Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation

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Deliverables

New framework for monitoring systemic impacts of freshwater and wetland restoration actions

The report will summarise the monitoring framework to be applied in the 17 case studies It will include guidance on the indicators evaluating impact on Green Deal Goals and will be enriched by a systematic review of systems used in the case studies

Intermediate synthesis of the regional scalability plans

Draft version of a regional scalability plan for each case study based on SWOT analyses and experience transfer to identify the potential for implementation and replication of restoration measures on the regional scale Serves as input into WP3 and WP4

Briefing on national/EU sector perceptions workshops*

This briefing (up to 8 pages) will present the results of the application of the IUCN framework to highlight areas of consensus and difference regarding implementing NBS amongst four national and EU level stakeholders. It will focus on solutions identified in the workshop and identify training and support needs for MERLIN Academy.

17 Reports on case study optimisation strategies

Compilation of recommendations improvement and optimisation plans for each case study WP1 developed by stakeholder boards and international case study clusters based on multiperspective gap analyses

16 implementation plans

Detailed prioritised and optimised plans for the realisation of implementation measures in months 936 in 16 out of 17 case studies Plans include risk assessment time and budget planning and distribution of tasks

MERLIN dissemination and exploitation plan first version

The deliverable will consist of a list of all planned dissemination related activities in MERLIN It will include guidelines and protocols for disseminating and communicating MERLIN results templates for layouts formats for deliverables presentations invitations agendas publications policy briefs and other identified items for dissemination

Finalised scalability plans

Final regional scalability plans based on the draft versions (D2.2) and additional input from WP 3 and WP4.

Screening maps

Screening maps that display Europe-wide the needs and potentials to restore floodplains, rivers and wetlands with a range of restoration measures.

MERLIN website and leaflet

The deliverable will show the main functionalities and content of the website as well as a project flyer that will be translated in all case study languages

Online case-study portal to share knowledge and report findings

The portal will provide summary information on the 17 MERLIN case studies and data tracking their progress with the European Green Deal goal indicators It will also be a portal to individual casestudy websites

"Digital twins of four case-studies and ""stories"""

Digital twins demonstrating state-of-the-art environmental observation systems, and case-studies describing their use by businesses, agencies and the public for making decisions based on near real-time data. Four case-studies (no. 2, 11, 14 and 17) were selected based on their advanced stage of digital twins' implementation.

Publications

Mapping multiple benefits in large-scale freshwater restoration: A theory of change approach

Author(s): Laura Pott, Yaron Hershkovitz, Sebastian Birk
Published in: Nature-Based Solutions, Issue 8, 2026, Page(s) 100240, ISSN 2772-4115
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2025.100240

Use of trait concepts and terminology in freshwater ecology: Historic, current, and future perspectives

Author(s): Cayetano Gutiérrez‐Cánovas, Rachel Stubbington, Daniel von Schiller, Rossano Bolpagni, Miriam Colls, Thibault Datry, Rafael Marcé, Daniel Bruno
Published in: Freshwater Biology, Issue 69, 2024, Page(s) 477-495, ISSN 0046-5070
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.14230

Trade-offs in ecosystem services under various river management strategies of the Rhine Branches

Author(s): Sien Kok, Solen Le Clec'h, W. Ellis Penning, Anthonie Dirk Buijse, Lars Hein
Published in: Ecosystem Services, Issue 72, 2025, Page(s) 101692, ISSN 2212-0416
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101692

Does the Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027 support the restoration of freshwater ecosystems?

Author(s): Josselin Rouillard, Johanna Meier, Kirsty L. Blackstock, Keith B. Matthews, Sebastian Birk
Published in: Nature Conservation, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 337-354, ISSN 1314-3301
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.62.148845

Restoring coasts and floodplains - Conclusions and recommendations for enabling action across science, policy, and practice

Author(s): Ute Susanne Kaden, Sophia Schmid, Simone Wulf, Katrina Marsden, Carla Klusmann, Aletta Bonn, Klement Tockner, Mathias Scholz, Simon Duffield
Published in: Nature Conservation, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 383-391, ISSN 1314-3301
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.62.184559

Assessing ecosystem services across scales to support nature-based solutions in river floodplains: a review of non-monetary tools

Author(s): Barbara Stammel, Sonja C. Jähnig, Dietmar Mehl, Martin Pusch, Zorica Srđević, Martin Tschikof, Simone Wulf, Mathias Scholz
Published in: Nature Conservation, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 95-119, ISSN 1314-3301
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.62.148716

Building blocks for upscaling freshwater ecosystem restoration: Place-based strategies for a transdisciplinary challenge

Author(s): Sebastian Birk, Gerardo Anzaldua, Annette Baattrup-Pedersen, Anna Bérczi-Siket, Kirsty Blackstock, Tom Buijse, Esther Carmen, Laurence Carvalho, Xavier Garcia, Nadine Gerner, Nicolas Grondard, Eva Hernandez Herrero, Alhassan Ibrahim, Sien Kok, Marie-Isabell Lenz, Fanni Nyírő, Tomasz Okruszko, Ellis Penning, Laura Pott, Josselin Rouillard, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Axel Schwerk, Mario Michael Somm
Published in: Nature Conservation, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 261-287, ISSN 1314-3301
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.62.148938

Using georeferenced text from social media to map the cultural ecosystem services of freshwater ecosystems

Author(s): F. Comalada, O. Llorente, V. Acuña, J. Saló, X. Garcia
Published in: Ecosystem Services, Issue 72, 2025, Page(s) 101702, ISSN 2212-0416
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101702

Effects of extensive grazing and mowing compared to abandonment on the biodiversity of European grasslands: A meta‐analysis

Author(s): Andrea R. Schneider, Daniel Hering
Published in: Applied Vegetation Science, Issue 27, 2024, ISSN 1402-2001
Publisher: Opulus Press AB
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.70003

Assessing Potential Spawning and Nursery Habitat Availability in the River Rhine for the Critically Endangered European Sturgeon

Author(s): Niels W. P. Brevé, Debora A. J. van Dieren, Marc Weeber, Erik Mosselman, Leopold A. J. Nagelkerke, AlberTinka J. Murk, Anthonie D. Buijse
Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Issue 34, 2024, ISSN 1052-7613
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.70016

Tall, large-diameter trees and dense shrub layer as key determinants of the abundance and composition of bird communities in oak-dominated forests

Author(s): Mariann Komlós, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, János Bölöni, Réka Aszalós, Katalin Veres, Dániel Winkler, Gábor Ónodi
Published in: Journal of Forestry Research, Issue 35, 2024, ISSN 1007-662X
Publisher: Northeast Forestry University
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-024-01714-w

