Restoring ecosystems for life
Restoring ecosystems across land and sea
Restoring ecosystems for generations to come
Restoration Works: seven projects; seven years of restoration impact.
Habitats across Europe are degrading at alarming rates. Our mission is to reverse that change.
The Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme is building a future in which landscapes and seascapes are enriched with biodiversity, establishing resilient and more self-sustaining ecosystems that benefit both nature and people.
million dollars (USD) pledged for restoration in Europe.
largescale restoration projects supported.
million ha of land and sea projected to be influenced by project actions.
communities benefiting from project actions.
IUCN Globally Threatened Species benefiting from project actions.
204,955 hectares of land and sea directly under restoration.
USD of co-funding secured across projects and the programme.
Danube Delta
Moldova, Romania, Ukraine
Europe’s largest river delta is coming back to life. Across Ukraine, Romania and Moldova, wetlands are being reconnected, natural grazing restored and wildlife returning. From reopened waterways to revived steppe habitats, the Danube Delta is regaining ecological resilience.
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Danube Delta, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova
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Rewilding Europe
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Ukraine, Romania and Moldova
Iori River Valley
The Iori River Valley forms part of the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot and supports a unique blend of steppe and forest habitats. This landscape is home to threatened species, long-standing pastoral traditions, and a network of communities dependent on the land and water for their livelihoods.
A safe haven for the future: restoring Romania’s Carpathian Mountains
For more than three decades, wildlife biologist Barbara Promberger has watched Romania’s Carpathian Mountains change. After first arriving to study wolves in the 1990s, she went on to help protect and restore the wild forests that convinced her to stay. Today, restoration across the landscape is bringing back European bison and beavers, recovering damaged forests and building stronger relationships with local communities. In this interview, Barbara reflects on what has changed, the lessons learned along the way, and the growing momentum behind a proposed 200,000-hectare national park in the Făgăraș Mountains, which could secure the landscape’s protection for generations to come.
First satellite-tagged angel shark marks milestone for Lemnos restoration project
Songs of the Watershed: Katja Malinen on music, memory and restoration
The return of the wild in Portugal’s Greater Côa Valley
Can Europe produce enough native oysters for restoration?
