On October 8 2025, the Restoration of Free-Flowing Rivers Conference - a partnership between DANUBE4all, the LIFE Living Rivers project and Open Rivers Programme - was held at the Water Research Institute (VÚVH) in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event aimed to bring together experts from various fields—research, water management, nature conservation, and public administration—to present activities, projects, and experiences that demonstrate how free-flowing rivers can be restor

Figure 1. Participants in the 45th IAD Conference in Sofia (09.04.2025). Photo: Ivan Yanchev. Contributions from Teodora Trichkova,...

Colleagues Martin Pusch, Gabriela Costea and Pippa de Kinder of the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) ...

DANUBE4all colleagues from ISMAR,CNR (The Institute of Marine Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy) and Geoecomar (The...