Towards net-zero phosphorus cities

Author(s): Geneviève S. Metson; Will J. Brownlie; Bryan M. Spears
Published in: npj Urban Sustainability, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 2661-8001
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s42949-022-00076-8

River continuum disruptions in a highly altered system: The perspective of potamodromous fish

Author(s): Johannes L. Kowal, Andrea Funk, Günther Unfer, Damiano Baldan, Gertrud Haidvogl, Christoph Hauer, Maria T. Ferreira, Paulo Branco, Rafaela Schinegger, Thomas Hein
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 164, 2024, Page(s) 112130, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112130

Waves Under Control? A Meta‐Analysis of Morphological Restoration as a Strategy to Mitigate Navigation‐Induced Disturbances

Author(s): Anna‐Lisa Dittrich, Thomas Hein, Olena Bilous, Andrea Funk, Paul Meulenbroek, Mario Brauns, Elisabeth Bondar‐Kunze
Published in: Freshwater Biology, Issue 71, 2026, ISSN 0046-5070
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.70181

Composition, divergence and variability: A comprehensive analysis of fish trait responses to connectivity

Author(s): Kai Feng, István Czeglédi, Andrea Funk, Thomas Hein, Didier Pont, Paul Meulenbroek, Bálint Preiszner, Alice Valentini, Tibor Erős
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 167, 2024, Page(s) 112670, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112670

Nature-based solutions with sponge functions: socio-economic importance and valuation

Author(s): Jan Macháč, Lenka Zaňková, Marek Hekrle, Mathias Scholz
Published in: Nature Conservation, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 289-315, ISSN 1314-3301
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.62.164530

Assessing small hydropower viability in water-scarce regions: environmental flow and climate change impacts using a SWAT+ based tool

Author(s): Xavier Garcia, Laia Estrada, Oliu Llorente, Vicenç Acuña
Published in: Environmental Sciences Europe, Issue 36, 2024, ISSN 2190-4715
Publisher: Springer One
DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00938-1

Remote sensing applications for monitoring restoration outcomes in boreal forestry-drained peatlands - Reviewed applications and future potential

Author(s): Lauri Ikkala, null Ismail, Franziska Wolff, Hannu Marttila, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Pavel Alekseychik, Parvez Rana, Marko Kohv, Teemu Tahvanainen, Anne Tolvanen, Ali Torabi Haghighi, Timo Kumpula, Christopher Osborne, Jari Ilmonen, Tuomas Haapalehto, Bjørn Kløve, Aleksi Räsänen
Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment, Issue 333, 2026, Page(s) 115093, ISSN 0034-4257
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2025.115093

River restoration via CAP eco-schemes: current support and future opportunities for blue infrastructure

Author(s): Leonor Pereira Dos Santos, Sebastian Birk, Maria Teresa Ferreira
Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2296-665X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1681757

Cross-scale and integrative prioritization of multi-functionality in large river floodplains

Author(s): Martin Tschikof, Barbara Stammel, Gabriele Weigelhofer, Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze, Gabriela Costea, Martin Pusch, Zorica Srdević, Pavel Benka, David Bela Vizi, Tim Borgs, Thomas Hein
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 358, 2024, Page(s) 120899, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120899

Towards sustainable lake restoration

Author(s): Olga Tammeorg, Theis Kragh, Gertrud K. Nürnberg, Laurence Carvalho, Brian Huser, Tom Jilbert, Renata Augustyniak-Tunowska, Tallent Dadi, Kurt Friese, Laura Grinberga, Jolanta K. Grochowska, Sigrid Haande, Laura H. Härkönen, Michael Hupfer, Kenneth Irvine, Priyanka Jamwal, Anna-Marie Klamt, Zhengwen Liu, Yvonne McElarney, Maira Mucci, Deniz Özkundakci, Dāvis Ozoliņš, Emma Polauke, Karen Port
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 994, 2026, Page(s) 180001, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180001

European riverine and coastal wetlands under pressure: biodiversity and climate change

Author(s): Ute Susanne Kaden, Sophia Schmid, Michael Vieweg, Mathias Scholz, Simon Dufour
Published in: Nature Conservation, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 13-45, ISSN 1314-3301
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.62.163636

Spatiotemporal changes in river network connectivity in the Nile River Basin due to hydropower dams

Author(s): Anthony Basooma, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Rose Basooma, Herbert Nakiyende, Johannes Kowal, Andrea Funk, Thomas Hein, Florian Borgwardt
Published in: PLOS One, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) e0322338, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322338

Drivers of the taxonomic and functional structuring of aquatic and terrestrial floodplain bird communities

Author(s): Gábor Ónodi, István Czeglédi, Tibor Erős
Published in: Landscape Ecology, Issue 39, 2024, ISSN 1572-9761
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-024-01948-3

A global assessment of lake restoration in practice: New insights and future perspectives

Author(s): Sandra Poikane, Martyn G. Kelly, Gary Free, Laurence Carvalho, David P. Hamilton, Konstantina Katsanou, Miquel Lürling, Stuart Warner, Bryan M. Spears, Kenneth Irvine
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 158, 2024, Page(s) 111330, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111330

River‐Floodplain Metacommunities as Complex Networks: The Interplay of Species Interactions, Dispersal, and Environment

Author(s): Andrea Funk, István Czeglédi, Tibor Erős, Lukas Landler, Paul Meulenbroek, Didier Pont, Sonia Recinos Brizuela, Alice Valentini, Thomas Hein
Published in: Environmental DNA, Issue 8, 2026, ISSN 2637-4943
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/edn3.70239

River conservation and restoration in croplands: can we improve the common agriculture policy as an instrument of practice?

