Read the latest programme and project updates!
August 17, 2026
Last year, the NGO Eko-svest, working with the Municipality of Kumanovo and with support from the Open Rivers Programme, removed […]
November 14, 2025
We are delighted to announce our support for a groundbreaking dam removal project in Finland: dismantling of the Palokki hydropower […]
August 12, 2025
Several stakeholders are working together to ensure that the Stångån River, located south of Sundsvall in Sweden, will once again […]
March 17, 2025
The Open Rivers Programme is delighted to support the successful removal of the Virtaankoski Dam, another important step forward in […]
September 9, 2024
Pasaules Dabas Fonds, an associate partner of WWF, has successfully completed the removal of the Beja watermill on the Alūksne […]
August 27, 2024
Over the past century, the Hutovo Blato wetlands have undergone significant transformations due to extensive reclamation, irrigation, and hydropower development. […]
July 1, 2024
In late spring, the Haute-Sûre Forêt d’Anlier Nature Park applied for a demolition grant to reopen streams in the Forêt […]
June 24, 2024
In the municipality of Salo in Southwest Finland, the river Kiskonjoki is an important river for migratory fish. Removing the […]
July 31, 2023
This morning, the Portuguese Environment Agency, Rewilding Portugal and the Côa Park Foundation signed a collaboration protocol to develop a common strategy to analyze the technical, environmental, ecological and social feasibility of removing the Foz Côa cofferdams.
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