You can still sign today by adding your name, title, and institution at the end of the document 👇

Scientists for Balkan Rivers have issued an #OpenLetter to the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other relevant bodies on the mass fish kill at the #Neretva River. Read the letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... ⚠️ Sign until 𝟮𝟱.𝟬𝟵.𝟮𝟱.

Interesting opportunity to gain funding (up to 100 kEuro) for #damremoval or other river restoration acitvities in the Danube River Basin.

Sounds like an excellent initiative and learning opportunity! 🧪🌍🌱

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? Check out our Module 2 of the MERLIN Academy – 57 free lessons packed with tools to: 🔎 identify, prioritise & map stakeholders 🤝 use inclusive engagement strategies 📚 navigate policies & build partnerships Register here: project-merlin.eu/academy.html

Charlotte Sugden will present on the economic assessment of nature recovery, outlining the next steps toward achieving outcomes that benefit both nature and communities. She will also discuss the development of a business case for large-scale nature recovery: www.uknee.org.uk/webinars-1/m...

In Soraluze (Basque Country, Spain), one more river barrier is coming down. As part of the EU MERLIN project, this weir removal opens the way for fish, fresh flows, and a healthier river. Step by step, continuity is being restored! 🔗 MERLIN CS02: project-merlin.eu/cs-portal/ca... © Arturo Elosegi

📢 Our first policy brief is out! This Policy Working Paper illustrates how water restoration can be embedded in future agricultural policies to enhance water resilience: project-merlin.eu/files/merlin... #river #wetlands #restoration #CAP #policy

A lovely update from our Finnish colleagues during their National MERLIN Day! 🌱 Approximately 20,000 hectares of former peat extraction sites are now flourishing: www.linkedin.com/posts/tiina-... 🤩

Our colleague, Kerry Waylen, will be speaking on behalf of MERLIN at the #NetworkNature Annual Event next week on the topic of business partnering with nature. If you are interested in this or other topics, you can find the full agenda and registration link here: www.tickettailor.com/events/iucn/...

The EU-project @danubelifelines.bsky.social officially launches its 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 – a unique opportunity for regions across Europe to receive funding for activities supporting migratory fish habitats and river connectivity: www.danubelifelines.eu/associated-r... 📅 Deadline: 31.12.2025

Great PhD defense by Andrea Schneider today. Biodiversity effects of modified grassland maintenance on dykes in urban areas. @merlin-project.bsky.social @valentinecology.bsky.social

The Open Rivers Programme is seeking expressions of interest for a study collecting primary data on the ecological impact of small barrier removal projects: openrivers.eu/news/eoi-pri...

📣 Last chance to register! It's the final call to get tickets for the Hydro-JULES conference 'Land and water in a changing climate' at the Royal Society on 24 Sep. Registration closes tomorrow, 9 Sep ➡️ buff.ly/BS9iWBL

In our upcoming webinar, experts will present the knowledge gaps identified in the @ipbes.net #Nexus and #TransformativeChange assessments, and opportunities to contribute to filling those gaps. 🌏🧪 Find out more: http://bit.ly/3JOIPRA  #IPBESStakeholders

Save the date! This policy-focused event aims to share insights and lessons from large-scale freshwater and wetland restoration projects, linked to the #EUGreenDeal and the #NatureRestorationRegulation. 📅 10 March 2026, 13:00–17:00 CET Organised by MERLIN, WaterLANDS, SpongeScapes & SpongeWorks.

🐟 A free new online learning module offers a wealth of information around bringing people and nature together in freshwater restoration 🤝 The @merlin-project.bsky.social module introduces key ideas around stakeholder engagement and governance in freshwaters freshwaterblog.net/2025/09/03/f...

You'll find here three PhD positions on #NatureBasedSolutions for coastal protection and water quality enhancement (US) and one Postdoc position on biogeodynamics and eco-evolutionary modelling of tropical coastal #wetlands (Germany). Take a look 👇

In our new deliverable @hutton.ac.uk talks about 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 and the way they were addressed in MERLIN. The way stakeholder engagement is designed and executed has critical implications for achieving environmental sustainability and social justice💡 🔗 project-merlin.eu/deliverables...

🌟 Module 2 of the 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 is live! In this Module you will learn about stakeholder engagement, partnership working and governance to support upscaling of Nature-based Solutions and freshwater and wetland restoration. Enroll for free: merlinacademy.thinkific.com/courses/modu...

🤚⛔️ This week starting: a pushback against environmental deregulation aka omnibusses. We say it clear and loud: #HandsOffNature - take part too ✍️! With thanks to the great colleagues of @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social & @clienteartheur.bsky.social & @eeb.org & @wwf.eu 💚! www.handsoffnature.eu

Take a minute and support ecosystem restoration in the coming decade:

1st of September means that our webinars are back! It's not too late to register and join us this afternoon:

🌊 The new @merlin-project.bsky.social podcast explores how nature-based solutions can help support people and nature through freshwater restoration 📻 Tune in here! freshwaterblog.net/2025/08/22/m...

Join us for the next 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 on 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 – a tool for best management practices in forestry along small streams. Our speakers will present both the theoretical background and practical use cases. Register here: project-merlin.eu/webinars.html 📅: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝘀𝘁, 𝟭𝟱.𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧

At the 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗮𝘆 project team members met with representatives from the Interreg ResiRiver project, the Dutch NL2120 program, and the Room for the River 2.0 program to discuss upscaling Nature-based Solutions in Dutch river systems. Check out the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIxE...

