Are you sick and tired of staying home? Do you miss having fun and hanging out with friends? Then, grab a cup of coffee or a beer (that’s mandatory!!) and join us; let’s break free together and free some rivers too! Dam Removal Europe Café is open for business. Oh dam(n)!
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APRIL 21st, 2022 | 16:30 – 17:30 CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME
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Like all things, dams, weirs and culverts have a lifetime, and many of them are currently obsolete. Thankfully, barrier removal is no longer crazy talk and it’s getting more and more attention. Let’s exchange knowledge and insights and let’s mainstream this movement!
The World Fish Migration Foundation, the Resources Legacy Fund, Rewilding Europe and WWF invite river and restoration practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and students to the first in a series of 1-hour, international, “infotaining” webinars focusing on the why and how of barrier removals. We will showcase unique projects, interview dam buster heroes, share insights, but first and foremost, we will have fun! The event builds on experience from projects across Europe and the US.
The first Dam Removal Europe Cafe is organized by World Fish Migration Foundation on behalf of Dam Removal Europe with sponsorship from Open Rivers Fund, a program of Resources Legacy Fund supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. In-kind support is provided by Rewilding Europe and WWF.
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Program
16:30
Opening
Chris Bowser from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, US
16:35
Demolition of hydropower dams in Finland
Sampsa Vilhunen from WWF Finland, Finland
Guests in the field: Hanna Ollikainen and Sini Javanainen from South Karelian Foundation for Recreation Areas and Municipality of Rautjärvi, respectively, Finland
16:47
Live music break
César Rodríguez from AEMS – Ríos con Vida, Spain
16:49
Breaking news!
16:52
Dam removals in Lithuania
Jonė Leščinskaitė from Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuania
Irma Žąsytienė from Salantai Regional Park Authority, Lithuania
17:04
Dam removals in Spain
Mònica Bardina Martin from Catalan Water Agency, Spain
17:16
Mainstreaming dam removals
Julie Turrini from Resources Legacy Fund, USA
17:23
Live music break
César Rodríguez from AEMS – Ríos con Vida, Spain
17:24
Be the 1st DRE Café Quiz winner!
Mentimeter quiz for the attendees
17:29
Closure
17:30
End
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Registration and questions
For free registration follow this link to EventBrite. For questions regarding the program contact Foivos Mouchlianitis (foivos@fishmigration.org).
Language: English
Sponsors
We are opening for sponsoring by companies and NGO’s. Please contact Herman Wanningen (herman@fishmigration.org) for information about sponsorships.
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