Author(s): Leonor Santos, Sebastian Birk, M. Teresa Ferreira
Published in: Restoration Ecology, 2025, ISSN 1061-2971
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/rec.70088

Drivers of metacommunity dynamics in river‐floodplain fish: A path modeling approach

Author(s): Kai Feng, István Czeglédi, Andrea Funk, Thomas Hein, Didier Pont, Paul Meulenbroek, Alice Valentini, Tibor Erős
Published in: Ecological Monographs, Issue 95, 2025, ISSN 0012-9615
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/ecm.70036

Differential response of multiple stream ecosystem processes to basin- and reach-scale drivers

Author(s): Miriam Colls, Maite Arroita, Aitor Larrañaga, Iñaki Bañares, Arturo Elosegi
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 954, 2024, Page(s) 176653, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176653

Overcoming barriers and leveraging opportunities to scale up landscape‐scale restoration in Europe

Author(s): Nancy Ockendon, Taylor Shaw, Susana Bautista, Anushree Bhattacharjee, Jordi Cortina‐Segarra, Virgil Iordache, Vanessa O. López, David Thomas, Poshendra Satyal, Jasper Van doninck, Sebastian Birk
Published in: Restoration Ecology, Issue 33, 2025, ISSN 1061-2971
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/rec.70075

Connectivity as a driver of river-floodplain functioning: A dynamic, graph theoretic approach

Author(s): Andrea Funk, Damiano Baldan, Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze, Sonia Recinos Brizuela, Johannes Kowal, Thomas Hein
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 154, 2024, Page(s) 110877, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110877

Correction: Assessing small hydropower viability in water-scarce regions: environmental flow and climate change impacts using a SWAT + based tool

Wind Turbine Blade Waste Circularity Coupled with Urban Regeneration: A Conceptual Framework

Author(s): Spyridoula Karavida, Angeliki Peponi
Published in: Energies, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 1464, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en16031464

Nature-based solutions and restoration are intertwined but not identical: Highlighting implications for societies and ecosystems

Author(s): Kerry A Waylen, Mark E. Wilkinson, Kirsty L. Blackstock, Mary Bourke
Published in: Nature-Based Solutions, Issue 5, 2025, Page(s) 100116, ISSN 2772-4115
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100116

Enhancing biodiversity through sowing and reduced management of grasslands on dikes and floodplains

Author(s): Andrea R. Schneider, Dominik Buchner, Rike Bayer, Willem Kaijser, Svenja Karnatz, Daniel Hering
Published in: Basic and Applied Ecology, Issue 87, 2025, Page(s) 100-109, ISSN 1439-1791
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2025.06.009

Root development is faster in common species of Potamogeton compared to declining species of Potamogeton in Danish lowland streams

Author(s): Lisbeth D.R. Henriksen, Mette B. Larsen, Trine J. Johnsen, Søren E. Larsen, Tenna Riis, Annette Baattrup-Pedersen
Published in: Aquatic Botany, Issue 189, 2025, Page(s) 103702, ISSN 0304-3770
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2023.103702

Water‐controlled ecosystems as complex networks: Evaluation of network‐based approaches to quantify patterns of connectivity

Author(s): Shubham Tiwari, Sonia Recinos Brizuela, Thomas Hein, Laura Turnbull, John Wainwright, Andrea Funk
Published in: Ecohydrology, Issue 17, 2024, ISSN 1936-0584
Publisher: Wiley Subscription Services
DOI: 10.1002/eco.2690

Blueing green water from forests as strategy to cope with climate change in water scarce regions: The case of the Catalan river basin District

Author(s): Xavier Garcia, Laia Estrada, Joan Saló, Vicenç Acuña
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 353, 2024, Page(s) 120249, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120249

Room for the River: An extended cost benefit analysis of integrated river-floodplain management for the Rhine in the Netherlands

Author(s): Sien Kok, Lars Hein, Solen le Clec’h, W.Ellis Penning, Anthonie D. Buijse
Published in: Ecosystem Services, Issue 78, 2026, Page(s) 101830, ISSN 2212-0416
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2026.101830

After-use of cutover peatland from the perspective of landowners: Future effects on the national greenhouse gas budget in Finland

Author(s): K. Laasasenaho, R. Lauhanen, A. Räsänen, A. Palomäki, I. Viholainen, T. Markkanen, T. Aalto, P. Ojanen, K. Minkkinen, L. Jokelainen, A. Lohila, O.-P. Siira, H. Marttila, L. Päkkilä, E. Albrecht, S. Kuittinen, A. Pappinen, E. Ekman, A. Kübert, M. Lampimäki, J. Lampilahti, A.H. Shahriyer, V. Tyystjärvi, A.-M. Tuunainen, J. Leino, T. Ronkainen, L. Peltonen, H. Vasander, T. Petäjä, M. Kulmal
Published in: Land Use Policy, Issue 134, 2025, Page(s) 106926, ISSN 0264-8377
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106926

After-use of peat extraction sites – A systematic review of biodiversity, climate, hydrological and social impacts

Author(s): Aleksi Räsänen, Eerika Albrecht, Mari Annala, Lasse Aro, Anna M. Laine, Liisa Maanavilja, Jyri Mustajoki, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Niko Silvan, Oili Tarvainen, Anne Tolvanen
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 882, 2025, Page(s) 163583, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163583

Responses of Oligochaeta and Chironomidae to restoration of connectivity in a river–floodplain stretch of the Upper Danube River

Author(s): Sonia Recinos Brizuela, Andrea Funk, Wolfram Graf, Anthony Basooma, Thomas Hein
Published in: Restoration Ecology, Issue 34, 2026, ISSN 1061-2971
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/rec.70238

Stream restoration and ecosystem functioning in lowland streams

Author(s): Annette Baattrup-Pedersen, Anette Baisner Alnoe, Jes J. Rasmussen, Peter S. Levi, Nikolai Friberg, Tenna Riis
Published in: Ecological Engineering, Issue 184, 2025, Page(s) 106782, ISSN 0925-8574
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106782

Inter-linkages between in-stream plant diversity and macroinvertebrate communities

Author(s): Annette Baattrup-Pedersen, Klaus Bertram Friis, Nikolai Friberg, Tenna Riis
Published in: Hydrobiologia, 2024, ISSN 0018-8158
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-024-05700-5

A transformations framework for mainstreaming a nature-based solutions approach

Author(s): Esther Carmen, Alhassan Ibrahim, Kirsty Blackstock, Kerry Waylen
Published in: Nature-Based Solutions, Issue 6, 2024, Page(s) 100199, ISSN 2772-4115
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100199

Multilayer networks in landscape ecology: a case study to assess changes in aquatic habitat connectivity for flying and non-flying benthic macroinvertebrates in a Danube floodplain

Author(s): Sonia Steffany Recinos Brizuela, Andrea Funk, Shubham Tiwari, Damiano Baldan, Thomas Hein
Published in: Landscape Ecology, Issue 39, 2024, ISSN 1572-9761
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-024-01975-0

Moving towards Europe-wide freshwater restoration through model-based integration of policy objectives

Author(s): Andrea Funk, Gonçalo Duarte, Paulo Branco, Thomas Hein, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Tamara Leite, Angeliki Peponi, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Sebastian Birk, Annette Baattrup-Pedersen, Florian Borgwardt
Published in: Water Research, Issue 293, 2026, Page(s) 125426, ISSN 0043-1354
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.125426

