It is our mission to restore Europe’s endangered rivers by supporting interventions that lead to the removal of dams and the restoration of river flow and biodiversity.
The creation of the Open Rivers Programme was informed by two years of research and stakeholder engagement which revealed that there are around one million dams fragmenting Europe’s rivers and that there is much potential and need for dam removal. The research concluded that dams are contributing to the significant decline of freshwater biodiversity across Europe and that removing them can quickly restore river flow and biodiversity. It also concluded that there is a genuine lack of understanding of the benefits of dam removal and only a handful of organisations promoting and funding it at the European level.
In recognition of the scale of the problem, a significant funding gap and also the opportunity, Arcadia enabled the creation of the Open Rivers Programme in the spring of 2021. A new entity “Stichting European Open Rivers Programme” was formed in Netherlands on the 25th June 2021 to manage and implement the programme. It will offer grants to remove dams and restore Europe’s endangered rivers.
It is expected that the programme will support around 150 to 200 dam removal projects each year.
Company Details
- Employees
- 7
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Lelystad, Nl
- Industry
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Website
- https://openrivers.eu/
- Keywords
- Rewilding Europe.
- HQ
- Lelystad
- Competitors
- ECRR / European Centre for River Restoration, Political Intelligence Brussels, Rewilding Europe, Wetlands International, Rewilding Sweden, Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), Dam Removal Movement (former WFMF), EU of Opportunities, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, Rewilding Romania.
European Open Rivers Programme Questions
European Open Rivers Programme's website is https://openrivers.eu/
European Open Rivers Programme's LinkedIn profile is https://nl.linkedin.com/company/european-open-rivers-programme
European Open Rivers Programme has
7 employees.
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employees at European Open Rivers Programme.
European Open Rivers Programme's industry is
Non-profit Organizations
European Open Rivers Programme's top competitors are
Ecrr / European Centre For River Restoration,
Political Intelligence Brussels,
Rewilding Europe,
Wetlands International,
Rewilding Sweden,
Institute For Security And Development Policy (Isdp),
Dam Removal Movement (Former Wfmf),
Eu Of Opportunities,
Copenhagen Institute For Futures Studies,
Rewilding Romania.
European Open Rivers Programme's categories are Non-profit Organizations
European Open Rivers Programme's founding year is 2021
