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ELP project launches new tool to help prioritise funding for restoration funding in Europe
We are proud to announce that an ELP-funded Enabling Project has today launched a tool to help practitioners and donors…
16th September 2020
First herd of bison return home to Făgăraș Mountains, Romania
After more than 200 years since their disappearance from the central forests of Romania, eight bison were released into the…
11th September 2020
International Vulture Awareness Day: Protecting Europe’s scavengers of the sky
It is fair to say that vultures have historically been dealt a tough hand in the media. Yet despite being…
5th September 2020
Boosting connectivity and communities in Kartal Lake, Danube Delta
Between the 1950s and 1980s, the Danube Delta’s biodiversity suffered from highly damaging hydraulic engineering projects. In Romania, Ukraine and…
27th August 2020
Understanding the social landscape for restoration
By Dr David Thomas, Endangered Landscapes Programme Manager. Governments around the world agree that climate change poses a global emergency,…
20th August 2020
Insect indicators: What can they tell us about Polesia’s wetlands?
Polesia is among the largest of natural wetland landscape in Europe. The biodiversity and stability of its ecosystems, however, suffer…
13th August 2020
New water sources relieve pressure on Georgia’s fragile steppe ecosystem
Despite its sheer cliff faces and rugged, dryland steppes, the dramatic landscape of the Iori River Valley and its surrounding…
31st July 2020
Marine restoration on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast: From species to systems recovery
By Tundi Agardy, ELP Oversight and Selection Panel member It’s rare that one gets to look at a conservation problem…
23rd July 2020
Eagle owl release in the Danube Delta provides boost for species recovery
As part of an ongoing reintroduction programme, three juvenile eagle owls have been released in the Ukrainian part of the…
14th July 2020
Mapping the funding landscape for restoration in Europe
As we grapple with the so-called ‘twinned crises’ of biodiversity loss and climate breakdown, there is an increasing recognition that…
9th July 2020