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ALFAwetlands HORIZON
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ALFAwetlands - Wetland restoration for the future is the Horizon Europe research project, improving knowledge base on wetlands restoration.

Learn more from our website: https://alfawetlands.eu/
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Wetland Biogeochemistry 🌿

📝 How to join:

👍 email (mikk.espenberg@ut.ee) your authors’ names, paper title, abstract by November 17, 2025

📅 Full paper deadline: January 19, 2026
💡 Early submissions are encouraged!

🔗 Learn more: link.springer.com/collections/...
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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#ALFAwetlands resent successful Workshop on Work Package 3 in Barcelona, hosted by @ub.edu focused on:
✅ Progress on ongoing joint publications
✅ Identification of future topics to be addressed
✅ Collaborative planning of next research steps

Check out more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#UTARTU
Visit to #ALFAwetlands #LivingLab in Spain. Check out more about ALFAwetlands Living Labs here: https://alfawetlands.eu/living-labs/ Learn more about ALFAwetlands Work Package 3: Efficiency of Innovative Ecosystem-Scale Restoration Practices from the podcast https://alfawetlands.eu/podcast/episode-2-efficiency-of-innovative-ecosystem-scale-restoration-practices/
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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📍 Meet #ALFAwetlands expert Salla Tenhovirta from University of Tartu at the webinar of our sister project @rewet-he.bsky.social

Presentation:
CO2 and CH4 exchange in two re-wetted #Estonian bogs seven years post-restoration

When?
13 November 2025, 10:00–13:00 CET

#RestorationForFuture #GHG
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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On November 3rd, Annika Tienhaara (ALFAwetlands, Natural Resources Institute Finland) presented on the @restore4cs.bsky.social Autumn School, results of the citizens’ survey:

📊 “Valuing Wetland Restoration: A Choice Experiment on Citizens' Preferences Across Six EU Countries.”

Article will follow!
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Celebrate #SustainabilityDay with #ALFAwetlands!

We contribute to a sustainable future by:

💧Empowering communities
💧 Advancing scientific knowledge
💧 Shaping policy for the future

#Wetlands store carbon, protect biodiversity, and help us adapt to #ClimateChange!

alfawetlands.eu/celebrate-su...
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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#ALFAwetlands is proud to share #CitizenScience results from our #LivingLab at Sanginjoki, Finland, led by @luke.fi:

418 observations: 94 plants, trees, fungi, berries, birds and 117 people contributing identifications. 🦆 🌲 🌺

👁️ 📸 Check out, how you can also join:
alfawetlands.eu/become-alfaw...
Photo of Cornus Suecica by @Laura Eskelinen
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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💧🌿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 “𝗪𝗲𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” - 𝗔 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 🌿💧

‼️ Session 1 is already on November 18th!

📍 45+ minute expert-led sessions + live Q&A;

Find More ⤵️
alfawetlands.eu/joint-expert...

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October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🌿 The latest #ALFAwetlands Newsletter #19 is out 🌊

🔗 Read the full Newsletter and explore related resources here:

alfawetlands.eu?na=view&id=34

‼️ Our important deliverable "Recommendations for wetlands restoration" is also available now:

alfawetlands.eu/wp-content/u...

#HorizonEurope @luke.fi
October 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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☘️As a part of #RRR2025 an excursion, led by @succow-stiftung.de with policy makers to #paludiculture sites took place!

🙋‍♀️ 🙋‍♂️ @juttapaulus.bsky.social, Garreth Kratz and Jörn Mothes joint the event!

‼️ The transition to paludiculture is a long-term undertaking and requires innovation and exnovation!
Jutta Paulus
October 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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#ALFAwetlands shares a study by Finnish Meteorological Institute:
“Air temperature and precipitation constraining the modelled wetland methane emissions in a boreal region in northern Europe”:

Check out our website:
alfawetlands.eu/the-influenc...

or #ZENODO platform:

zenodo.org/records/1653...
Air temperature and precipitation constraining the modelled wetland methane emissions in a boreal region in northern Europe: https://zenodo.org/records/16532642
October 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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🌍 Celebrating World Rivers Day with ALFAwetlands Living Labs 🌊:

🌿 Cànoves Stream, Spain
🌿 River Peene, Germany

Discover more:
alfawetlands.eu/celebrating-...

#WorldRiversDay #Wetlands #Biodiversity #RestorationForFuture #LivingLabs #ALFAwetlands #UniversityBarcelona #MichaelSuccowFoundation #Luke
Sanginjoki river, Living Lab Finland, Natural Resources Institute Finland / Luonnonvarakeskus
September 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#ALFAwetlands is currently undergoing its second period review by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, CINEA.