If you want to understand the latest policies guiding freshwater restoration efforts and develop the skills to plan and scale up restoration projects, Module 1 of the MERLIN Academy is the place for you: merlinacademy.thinkific.com. Discover this and other topics through the link!

Our partners in Portugal are offering a free 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹-𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 as part of the MERLIN project, which may be of interest to anyone in the field. 📍 de Arcos 🗣️ Portuguese & Spanish 📅 3–5 September 🔗 lagoas.cm-pontedelima.pt/pages/972?ne...

A stretch of the River Roughty near Kenmare (Kerry) gives an idea of how much of Ireland once was, prior to farming: a wonderland of rainforest and other wild natural habitats, heaving with diverse life. We can and must make space for crashing nature again. #Rewilding

Follow #DANUBElifelines' journey! This project paves the way towards the recovery of migratory fish and their habitats in the Danube River Basin by reconnecting rivers, restoring biodiversity, and promoting scalable solutions for freshwater conservation across Europe. More info: danubelifelines.eu

New guidance on monitoring catchment-based #NbS, giving practical options and costs for ‘basic’, ‘standard’ or ‘gold standard’ approaches for monitoring: runoff attenuation, land use change, soil management, riparian restoration and floodplain reconnection: wre.org.uk/wp-content/u...

A heartwarming throwback to our inspiring joint Special Session at the #SEFS14 conference in beautiful Turkey. It felt almost like a symbolic passing of the baton from MERLIN to @futurelakes.bsky.social – and yet, MERLIN will continue running at full speed until March 2026!

Yesterday on #BogDay our former colleague Eva Hernández Herrero shared a beautiful message and a great initiative to draw attention on the need to conserve, restore and better manage peatlands. Read her post here: www.linkedin.com/posts/eva-he...

Happy #BogDay. The most misunderstood ecosystems on our planet have been ridiculed, drained, burned, and destroyed throughout modern history. These water purifiers, carbon keepers, storytellers, and beautiful places deserve our respect, today and every day.

We contributed more than 16 MERLIN talks and one plenary lecture by Teresa Ferreira, covering key MERLIN outcomes. It was a strong presence, and we hope we left a lasting impression on this scientific community!

3 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and the Environment at Texas State University 🗃️ #HPS #histsci #histmed #envhist networks.h-net.org/jobs/68829/t...

Japanese researchers were able to use a ViT model to successfully achieve high accuracy in identifying mayfly families from images. This demonstrated the potential for machine learning and image analysis to automate the taxonomic identification of macroinvertebrates in freshwater biomonitoring.

Moorspezialisten – wie sich die Teilnehmer im kürzlich gestarteten Ausbildungsprogramm schlagen - @ndr.de-MV berichtet: www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

MERLIN and @futurelakes.bsky.social projects featured at the 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 in Bolu, Turkey – hosting the event's largest session: “Restoring Freshwater Ecosystems for Landscape Resilience” #SEFS14 #SEFS14BOLU #freshwater #restoration #resilience

A new MERLIN publication is linking freshwater #restoration measures to their anticipated impacts on #biodiversity and ecosystem services through a structured expert evaluation. A useful read for all of you working at the science–policy–practice interface: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Researchers estimated that groundwater temperatures could increase over the next 100 years, threatening the safety of drinking water and endangering spring-fed ecosystems. New article by Trinity geology student Carter J. Nicol! #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/is-groundwat...

💡 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗯𝗦 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴? The upcoming #NetworkNature Annual Event "𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦" is always a great chance to meet others working on Nature-based Solutions. 📅 16 September 2025 ⏰ 9:00 – 18:00 (Europe/Brussels) 🔗 Full agenda and more info available here: networknature.eu/networknatur...

#NewReport: The Global Wetland Outlook 2025 is now live! Dive into the latest global data on wetland extent, loss and restoration and discover the solutions we need to secure the future of these vital ecosystems. global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org

🌊 Restoring freshwater biodiversity helps generate multiple benefits to people 🤝 A new @merlin-project.bsky.social study explores how freshwater restoration supports ecosystem services freshwaterblog.net/2025/07/11/m...

The first @bioagora.eu'𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 (𝗦𝗣𝗜) 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 – a dialogue workshop on free-flowing rivers – is a great opportunity to feed into the strategic SPI debate on barrier removal! 📅 𝟭–𝟮 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 📍 Ghent, Belgium 🔗 More info available at: bioagora.eu/en/news/save...

This new report is based on findings from a literature review and a survey of 33 landscape projects and does a nice job of linking different ideas and recommendations related to systems approaches, landscapes, collaborations and justice: dialoguematters.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Less water, more extremes! Austria’s rivers face climate stress 🌊 Greenpeace data shows falling water levels and rising floods in rivers like the Danube. Ronald Pöppl calls for restoring floodplains, boosting water storage, reducing soil sealing, and sustainable land use- orf.at/stories/3397...

*Job alert* Within our recently funded collaborative project focusing on assisted migration of #mountain #plant species, we are looking for a #PhD candidate based at ETH Zürich. For further details and instructions, see the job ad: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... Please repost! 🧪🏔️🌿

Happening tomorrow! Take the chance to learn more about freshwater restoration, Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services 👇

Are you interested in peatland restoration? @waterlandsh2020.bsky.social is running a second Peatland Restoration Training Course. If you are interested, complete this form before the end of July: forms.office.com/pages/respon...