โโ๐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด: ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. W๐ฉรก๐ต ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด.โโ
Robert Macfarlane
As we work hard on the new Confluence of European Water Bodies in Berlin in September 2026, we are look back at the launch of the Dutch edition of the Confluence at De Balie in Amsterdam by the wonderful Robert Macfarlane, author of Is a River Alive?
So much has happened over the past year in the bottom-up movement across Europe! A small selection:
๐น In Poland, 92,998 signatures led to a first step towards the recognition of the Odra River, and after seven years of campaigning, the permit for a hydropower plant on the Vistula was annulled.
๐น In Italy, more than 15,000 signatures were collected for UNESCO recognition of the Tagliamento River, and the Declaration of the Rights of the Venice Lagoon was used in a case against the Mayor of Venice.
๐น In Switzerland, 5,000 signatures were submitted as a first step towards the recognition of the Reuss River.
๐น In the United Kingdom, Lewes District Council supports the Rights of River Charter for the River Ouse.
Important steps contributing to that hopeful wave towards an ecological democracy in Europe! ๐๐๐
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