Unravelling direct and indirect effects of river-floodplain connectivity on biodiversity: insights from the Elbe River floodplains

Author(s): Franziska Wenskus, Christian Hecht, Peter Horchler, Kathrin Januschke, Georg Rieland, Mathias Scholz, Arnd Weber, Daniel Hering
Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation, Issue 34, 2025, Page(s) 2829-2850, ISSN 0960-3115
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-025-03098-7

River ecological status is shaped by agricultural land use intensity across Europe

Author(s): Christian Schürings, Lidija Globevnik, Jan U. Lemm, Alexander Psomas, Luka Snoj, Daniel Hering, Sebastian Birk
Published in: Water Research, Issue 251, 2024, Page(s) 121136, ISSN 0043-1354
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121136

The nutrient uptake bioassay (NUB): A method to estimate the nutrient uptake capacity of biofilms for the functional assessment of river ecosystems

Author(s): Miriam Colls, Maite Arroita, Aitor Larrañaga, Juan Pablo Pacheco, Libe Solagaistua, Arturo Elosegi
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 154, 2024, Page(s) 110776, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110776

Model-based analysis of the impact of climate change on hydrology in the Guayas River basin (Ecuador)

Author(s): Jawad Ghafoor, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Indira Nolivos, Mijial Arias-Hidalgo, Peter L. M. Goethals
Published in: Journal of Water and Climate Change, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 5021-5040, ISSN 2040-2244
Publisher: IWA Publishing
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2024.064

Freshwater restoration effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services: a Delphi survey

Author(s): Sebastian Birk, Celina Weigelt, Florian Borgwardt, Jochem Kail
Published in: Restoration Ecology, Issue 33, 2025, ISSN 1061-2971
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/rec.70119

A global systematic map of knowledge of inland commercial navigation effects on freshwater ecosystems

Author(s): Alienor Jeliazkov, Vanesa Martínez-Fernández, Vassil Y. Altanov, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Anthonie Dirk Buijse, Sofia Consuegra, Swann Felin, Carlos Garcia de Leaniz, Wolfram Graf, Fengzhi He, Sonja C. Jähnig, Patrick Leitner, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Aaron N. Sexton, Cybill Staentzel, Evelyne Tales, Karl M. Wantzen, Christian Wolter
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 370, 2025, Page(s) 122474, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122474

FreshCES-Net: A scalable deep learning approach to map freshwater cultural ecosystem services using social media data

Author(s): Francesc Comalada, Vicenç Acuña, Xavier Garcia
Published in: SoftwareX, Issue 33, 2026, Page(s) 102502, ISSN 2352-7110
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102502

Modelling cultural ecosystem services of river landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula with deep learning and social media images

Author(s): Francesc Comalada, Vicenç Acuña, Xavier Garcia
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 394, 2026, Page(s) 127667, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127667

Climate mitigation potential of peatland rewetting in Denmark: Plant biomass harvesting as a measure to reduce phosphorus runoff

Author(s): Paraskevi Manolaki, Tenna Riis, Ole Hyttel, Marta Baumane, Annette Baattrup-Pedersen
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 395, 2026, Page(s) 127974, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127974

Reviving Europe's rivers: Seven challenges in the implementation of the Nature Restoration Law to restore free‐flowing rivers

Author(s): Twan Stoffers, Florian Altermatt, Damiano Baldan, Olena Bilous, Florian Borgwardt, Anthonie D. Buijse, Elisabeth Bondar‐Kunze, Nuria Cid, Tibor Erős, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Andrea Funk, Gertrud Haidvogl, Severin Hohensinner, Johannes Kowal, Leopold A. J. Nagelkerke, Jakob Neuburg, Tianna Peller, Stefan Schmutz, Gabriel A. Singer, Günther Unfer, Simon Vitecek, Sonja C. Jähnig, Thomas Hein
Published in: WIREs Water, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2049-1948
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1717

Sustainable lake restoration: From challenges to solutions

Author(s): Olga Tammeorg, Ingrid Chorus, Bryan Spears, Peeter Nõges, Gertrud K. Nürnberg, Priit Tammeorg, Martin Søndergaard, Erik Jeppesen, Hans Paerl, Brian Huser, Jukka Horppila, Tom Jilbert, Agnieszka Budzyńska, Renata Dondajewska‐Pielka, Ryszard Gołdyn, Sina Haasler, Seppo Hellsten, Laura H. Härkönen, Mina Kiani, Anna Kozak, Niina Kotamäki, Katarzyna Kowalczewska‐Madura, Silvia Newell, Leena
Published in: WIREs Water, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2049-1948
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1689

Leading the path toward sustainable freshwater management: Reconciling challenges and opportunities in historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystem types.

Author(s): Erős, T., Hermoso, V., & Langhans, S. D.
Published in: WIREs Water, Issue Volume 10, Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 2049-1948
Publisher: Wiley John Wiley & Sons, Inc
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1645

Impacts of diffuse urban stressors on stream benthic communities and ecosystem functioning: A review

Author(s): Miriam Colls, Aida Viza, Aitziber Zufiarre, Alba Camacho-Santamans, Alex Laini, Alexia Maria González-Ferreras, Ana Filipa Filipe, Ana Victoria Pérez-Calpe, Anna Freixa, Anna Lupon, Anna C. Santamans, Arunava Pradhan, Carmen Espinosa, Carmen Vera-Trujillo, Cayetano Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Daniel Bruno, Daniel Mercado-Bettin, Daniel Morant, Daniela Batista, David Cunillera-Montcu
Published in: Limnetica, Issue 43, 2023, Page(s) 1, ISSN 0213-8409
Publisher: Associacion Espanola de Limnologia
DOI: 10.23818/limn.43.07

Towards effective and integrated riparian wetland monitoring in Europe: challenges and opportunities

Author(s): Dušanka Cvijanović, Barbara Stammel, Maja Novković, Mihai Adamescu, Marta Baumane, Aletta Bonn, Thomas Ehlert, Julia von Gönner, Kathrin Januschke, Ute Susanne Kaden, Cor Schipper, Christiane Schulz-Zunkel, Mathias Scholz
Published in: Nature Conservation, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 121-148, ISSN 1314-3301
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.62.167089

