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🎥 This week in #SpongeBoostFaces: Jos de Bijl (Bureau Stroming) discusses the creation of a European database as part of the SpongeBoost project.
🔎 Learn more and explore S.P.O.N.G.E here: www.spongeboost.eu/sponge
👉 Watch and subscribe for future episodes: youtu.be/vFQGKViQJK4
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The SpongeBoost project launched a new database that includes a catalogue of best practices, along with relevant articles and papers, as well as 147 projects and 60 measures. Projects range from large-scale nature reserve restorations to smaller, local measures. www.spongeboost.eu/news/sponge-...
Introducing S.P.O.N.G.E – the online navigation guide for European sponge projects
The SpongeBoost project launched a new database, S.P.O.N.G.E (Sponge Projects Online Navigation Guide Europe), developed by project partners at Bureau Stroming. The platform aims to function as a port...
www.spongeboost.eu
October 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The EU-funded SpongeBoost project invites both organisations and private individuals, aimed at restoring sponge landscapes across Europe, to apply for the ‘SpongeBooster of the Year 2026’ #award. The winning project will receive recognition and visibility.
Restoring Europe’s sponge landscapes: The 'SpongeBooster of the year 2026' award opens for applications • Muser Press
The EU-funded SpongeBoost project invites both organisations and private individuals, to apply for the 'SpongeBooster of the Year 2026' award...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Come with us to the Xistral Mountains in Galicia! 🌄 SpongeBoost partners explored Atlantic peatlands during our first Annual General Meeting.
🎥 Watch the highlights: youtu.be/v1YM9rUoln4?...
🔎 Learn more: www.spongeboost.eu/news/explore...
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
SpongeBoost partner Lenka Zaňková (UJEP) presented on evaluating the economic benefits of wetlands to support informed decision-making and innovative financing at the 16th CzWA Conference, that took place from 17–19 September in Litomyšl.
🔎 Learn more: www.spongeboost.eu/news/spongeb...
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
SpongeBoost, along with our sister projects, SpongeScapes and SpongeWorks, has been featured in a recent publication by the European Research Executive Agency (REA) 🌿
🔎 Learn more: europa.eu/!N9XXgJ
October 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🎥 The first episode of our video campaign #SpongeBoostFaces is live now!
In this video, Mathias Scholz, project coordinator of SpongeBoost, gives an overview of the progress made during the first year.
👉 Watch and subscribe for future episodes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVII...
October 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Welcome to #SpongeBoostFaces, a new video series that introduces the people behind the SpongeBoost project.
🎥 Watch here and subscribe to stay tuned for future videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWM...
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Introducing SpongeBoost's new social media campaign #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters. 💚
📃 This series highlights all relevant papers prior to SpongeBoost, focusing on topics such as restoration and climatic risks.🌿
Stay tuned! 🔔
August 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Logisch, sehr viel u/o sehr lang anhaltender Regen fließt im Unterlauf zusammen, das ist bei Extremwetterlagen auch nur schwer zu verhindern. Und doch: die Verkürzung der Flussläufe, die eng anliegenden Deiche, die natürliche Überschwemmungsgebiete vom Fluss trennen, … 3/x zenodo.org/records/1481...
July 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
💚 Yesterday, Lea Hallik from the University of Tartu presented the SpongeBoost project at the 12th INTECOL Wetlands Conference, taking place from 29 June to 4 July in Tartu, Estonia. 🌱

