Picture credit: Octavian Carare

The 3rd European Rivers Summit, which was held in Brussel from 29 September until 1 October 2022, gave the opportunity to several stakeholders engaged in the fight for river’s protection and restoration to meet and share their experiences, issues and good practices. Speakers from different backgrounds were present, such as activists, biologists, lawyers, athletes etc.

On 29 September, was held the World Premiere of the movie “DamBusters – the start of the Riverlution”, screened in the framework of the Summit. In the movie, directed by Francisco Campos-Lopez Benyunes and produced by Herman Wanningen (World Fish Migration Foundation) among others, Pao Fernandez (WFMF) travelled 5 countries in Europe and met actors of the dam removal movement.

The main topic was the removing of dams, as a lot of EU countries (Member States or not) are threatened by the development of hydropower infrastructures.

By raising our voices together and promoting transboundary cooperation, we want to accelerate the movement for the protection of the freshwater wildlife populations and protect human vulnerable populations.

You can find the program and resources (petitions, websites, etc.) of the different presentations, as well as the pictures and outputs gathered from the Summit here: https://riverssummit.org

Discover more on “DamBusters – The start of the Riverlution” here: https://www.dambusters.net