Securing success for the Nature Restoration Law

Author(s): Daniel Hering, Christian Schürings, Franziska Wenskus, Kirsty Blackstock, Angel Borja, Sebastian Birk, Craig Bullock, Laurence Carvalho, Magda Bou Dagher-Kharrat, Sebastian Lakner, Nataša Lovrić, Shane McGuinness, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla, Josef Settele, Guy Pe’er
Published in: Science, Issue 382, 2024, Page(s) 1248-1250, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.adk1658

Effects of restoration on macrophyte and macroinvertebrate ecological status and biodiversity in lowland streams in Denmark

Author(s): Lisbeth Dalsgaard Romme Henriksen, Tenna Riis, Janick Lauridsen, Annette Baattrup‐Pedersen
Published in: Restoration Ecology, 2026, ISSN 1061-2971
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/rec.70386

Agricultural Landscapes Dominated by Non-Pollinator-Dependent Crops May Play a Role on the Conservation of Wild Bees in Riparian Areas

Author(s): António Santos, Robin Payne, Manuela Branco, José Carlos Franco
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Issue 399, 2025, ISSN 0167-8809
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5380804

Influence of forest management changes and reuse of peat production areas on water quality in a northern river

Author(s): Katri Rankinen, Martyn Futter, Joy Bhattacharjee, José E Cano Bernal, Emma E Lannergård, Maria Ojanen, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Hannu Marttila, Seppo Hellsten
Published in: Catena, Issue volume 226, 2023, ISSN 1872-6887
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2023.107045

A collaborative research agenda for restoring free-flowing rivers

Author(s): Twan Stoffers, Katariina E. M. Vuorinen, Sibylle Schroer, Phoebe C. Griffith, Miriam Colls, Tibor Erős, Juergen Geist, Mathias Kuemmerlen, Socrates Schouten, Ruben van Treeck, Maria Alp, Damiano Baldan, Sebastian Birk, Olena Bilous, Florian Borgwardt, Mario Brauns, Anthonie D. Buijse, Viola Clausnitzer, Mayra E. Darre, Jelger Elings, Patrick Fink, Teresa Ferreira, Katarzyna Glinska-Lewczuk, Johan
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, Issue 7, 2026, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-026-03428-9

Planning for sustainability: Historical data and remote sensing-based analyses aid landscape design in one of the largest remnant European floodplains

Author(s): Tibor Erös, Judit Petrovszkia, Attila Móroczc
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning, Issue 238, 2023, Page(s) 104837, ISSN 0169-2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104837

Over 100 years of longitudinal connectivity changes from the perspective of a migratory fish species

Author(s): Johannes Luca Kowal, Gertrud Haidvogl, Andrea Funk, Johannes Schützenhofer, Paulo Branco, Maria-Teresa Ferreira, Paul Meulenbroek, Rafaela Schinegger, Thomas Hein
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 175, 2025, Page(s) 113436, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113436

The importance of tree species identity and trait-based winter foraging ecology of bark-foraging bird species in a large Central European floodplain forest

Author(s): Gabor Ónodi, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, Dániel Winkler, Christian H. Schulze
Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation, Issue 33, 2024, Page(s) 2153-2173, ISSN 0960-3115
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-024-02852-7

Can the habitat Ecological Infrastructure’s Diversity Index predict ant and bat biodiversity in Mediterranean agricultural floodplains? A multi-taxon approach using hierarchical modelling

Author(s): André Fonseca, Vera Zina, Maria Rosário Fernandes, Jérémy S.P. Froidevaux, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Gonçalo Duarte
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 153, 2025, Page(s) 110446, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110446

Can Green Scenarios Improve Water Ecosystem Services and Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change? A Case Study in a River Basin in Southeastern Brazil

Author(s): Phelipe da Silva Anjinho, Angeliki Peponi, Gonçalo Duarte, Paulo Branco, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Frederico Fabio Mauad
Published in: Environmental Management, Issue 76, 2026, ISSN 0364-152X
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-026-02395-3

Freshwater habitats within the Natura 2000 network

Author(s): Annette Baattrup‐Pedersen, Marta Baumane, Anders Nielsen, Dennis Trolle, Paulo Branco, Florian Borgwardt, Daniel Hering, Sebastian Birk
Published in: Ecological Applications, Issue 36, 2026, ISSN 1051-0761
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/eap.70241

River Restoration Units: Riverscape Units for European Freshwater Ecosystem Management

Author(s): Gonçalo Duarte, Angeliki Peponi, Pedro Segurado, Tamara Leite, Florian Borgwardt, Andrea Funk, Sebastian Birk, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Paulo Branco
Published in: Data, Issue 10, 2025, Page(s) 46, ISSN 2306-5729
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/data10040046

Inland navigation and land use interact to impact European freshwater biodiversity

Author(s): Aaron N. Sexton, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Cybill Staentzel, Christian Wolter, Evelyne Tales, Jérôme Belliard, Anthonie D. Buijse, Vanesa Martínez Fernández, Karl M. Wantzen, Sonja C. Jähnig, Carlos Garcia de Leaniz, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Peter Haase, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Gait Archambaud, Jean-François Fruget, Alain Dohet, Vesela Evtimova, Zoltán Csabai, Mathieu Floury, Peter Goethals, Gáb
Published in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Issue 8, 2024, Page(s) 1098-1108, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02414-8

Identifying and understanding how critical landscapes for carbon sequestration respond to development for low carbon energy production: Insight to inform optimal land planning and management strategies

Author(s): Susan Waldron, Kate Heal, Amira Elayouty, Hugh Flowers, E. Marian Scott, Ying Zheng, Helen Murray, Martin Coleman, Antony Phin, Amy Pickard
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 385, 2026, Page(s) 125063, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125063

Europe's Ecological Debt: Mapping Freshwater Restoration Needs

Author(s): Gonçalo Duarte, Angeliki Peponi, António Faro, Tamara Leite, Pedro Segurado, Florian Borgwardt, Annette Baattrup‐Pedersen, Sebastian Birk, Teresa Ferreira, Paulo Branco
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 32, 2026, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70778

Raising standards for stakeholder engagement in Nature-based Solutions: Navigating the why, when, who and how

Author(s): Alhassan Ibrahim, Keith Marshall, Esther Carmen, Kirsty L. Blackstock, Kerry A. Waylen
Published in: Environmental Science & Policy, Issue 163, 2025, Page(s) 103971, ISSN 1462-9011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103971

Fishspotting: freshwater fish species presence in European river basins – RivFISH database

Author(s): Daniel Mameri, Gonçalo Duarte, João Cabo, Rui Figueira, Pedro Segurado, José Maria Santos, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Paulo Branco
Published in: Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2025, Page(s) 7, ISSN 1961-9502
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2025002

