As we continue to witness the devastating effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, the EU Nature Restoration Law is a historic opportunity to reverse the biodiversity and climate crises by placing the EU’s degraded nature on a path to recovery. But what does nature restoration look like in practice?
Join us in the WWF floodplain reserve Marchegg, in the very east of Austria, where the team is working towards rewilding a 1.120-hectare wetland area. We show how the re-introduction of grazing by a herd of semi-wild horses has helped turn around negative biodiversity trends, showing a way to reduce biodiversity loss and restore nature.
The restoration of side branches of the Danube river is one of the largest and boldest river restoration projects in Europe. It included a re-opening of large side branches that had been cut off from the Danube during river regulation in the late 19th century.
This video was filmed during a press trip to 'Auenreservat Marchegg' and 'Donauauen' national park on 9 June 2023.
