFAwetlands #LivingLabs unite science, citizens and policy to restore wetlands for climate, biodiversity and resilient communities. 🌱 Learn more about our results and Stay tuned for more events and news in 2026 ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu/celebrating-...

👏 @alfawetlands.bsky.social Co-creation webinar successfully conducted! 📣 We also shared our first version of the Handbook: A guide to knowledge co-production in multifunctional landscapes: alfawetlands.eu/wp-content/u... Soon we will announce follow up webinars! @horizoneu.bsky.social

Register for webinar on Co-Creation for Inclusive & Collaborative Wetland Restoration 🌱 Explore how co-creation and Living Labs can strengthen wetland restoration across Europe! 🗓 28 January 2026 ⏰ 14:00–15:00 CET 💻 Online (via registration) alfawetlands.eu/join-co-crea... #HorizonEU

📣 Register for Wetlands in Action Webinars Session 4! Topic: "Remote Sensing of Wetland and Peatland Dynamic: Restoration and Carbon Emissions"🛰️ 💻 💦 Date: 10 February 2026 Time: 11:00 –12:00 (CET) Registration: alfawetlands.eu/join-our-new... Previous sessions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPM...

📹 Watch the recording of Session 3 Wetlands in Action webinar series ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPM... Find out more about the webinar ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/posts/alfawe... @horizoneu.bsky.social @rewet-he.bsky.social @wethorizons.eu @restore4cs.bsky.social @luke.fi @succow-stiftung.de

Registration for Wetlands in Action Webinars: Session 3 is still open! Join us on January, 13th for "Data-Driven Wetland Monitoring: GHG Hotspot and Rewetting Impact Assessment": alfawetlands.eu/join-session... Our speakers are: 💧Alexandra Barthelmes and 💧Werner Wiedermann @horizoneu.bsky.social

🎅 🤶 The year 2025 has been an exceptionally active and productive for ALFAwetlands and its sister projects, marked by a broad range of events, field activities, and public engagement across Europe. Learn more from our Press Release and enjoy your Winter Holidays! ❄️ alfawetlands.eu/wp-content/u...

🎉 Recordings from Session 2 "From Perception to Action: Engaging Citizens in Wetland Restoration and Conservation" of the “Wetlands in Action” webinar series are now available! Check out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBrX... And register for our next session: alfawetlands.eu/join-session...

Recently ALFAwetlands and LIFE AMooRe projects´ teams met for a joint synergy meeting to discuss cooperation between research and implementation efforts in wetland and peatland restoration. One of the key discussion points - ALFAwetlands landowner survey, opening new ways for collaboration Austria.

🌿 How do Europeans view wetland restoration? At ALFAwetlands we’ve surveyed citizens in six EU countries — and here’s a quick sneak peek! A big thank you to everyone who took part! 💚 Find out on our website where wetlands are popular and more: alfawetlands.eu/impact-of-we... #WetlandsRestoration

This year’s #WorldSoilDay reminds us that soils are the foundation of our food systems, biodiversity, climate resilience and even urban wellbeing! At #ALFAwetlands, we work across Europe to better understand these soil systems: alfawetlands.eu/healthy-soil... #WorldSoilDay2025 #HorizonEU #Soil

🌍 Upcoming Training: Ecosystem Restoration as a Climate Project 📅 1 December 2025 | 📍 Görlitz or Online (Zoom) 🕙 10:00–18:00 CET Training duration is 6 hours with 3 main substantive parts! 👉 More information and registration here: abc-sdg.net/shane-grundy... #RestorationForFuture #Training

🎉 Recordings from Session 1 of the “Wetlands in Action” webinar series are now available! 🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zjx... And... 📅 Save the date! Session 2 is coming on 16 December — registration is now open: alfawetlands.eu/join-second-...

🌱 #WetlandsInAction #Webinar 2 Title: From Perception to Action: Engaging Citizens in Wetland Restoration and Conservation 🗓️ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 16 December 2025 🕚 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 11:00–12:00 CEST 💻 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Online 🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More information here: alfawetlands.eu/join-second-...

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Wetland Biogeochemistry 🌿 📝 How to join: 👍 email ([email protected]) your authors’ names, paper title, abstract by November 17, 2025 📅 Full paper deadline: January 19, 2026 💡 Early submissions are encouraged! 🔗 Learn more: link.springer.com/collections/...

New publication on remote sensing and carbon emissions from our sister project @wethorizons.eu ⤵️

The Peatland Breakthrough - that's the Global Call to Unlock the Power of Peatlands for Climate, Nature and People at #COP30 in Brazil 💚 Mo 17th November 2025, 18:30—20:00 (GMT-3) 💚 Side Event Room 1, Blue Zone, UNFCCC COP30, Belém Brazil Participate in person or via lifestream!

#ALFAwetlands resent successful Workshop on Work Package 3 in Barcelona, hosted by @ub.edu focused on: ✅ Progress on ongoing joint publications ✅ Identification of future topics to be addressed ✅ Collaborative planning of next research steps Check out more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #UTARTU

📍 Meet #ALFAwetlands expert Salla Tenhovirta from University of Tartu at the webinar of our sister project @rewet-he.bsky.social Presentation: CO2 and CH4 exchange in two re-wetted #Estonian bogs seven years post-restoration When? 13 November 2025, 10:00–13:00 CET #RestorationForFuture #GHG

On November 3rd, Annika Tienhaara (ALFAwetlands, Natural Resources Institute Finland) presented on the @restore4cs.bsky.social Autumn School, results of the citizens’ survey: 📊 “Valuing Wetland Restoration: A Choice Experiment on Citizens' Preferences Across Six EU Countries.” Article will follow!

Celebrate #SustainabilityDay with #ALFAwetlands! We contribute to a sustainable future by: 💧Empowering communities 💧 Advancing scientific knowledge 💧 Shaping policy for the future #Wetlands store carbon, protect biodiversity, and help us adapt to #ClimateChange! alfawetlands.eu/celebrate-su...

#ALFAwetlands is proud to share #CitizenScience results from our #LivingLab at Sanginjoki, Finland, led by @luke.fi: 418 observations: 94 plants, trees, fungi, berries, birds and 117 people contributing identifications. 🦆 🌲 🌺 👁️ 📸 Check out, how you can also join: alfawetlands.eu/become-alfaw...

💧🌿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 “𝗪𝗲𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” - 𝗔 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 🌿💧 ‼️ Session 1 is already on November 18th! 📍 45+ minute expert-led sessions + live Q&A; Find More ⤵️ alfawetlands.eu/joint-expert... @alfawetlands.bsky.social @restore4cs.bsky.social @rewet-he.bsky.social @wethorizons.eu