Ecological Status Should Be Considered When Evaluating and Mitigating the Effects of River Connectivity Losses in European Rivers

Author(s): António Tovar Faro, Gonçalo Duarte, Tamara Leite, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Paulo Branco
Published in: Hydrobiology, Issue 4, 2025, Page(s) 18, ISSN 2673-9917
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/hydrobiology4030018

Challenges and opportunities in restoring European free-flowing rivers

Author(s): Twan Stoffers, Ann-Kristin Schultze, Thomas Ehlert, Laura Kaiser, Mathias Scholz, Leopold A. J. Nagelkerke
Published in: Nature Conservation, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 355-381, ISSN 1314-3301
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.62.173762

Impact of tillage intensity and an invasive grass on plant-pollinator networks in riparian agroecosystems

Author(s): António Santos, Robin Payne, Manuela Branco, José Carlos Franco
Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation, Issue 54, 2024, Page(s) e03149, ISSN 2351-9894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03149

Effects of lateral hydrological connectivity on the relative abundance of water frogs (Pelophylax spp.) and common toads (Bufo bufo) using eDNA surveys

Author(s): Boglárka Mészáros, Andrea Funk, Thomas Hein, Lukas Landler, Paul Meulenbroek, Didier Pont, Alice Valentini, Dénes Schmera, István Czeglédi, Tibor Erős
Published in: Hydrobiologia, Issue 853, 2026, Page(s) 2751-2767, ISSN 0018-8158
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-026-06110-5

Briefing on policy opportunities for mainstreaming freshwater nature-based solutions

Author(s): Blackstock, Kirsty; Baffert, Claire; Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Carmen, Esther; England, Matthew; Gray, Rebecca; Gruber, Tamás; Hernández Herrero, Eva; Ibrahim, Alhassan; Le Clec'h, Solen; Matthews, Keith; Nyírő, Fanni; Rouillard, Josselin; Schultz, Leonie; Vion-Loisel, Audrey; Waylen, Kerry
Published in: Issue 1, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17182827

Diversifying Funding for Freshwater Restoration using Nature-Based Solutions: Lessons from the MERLIN project

Author(s): Rouillard, Josselin; Anzaldua, Gerardo; Meier, Johanna; Scholl, Levin; Carmen, Esther; Waylen, Kerry; Kok, Sien; Cavalcanti, Viviane Malveira; Grondard, Nicolas; Lenz, Marie-Isabell; Demus, Yuliya; Andrez, Paulo; Saviak, Vladyslav; Birk, Sebastian
Published in: Issue 1, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14865806

Short Report of 2nd Peat Extraction Sector Roundtable

Author(s): Ibrahim, Alhassan; Nyírő, Fanni
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131506

Peat Extraction Sector Strategy: Upscaling peatland restoration through nature-based solutions in the landscape

Author(s): Ibrahim, Alhassan; Blackstock, Kirsty; Rieley, Jack; Purre, Anna-Helena; Berglund, Örjan
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17278202

Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation (MERLIN): Work Package 4 economic sector questionnaire report

Author(s): Ibrahim, Alhassan; Lorenzo-Arribas, Altea; Martinez, Graciela; Blackstock, Kirsty
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131418

Mainstreaming aquatic restoration using Nature-based Solutions: Briefing on national EU sector perceptions, workshops, and tailored briefings per sector

Author(s): Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Blackstock, Kirsty; Carmen, Esther; Ebeltoft, Mia; Gruber, Tamás; Hernández Herrero, Eva; Hougee, Merijn; Ibrahim, Alhassan; Le Clec'h, Solen; López Gunn, Elena; Manzone, Verónica; Nauta, Silke; Nyírő, Fanni; Pokrajac, Sanja; Saliasi, Viola; Samu, Andrea; Vion-Loisel, Audrey; Vítková, Jana
Published in: Issue 2, 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131376

Short Note of 1st Peat Extraction Sector Roundtable

Author(s): Ibrahim, Alhassan; Blackstock, Kirsty; Carmen Esther; Bérczi-Siket, Anna
Published in: Issue 1, 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131473

MERLIN project is mainstreaming restoration in former peat extraction sites in Finland

Author(s): Ronkanen Anna-Kaisa, Alatalo Isra, Laajala Esa, Ronkainen Tiina, Joensuu Samuli, Hellsten Seppo, Rankinen Katri, Meissner Kristian
Published in: Peatland International, 2023
Publisher: International Peatland Society

Developing a Transformation Framework

Author(s): Ibrahim, Alhassan; Carmen, Esther
Published in: Issue 2, 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17132200

Strengthening Freshwater Biodiversity Protection and Restoration under Natura 2000

Author(s): Annette Baattrup-Pedersen, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Ellis Penning, Rob St. John, Marta Baumane, Daniel Hering, Sebastian Birk
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18823004

Focus Sectoral Strategies for mainstreaming freshwater restoration

Author(s): Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Blackstock, Kirsty; Nyírő, Fanni
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14866071

Embedding Lakes into the Global Sustainability Agenda. World Water Quality Alliance - Ecosystems Workstream. White Paper

Author(s): Kenneth Irvine, Konstantina Katsanou, Bryan Millar Spears, Laurence Carvalho, Richard Elelman, Gary Free, Martyn Kelly, Miquel Lürling, Amy Pickard, Sandra Poikane, Nina Raasakka, Stuart Warner
Published in: 2023
Publisher: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme coordinated World Water Quality Alliance Ecosystems Workstream.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7752982

Embedding Large-Scale freshwater Nature-based Solutions into Economic Sectors

Author(s): Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Hernández Herrero, Eva; Nyírő, Fanni; Gruber, Tamás; Pokrajac, Sanja; Ebeltoft, Mia; Blackstock, Kirsty; Ibrahim, Alhassan; Carmen, Esther; Vion-Loisel, Audrey
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131437

Database of assessments of implementation and impact indicators

Author(s): Schwerk, Axel; Carvalho, Laurence; Nash, Gemma; Okruszko, Tomasz; Williamson, Jenny; Spears, Bryan
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17357996

Short Report of the Agriculture Sector Roundtable, 2024

Author(s): Gelencsér, Géza; Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Blackstock, Kirsty; Aitner-Óváry, Melinda
Published in: Issue 1, 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17132147

"Digital Twins of four case-studies and ""stories"""

Author(s): Wilson, Harriet; Hunter, Peter; Gerner, Nadine; Rankinen, Katri; Colls, Miriam; Elosegi, Arturo
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14002076