And we are sharing our progress and key findings ⤵️

www.linkedin.com/pulse/alfawe...

#RestorationForFuture #HorizonEU
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Do you know, where restoration projects were implemented?

Those were investigated by
@inbo.be and embedded into ALFAwetlands deliverable "Recommendations for Wetland Restoration"!

📊 Full public report is coming soon, but some details could be checked ⤵️

alfawetlands.eu/alfawetlands...
September 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🌿 New Research from ALFAwetlands 🌿

📖 “The role of relational learning in knowledge co-production“, led by, Carolin Seiferth, Erik Andersson and Maria Tengö,, from Stockholm University/ Stockholm Resilience Centre ⤵️

#ALFAwetlands #CoCreation #HorizonEU #Öland

zenodo.org/records/1692...
September 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Meet Maud Raman from @inbo.be
at the Ecosystems in a Changing World conference, where on 10 September she will present:

✅ #ALFAwetlands latest Results: Recommendations for Wetland Restoration
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✅ Results of the #LivingLab in Belgium
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September 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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🌿 Welcome to the #alfawetlands new Podcast! 🌿

🎧 Join us as we explore the vital role wetlands play in building a sustainable future. Learn more about our Living Labs with @luke.fi ⤵️

alfawetlands.eu/podcast/epis...

#RestorationForFuture #HorizonEU #Cocreation #Wetlands
August 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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On 19 July 2025, #ALFAwetlands was presented by #EuropeanWildernessSociety, during the Final #LIFE Conference in Styria, #Austria.

It welcomed around 200 guests and 100 professionals from various LIFE projects across #Europe!

A particular focus was on the #LivingLab in Austria!

#HorizonEU
July 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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🌿 #ALFAwetlands Consortium Met in Tartu, Estonia in June! 🌍

✅ Highlights:
🔬 Technical sessions on Living Labs & wetland restoration
🌱 Field visits to Living Lab
🗺️ Workshop on European Wetland Map

#restorationforfuture #HorizonEU #livinglabs

Check out more in our Press Release in 1st comment ⤵️
July 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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🌿 ALFAwetlands partners are making a strong impact at the 12th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference in Estonia:

💦 10+ presentations
💦 Living Lab site demonstration
💦 5 posters

#INTECOL2025 #ALFAwetlands #WetlandsResearch #NatureRestoration #RestorationForFuture #HorizonEU
July 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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#ALFAwetlands international team visited #LivingLab Estonia sites during Consortium meeting.

#ALFAwetlands #RestorationForFuture #HorizonEU #UTARTU
June 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Ecology of Soil Microorganisms 2025 Conference was recently kicked off with field excursions!

At Lettosuo, the international participants explored the management options of peatland forests and their impact on greenhouse gas fluxes and carbon pools, hosted by #ALFAwetlands, #Luke and #FMI

#ESM2025
June 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Over 100 nature enthusiasts gathered for the #ALFAwetlands #LivingLab Open Day “Together in Sanginjoki” in Finland on June 8, 2025

Find out more ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#RestorationForFuture #HorizonEU #Birdwatching #LivingLab
Living Lab Open Day “Together in Sanginjoki” in Finland on June 8, 2025 Bird watching excursion on the ALFAwetlands Living Lab Open Day ALFAwetlands Living Labs photo exhibition Presentation of ALFAwetlands by project coordinator Liisa Ukonmaanaho from Luke
June 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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🌍 This #WorldEnvironmentDay, let’s protect and restore our planet — starting with wetlands! 🌿

🤝 Join us in celebrating nature and building a greener future through research, collaboration, and real-world impact!

📢 And check out our new #new #LivingLabs brochures

alfawetlands.eu/promotional-...
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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🌍 European Wetland Map Training Materials and Recording Now Freely Available! 📊

🔗 They support continued learning and collaboration as well as decision-making: 👉

alfawetlands.eu/european-wet...

#ALFAwetlands #WETHORIZONS #EuropeanWetlandMap #RESTORE4Cs #REWET #Restorationforfuture #HorizonEU
May 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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🧐 How can knowledge co-production enable wetland restoration? 🧐

#ALFAWetlands partners from Germany, Sweden, Finland, and Latvia met in Helsinki to discuss key insights:
🚶 Walk together! #walkingworkshops foster understanding.
🎨 Vary formats! Build trust.
🌎 Embrace diversity: Enrich learning. 👉
May 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM