The Endangered Landscapes Programme is building a future in which landscapes are enriched with biodiversity, establishing resilient, more self-sustaining ecosystems that benefit both nature and people
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Extensive and ethereal, Białowieża (Beloveshskaya Pushcha) is one of Europe’s last great primary forests. The outstanding biodiversity value of this UNESCO World Heritage Site includes one-quarter of the world’s European bison among 59 mammal species plus an astonishing 12,000 invertebrate species. Following decades of exploitation and drainage in the Belarus part of the forest and recent controversial logging in Poland, however, Białowieża is under threat.
Building on experience from Belarus, the project will plan landscape-level restoration of the forest’s hydrology. It intends to adopt a transboundary approach to address the international stalemate over Poland’s intensive logging. The project envisages that returning groundwater to near-natural levels should enable the rewetting of forests, up to 20,000 ha of drained mires and formerly straightened riverbeds.
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Two batches of three young eagle owls have just been released in the Danube Delta project area in Ukraine. Their reintroduction, which is part of a long-term programme to establish a viable population, will enhance local food webs. Towards a wilder delta Six more eagle owls have been released in the Ukrainian section of the…
15th September 2021
In central Polesia, one million hectares is already protected. This network of protected areas includes three national parks and several…
September 8, 2021
In the fifth and final article of the rewards of nature restoration guest series Adrian Thomas, Project Development Manager at…
September 1, 2021
In the Ukrainian Danube Delta, the opening of a new photography hide and the ongoing restoration of the forest landscape…
August 30, 2021