Short Report of the Cross-Sectoral Working Roundtable

Author(s): Blackstock, Kirsty; Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Nyírő, Fanni; Ibrahim, Alhassan; Aitner-Óváry, Melinda; Waylen, Kerry; Carmen, Esther; Hering, Daniel; Birk, Sebastian; Gray, Rebecca
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17182935

Short Notes from Navigation Round Table 1

Author(s): Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Blackstock, Kirsty
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17141457

The MERLIN modelling workflow to assess the biophysical and economic impact of freshwater ecosystem restoration at catchment scale

Author(s): Garcia, Xavier; Llorente-Moragrega, Oliu; Estrada, Laia; Grondard, Nicolas; Bangalore Suresh, Nikshep Trinetra; Comalada, Francesc; Acuña, Vicenç; Birk, Sebastian
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17896988

MERLIN Marketplace (Demo Version / Final Version)

Author(s): Barjasic, Ana; Andrez, Paolo; Saviak, Vladyslav; Demus, Yulia; Vírseda de Lucas, Tatiana; Mahony, Paul; Hering, Daniel; Birk, Sebastian
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17423246

Involving the Hydropower Sector in strategic barrier removal: Applying an NbS approach

Author(s): Carmen, Esther; Blackstock, Kirsty
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16812792

Cross Sectoral Routemap for Mainstreaming Freshwater Nature-based Solutions in Europe

Author(s): Blackstock, Kirsty; Anna, Bérczi-Siket; Nyírő, Fanni; Gray, Rebecca; Matthews, Keith; Wardell-Johnson, Douglas; Waylen, Kerry; Neary, Charlotte; Provan, Niall; Kok, Sien; Kajner, Peter; Scrieciu, Albert; Puiu, Iuliia; Ionescu, Camelia; Hering, Daniel; Birk, Sebastian
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17831292

Funding Freshwater Restoration: an Off-the-Shelf Instruments (OTSIs) Portfolio

Author(s): Barjasic, Ana; Andrez, Paolo; Demus, Yulia; Saviak, Vladyslav; Vírseda de Lucas, Tatiana; Hering, Daniel; Birk, Sebastian
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17896608

Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Roundtable 1 Report

Author(s): Pokrajac, Sanja; Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Blackstock, Kirsty
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17132115

Value Chain Analysis in Key Economic Sectors

Author(s): Chen, Jianyu; Blackstock, Kirsty; Ibrahim, Alhassan; Scholl, Levin; Ilgeroth-Hiadzi, Lea; Vion-Loisel, Audrey; Nyírő, Fanni; Purre, Anna-Helena; Kuenen, Maureen; Malveira Cavalcanti, Viviane; Birk, Sebastian; Hernández Herrero, Eva
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17132227

Short Report of the 3rd Navigation Sector Roundtable

Author(s): Deltares; WWF Hungary
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17105786

Just Transformations – Embedding stakeholder engagement to mainstream nature-based solutions in freshwater ecosystems

Author(s): Ibrahim, Alhassan; Gray, Rebecca; Blackstock, Kirsty; Marshall, Keith; Rodríguez-González, Patricia María; Ojanen, Maria; Birk, Sebastian; Trandziuk, Paweł; Penning, Ellis; Schwerk, Axel; Stelmaszczyk, Mateusz; Colls, Miriam; Rudziński, Julian; Elosegi, Arturo; Siuta, Małgorzata; Lubowiecka, Karolina; Kempter, Iris; Drexler, Silke-Silvia; Kaufmann, Alice; Kajner, Peter; Gruber, Tamás; Töge
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17105028

Stopping biodiversity loss makes sense

Author(s): Kuusela Saija, Annala Mari, Forsblom Louise, Härkönen Laura, Juslen Aino, Lehtimäki Jenni, Paloniemi Riikka, Pappila Minna, Primmer Eeva, Ronkanen Anna-Kaisa, Schulman Leif, Tolonen Kimmo, Virkkala Raimo
Published in: Syke Policy Brief - Sustainable solutions for environmental policy, 2024, ISBN 978-952-11-5673-1
Publisher: Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)

Synthesis of the final Regional Scalability Plans

Author(s): Ojanen, Maria; Penning, Ellis; Buijse, Tom
Published in: Issue 2, 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14002218

Short Notes from Insurance Roundtable 1

Author(s): López Gunn, Elena; Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Blackstock, Kirsty
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131590

Revitalizing small streams – A practical guide for community action

Author(s): Bischof, Roland; Danker, Stella; von Gönner, Julia; Friedrichs-Manthey, Martin; Tent, L; Bonn, Aletta; Birk, Sebastian
Published in: Issue 2, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15019118

Summary report from Insurance Roundtable 2

Author(s): Vion-Loisel, Audrey; López Gunn, Elena; Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Blackstock, Kirsty
Published in: Issue 2, 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131570

Sectoral Strategy Infographics

Author(s): Nyírő, Fanni; Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Blackstock, Kirsty; Aitner-Óváry, Melinda; Baraćová, Liliana; Boulard, Marine; Buijse, Tom; Carmen, Esther; Fiasconaro, Milo; Ibrahim, Alhassan; Kosters, Anna; Le Clec'h, Solen; Schmidt-Kloibe, Astrid; Moss, Bernhard; Schneemann, Petra; Birk, Sebastian
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17185901

Just transformations: sectoral stakeholder engagement, processes and perceptions of mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions

Author(s): Schulz, Leonie; Gray, Rebecca; Blackstock, Kirsty; Ibrahim, Alhassan; Carmen, Esther; Bérczi-Siket, Anna; Nyírő, Fanni; Hernández Herrero, Eva; Gruber, Tamas; Gelencsér, Géza; Birk, Sebastian; Hering, Daniel; Vion Loisel, Audrey; Buijse, Tom; Boulard, Marine
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17182429

Digital reports on results of the monitoring of the MERLIN case studies

Author(s): Spears, Bryan M.; Nash, Gemma; Birk, Sebastian; Carvalho, Laurence; Okruszko, Tomasz; Schwerk, Axel; Williamson, Jenny
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17357449

Manuscript and policy briefing evaluating success of large landscape-scale restoration

Author(s): Schwerk, Axel; Carvalho, Laurence; Spears, Bryan; Williamson, Jennifer; Pott, Laura; Birk, Sebastian; Okruszko, Tomasz; Kajner, Peter; Ádám, Szilvia; Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette; Bañares, Iñaki; Barbosa, Helena; Beranen, Lihie luzon; Boets, Pieter; Cardoso, Sara; Colls, Miriam; Duarte, Goncalo; Ecke, Frauke; Elosegi, Arturo; Eklöf, Karin; Tibor, Erös; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Forio, Marie Ann
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17104291

