From Broken Rivers to Free-Flowing Rivers
Weir at Ximonde, in the river Ulla, Galicia (Spain) – Photo © Jorjum
Reducing Uncertainty to Effectively Restore Free-Flowing Rivers
Barriers
What is a Barrier?
We consider ALL barriers to free flow: longitudinal, such as dams, weirs or culverts, as well as lateral ones, such as embankments or levees.
Break
River Connectivity
We acknowledge all aspects of river connectivity, including the exchange of sediment, energy and living organisms.
Rivers
Are Fragmented
We study fragmentation across whole river networks, considering their spatial distribution and cumulative impacts.
Latest NEWS
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We recommend: OBJETIVO PLANETA: SALVAR AL SALMÓN ATLÁNTICO
This documentary (in Spanish but subtitles available in English) takes us to the river restoration efforts and monitoring of Atlantic salmon populations in the river Bidasoa. For years, biologists and environmental agents have been studying the decline of salmon populations by tagging, marking, measuring and counting fish, and their findings…
Try out our game: El Juego del Salmón
the first salmon to reach the headwaters wins!
The first version of our game is out for everyone to download and play! Become a salmon in its upstream migration where you will have to jump over dams, avoid predators and pollution and even demolish or construct dams to slow down opponents and become the first salmon to reach the spawning grounds!
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