Improving wetland knowledge
and developing tools to enhance protection and restoration of Europe’s wetlands. Focused on biodiversity.
A holistic approach
WET HORIZONS brings together people from different backgrounds (including wet and peatland experts, biomodelers, and policy analysts) with the goal of restoring Europe‘s wetlands.
Collecting data
WET HORIZONS aims to fill in crucial knowledge gaps about wetlands. The data collection will also include a citizen science component.
Tools for large scale restoration
Using the collected data, WET HORIZONS will create tools and guidelines that will fast track large scale restoration of Europe‘s wetlands.
News & Events
Wetland experts come together at the SERE conference in Estonia
Four EU-funded projects on wetland restoration jointly presented at and attended the 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration (SERE 2024) ... Read more
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Rewetting Lithuania’s peatland forests could save €170 million annually
A recent case study conducted in Lithuania by the EU-funded WET HORIZONS project calculated the socioeconomic benefits of rewetting peatlands. The findings suggest that sustainable land practices can lead to...
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World Wetlands Day: How our wellbeing relies on restoring wetlands
Wetlands are connected to human wellbeing. Restoring wetlands contributes to human's health and integrity. On World Wetlands Day 2024, we celebrate this connection. We emphasise the need to restore wetlands...
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Are wetlands really flood risk? Experts debunk most common myths around these precious ecosystems
by Rebecca Pool Bog bodies and flood risks: Here’s what Europeans are getting wrong on wetlands. There are many common misconceptions about wetlands. Our experts tackle a handful of them...
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Peatlands were drained for agriculture. Now researchers are trying to restore them
by ESCI With wellies and waterproof clothing, Claudia Nielsen spent time splodging through the Bois-des-Bel peatlands earlier this year. The peatlands, located in Quebec, Canada, had been restored, with conservations...
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Wetlands are at the frontline in the climate change fight
by Fred Pearce No natural ecosystems – not even rainforests – store as much carbon as the world’s peat bogs. Once considered watery wastelands, and widely drained for agriculture, their...
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World Water Week: Research projects show how wetlands can balance out droughts and floods
Water is essential for life, and clean water is the basis for all human activity. Having clean water is something ... Read more
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Europe’s wetlands at risk: An interview with Sonia Mena, Technical Officer at Wetlands International
By Fred Pearce Europe’s many degraded wet places are leaking carbon dioxide into the atmosphere on a huge scale. If Europe’s climate targets are to be met, then the continent’s...
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Saving Europe’s Wetlands: The Key to Carbon Storage
by Fred Pearce From the Balmoral royal estate in the Scottish highlands to bogs of the Biebrza valley in northeast Poland, and from the frozen peatlands of northern Finland to...
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A pathway to achieving large scale wetland restoration
Reading the 2022 report by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) it becomes increasingly clear: the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius cannot be...
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