Data from: Freshwater Habitats in Natura 2000: Gaps in Prioritization and Protection

Author(s): Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette; Baumane, Marta; Nielsen, Anders; Trolle, Dennis; Branco, Paulo; Borgwardt, Florian; Hering, Daniel; Birk, Sebastian
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15261764

MERLIN Report: 2nd Hydropower Sector Roundtable on Obsolete Barrier/ Hydropower Dam Removal as part of a Nature-based Solutions Approach

Author(s): Carmen, Esther; Nyírő, Fanni
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16836747

Short Report of 2nd Navigation Sector Roundtable

Author(s): Gruber, Tamás; Ibrahim, Alhassan
Published in: Issue 2, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131545

New framework for monitoring systemic impacts of freshwater and wetland restoration actions

Author(s): Laurence Carvalho; Axel Schwerk; Keith Matthews; Kirsty Blackstock; Tomasz Okruszko; Gerardo Anzaldua; Annette Baattrup-Pedersen; Tom Buijse; Miriam Colls; Frauke Ecke; Arturo Elosegi; Christopher Evans; Nadine Gerner; Patricia Rodríguez González; Mateusz Grygoruk; Lars Hein; Daniel Hering; Eva Hernandez Herrero; Carl Christian Hoffman; Jonathan Hopkins; Josselin Rouillard; Levin Scholl; Jennife
Published in: Issue 1, 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7752949

Guidance Document – Cost-Benefit-Analysis in freshwater ecosystem restoration

Author(s): Kok, Sien; Grondard, Nicolas; Lenz, Marie-Isabell; Bangalore Suresh, Nikshep Trinetra; Garcia, Xavier; Llorente-Moragrega, Oliu; Estrada, Laia; Acuña, Vicenç; Birk, Sebastian
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17404815

Embedding Lakes into the Global Sustainability Agenda

Entisten turvetuotantoalueiden luontoarvojen palauttaminen ja ilmastonmuutoksen hillintä

Author(s): Ronkanen Anna-Kaisa, Ojanen Maria, Jokelainen Liisa, Mustajoki Jyri, Meissner Kristian, Ronkainen Tiina, Hyvärinen Asmo, Hellsten Seppo, Joensuu Samuli, Rankinen Katri
Published in: Ympäristö ja Terveys, 2023
Publisher: Ympäristökustannus

Short Report of the 3rd Peat Extraction Sector Roundtable

Author(s): Ibrahim, Alhassan
Published in: Issue 1, 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131531

MERLIN Report: 3rd Hydropower Sector Roundtable on Barrier removal within a Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Approach

Author(s): Carmen, Esther
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16837266

Soiden ennallistamisen seuranta: mitä olemme oppineet ennallistamisen vaikutuksista soiden hydrologiaan ja kasvillisuuteen?

Author(s): Räsänen Aleksi, Elo Merja, Isoaho Aleksi, Päkkilä Lassi, Marttila Hannu, Ronkanen Anna-Kaisa, Ikkala Lauri, Keränen Kaapro, Kareksela Santtu
Published in: Luonnon Tutkija, Issue 127, 2024
Publisher: Suomen Biologian Seura Vanamo ry

Changing the Mowing Regime is Not Enough: The Effect of Dike Management on Vegetation, Arthropod Fauna, and Carabids

Author(s): Andrea Schneider, Corinne Buch, Dominik Buchner, Rike Bayer, Willem Kaijser, Svenja Karnatz, Daniel Hering
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5196127

Restoration of former peat extraction areas is a key measure to enhance biodiversity and mitigate climate change.

Author(s): Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Maria Ojanen, Katri Rankinen, Tiina Ronkainen, Samuli Joensuu, Kristian Meissner, Liisa Jokelainen
Published in: ARPHA Conference Abstracts, Issue 8, 2025, ISSN 2603-3925
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/aca.8.e151203

Vernetztes Denken und Handeln für Renaturierungsmaßnahmen an Flüssen und Auen

Author(s): Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze, Andrea Funk, Thomas Hein, Silke-Silvia Drexler, Martin Tschikof, Robert Tögel, Ursula Scheiblechner
Published in: Wasser und Abfall, Issue 26, 2024, Page(s) 21-25, ISSN 1436-9095
Publisher: Friedr. Vieweg and Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
DOI: 10.1007/s35152-024-1863-x

Investigating the Benefits of Riparian Vegetation

Author(s): Henri De Maeseneire
Published in: 2024
Publisher: HoGent

The Potential for Riparian Zone Restoration to Support Pollinators in Mediterranean Agricultural River Valleys

Author(s): Robin Spencer Payne
Published in: 2023
Publisher: University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia.

Shifting agricultural labor patterns and environmental change in Bereg, Hungary

Author(s): Veronika Fabók, Peter Kajner, Zsolt Pinke, Eszter Tormáné Kovács
Published in: Panel presentation and abstract at 18th EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) Biennial Conference, EASA2024: Doing and Undoing with Anthropology, 2024
Publisher: EASA

Involving local stakeholders into lateral connectivity restoration along the River Tisza, Hungary

Author(s): Péter Kajner, Veronika Fabók, Eszter Tormáné Kovács, Ágnes Kalóczkai, Zsolt Pinke
Published in: Book of abstracts of Free Flow Conference, 2024
Publisher: World Fish Foundation

The role of appropriate land use and water retention in alleviating the water shortage of the Sand Ridge

Author(s): Peter Kajner
Published in: Let's irrigate, but from what?, Issue 05.2022, 2022, Page(s) 156-180
Publisher: Hungarian Society of Natural Sciences

Understanding the Impacts of River Network Fragmentation on Freshwater Fish Species

Author(s): Tamara Leite, Florian Borgwardt, Paulo Branco
Published in: The IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, 2025, Page(s) 73
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/blsf2022013073

Revitalisierung von Süßwasser-Ökosystemen im EU-Projekt MERLIN

Author(s): Nadine Gerner, Sebastian Birk
Published in: Die neue Emscher kommt - Sozial-ökologischer Umbau einer regionalen Stadtlandschaft, 2022, Page(s) 140-142
Publisher: jovis Verlag GmbH

Room for the Rivers – Nature Based Solutions in Climate Adaptation

Author(s): Péter Kajner
Published in: GreenEconomy 2023/2024, 2024
Publisher: Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises

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