📆 Check the full programme here: intecolwetlands2025.ee/programme
July 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
📫 The third SpongeBoost Newsletter is out now! 😊 Explore key achievements from the first six months of 2025
👉 preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1004...
June 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Unser SpongeBooster 2025, Planar e. V., hat mit viel ehrenamtl. Einsatz und tollen Kooperationen mit Stadt, Kreis & Eigentümern eindrucksvoll die Diemel bei Marsberg entfesselt. Hier einige Eindrücke aus den renaturierten Abschnitten, mit Bildbeschreibung im ALT-Text. #SpongeBoost #LebendigeFlüsse
June 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Today we celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌍
🌱 Ecosystems like wetlands, forests, and farmlands provide us with clean water, food, and climate stability.
💚 SpongeBoost is committed to enhancing the sponge functions of wetlands to support their long-term sustainability.🧽
🔗 www.worldenvironmentday.global
June 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Die EU Komission veröffentlichte heute die neue Wasserstrategie. Die Kernziele 1) Die Wiederherstellung eines sauberen und geschützten Wasserkreislaufs 2) der Aufbau einer innovativen und zukunftsfähigen Wasserwirtschaft 3) der sichere Zugang zu sauberem und bezahlbarem Wasser für alle #SpongeBoost
June 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Das! Let‘s #SpongeBoost the EU! #Wasserstrategie mit Naturwiederherstellung #NRL koppeln, dafür Fonds einrichten, aber auch #GAP für Kurswechsel ausgestalten, Verbindlichkeit hinter Zielen #WRRL #LULUCF => wer zuletzt kommt, zahlt, wer mitzieht, profitiert. Geht nur sektorübergreifend, aber dann!
🌿 Was wir brauchen, ist echter Schutz für natürliche Wasserspeicher wie Moore und Feuchtgebiete. Diese Ökosysteme speichern Wasser, beugen Dürren & Überschwemmungen vor und sie brauchen endlich konsequenten Schutz.
June 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
💧From 7-11 April, the SpongeBoost consortium gathered in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, for our annual meeting.🌍
🌱We shared insights, exchanged ideas, and explored case study areas in Galicia and the Ebro River floodplains.
🔗Read more about our journey: www.spongeboost.eu/news/spongeb...
April 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
📸 Highlights from the 1st annual @spongeboost.eu meeting in Santiago de Compostela!

☑️ We updated each other on all WPs, explored the Xistral Mountains, held a World Cafe, filmed some interviews (more soon 😉) & debuted the #SpongeBoost comic book! 🔥

#SpongeBoostmeets2025🔍

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April 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🌱 SpongeBoost, financiado polo programa Horizon Europe, ten como obxectivo mellorar a resiliencia das paisaxes europeas fronte aos impactos do cambio climático, como inundacións e secas, mediante a promoción e restauración das funcións naturais de retención de auga nos ecosistemas de auga doce.
April 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🤔What’s SpongeBoost without its case study sites?📍At the #SpongeBoostmeets2025 Aniela Stachnik from CIREF takes us through the project’s case studies, highlighting each location and outlining the #restoration activities that our partners will focus on in these areas.💡
April 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🤝An official introduction is in order - both for our SpongeBoost partners and their institutions, as well as our guests joining us for #SpongeBoostMeets2025. Looking forward to a productive day ahead!🙌
April 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
💬 We began with a policy session led by Paul Brotherton from Wetlands International Europe, who explored how SpongeBoost can impact #water management and #climate resilience. He outlined key #EU policies, including the water framework and #flood directives. #SpongeBoostmeets2025
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Welcome to the historic town of Santiago de Compostela, where the first AGM meeting of SpongeBoost is taking place! 👋 We're just beginning, so keep up with the live updates. 🔔
#SpongeBoostmeets2025
April 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
MERLIN's next webinar is approaching! This time we hear about Sponge Territories, their crucial role in water retention and ecosystem resilience, and the SpongeBoost Project – a project translating knowledge into solutions for a water-resilient future.
project-merlin.eu/webinars.html
April 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🚨 Today! March 31, 15:00 CEST 🚨

Join the MERLIN webinar: "Translating Knowledge into Solutions: SpongeBoost for a Water-Resilient Future" 💧🌍

Aniela Stachnik Pérez (CIREF) will explore the role of sponges in freshwater ecosystems.

🔗 Register now: project-merlin.eu/webinars.html

#MERLINproject
March 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM