Online River Film Evening Open Rivers – Preserving and Restoring Vibrant Waters

on Friday, November 17, 2023.

As part of the Open Rivers project, the Living Rivers Foundation organized the second part of the cross-environmental association's Water Protection Forum 2023: Natural Water Management and Nature-Based Solutions – Thinking of the Landscape from the Perspective of Water, on Friday, November 17, which – as in the previous year – had an outstanding turnout. www.gewaesserschutzforum.de

The second part of the Water Protection Forum was under the theme: Open Rivers – Preserving and Restoring Vibrant Waters. After introductory words by Michael Bender from the Living Rivers Foundation, a film by the Austrian WWF: Dam Removal – More Space for Austria's Rivers and the TV report The Pegnitz becomes a "River Liberator Community" as a short film segment on dam removal followed. In the subsequent discussion, city councilor Susanne Bauer reported on the dam removal at the Pegnitz and Sigrun Lange, WWF, discussed the River Liberator competition and the river protection projects of the WWF office in Oberweilheim.

Following more short films, Antonio Rohrsen called for support of the Patagonia petition to stop bottom trawling in coastal areas. Theresa Schiller, WWF, talked about the international agenda for the protection of wetlands, rivers, and coasts.