World Fish Migration Foundation
Rivers have always provided fundamental and vital services for mankind and the environment. However, dams disrupt the natural functioning of rivers and can cause a wide-scale decline in fish and other river wildlife. For these reasons, it is necessary to remove these barriers to return rivers to their natural, free-flowing state.
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💦New Case Study: Galaxes Weir, River Odeleite, Portugal 🌡️The Galaxes Weir was originally built to create a reservoir for irrigation in the arid Algarve inland but was soon abandoned after failing to fulfil its intended purpose ✅Just over a decade later, @wwfportugal successfully removed the barrier, becoming the first NGO-led barrier removal in Portugal 🇵🇹
💦New case study: Bodange Weir, River Sûre, Belgium The River Sûre is home to several protected species of mussels. For this reason, the Bodange Weir removal was undertaken to improve mussels' habitat and water quality as part of the “Fish for Mussels” project.
The number 1 solution to solve most of rivers problems:🚧dams, big and small. Help us take down all the old and unnecesary barriers that slice our European rivers #riversunlocked #protectwater
River Monsters' host Jeremy Wade communicates how the removal of obsolete dams - in the case Bowston Weir in Cumbria, built 150 years ago to harness water for a paper making mill and which shut in the 1960's - restores whole stretches of river and allowed to run free the migratory patterns of fish such as salmon.
Dam Removal Europe joined Pinwheel!