“I’m awoken by a rumble and look across the Danube to see smoke rising.” These predators are reclaiming their home in the middle of a warzone.
Read the new BBC Wildlife Mag article on our Danube Delta project: https://ow.ly/GhQa50YNQqo
We are excited to launch the new website for the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme. It brings together the people, projects, science, and stories behind one of Europe’s largest landscape and seascape restoration initiatives.
🔗Visit us: https://www.endangeredlandscapes.org/
Iceland’s Mýrar wetlands provide vital habitat for migratory birds and fish but they have been degraded by decades of drainage and land conversion.
RSPB and Fuglavernd/BirdLife Iceland are working to restore them thanks to new funding from @endangeredlands.bsky.social
More: tinyurl.com/y3yrtkjh
People standing in a lake using a large fishing net while one person adjusts a camera on a tripod in the water.
🗺️ Planning Grants Call Now Closed
Thank you to everyone who submitted an Expression of Interest for the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme’s Planning Grants.
📢New album in support of nature and wildlife in the Solent out now!
Songs from the Solent, created by Richard Walters for his Artist Residency with the Solent Seascape, is available to download and stream now.
🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/3YFTiDa
Yellow square with Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme logo offering up to $120,000 planning grants, deadline January 20, 2026.
⏳ Less Than a Month Left to Apply!
If you are developing an ambitious restoration plan in Europe, do not miss this opportunity to apply for a Planning Grant of up to US$120,000.
📅 Deadline: 17:00 GMT on 20 January 2026
🔗 Apply here: endangeredlandscapes.org/about/funding-opportunit...
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⏳ Deadline Approaching!
Apply for up to US$120,000 in funding for early-stage restoration planning across Europe.
📅 Deadline: 20 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
🔗 endangeredlandscapes.org/about/funding-opportunit...
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📢 Planning Grant Funding Opportunity!
We are inviting Expressions of Interest for Planning Grants of up to US$120,000 to support early-stage restoration planning across Europe.
Deadline: 20 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
Apply 👉 endangeredlandscapes.org/about/funding-opportunit...
🌿 We're attending Communicate 2025: London
Rachel Gartner and Iona Haines will be attending Communicate 2025: London on Wednesday 26 November.
If you’re attending, connect with Rachel and Iona in person or on LinkedIn ahead of the event.
🔗www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/communicate-2025-4090...
We’re proud to announce that Emilie Reuchlin, co-founder of the Doggerland Foundation, has received Stanford’s 2025 Bright Award for her leadership in restoring the North Sea. 🌊www.endangeredlandscapes.org/news/emilie-reuchlin-win...
🔬 Beneath our feet lies a hidden world of biodiversity.
Dr Cristian Navarro Waggershauser (UHI Inverness) shares how DNA metabarcoding is uncovering hidden biodiversity and opening up new ways to understand ecological recovery.
👉 Read more: https://ow.ly/JoS650Xg6FU
🗺️ Missed our Planning Grant webinar?
If you couldn’t join us live on Monday, you can now watch the full recording on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/jethhw0k_BA?si=C4ZzqnL2ZArdG_eR
After 400 years, beavers have returned to Cairngorms National Park and built a dam at RSPB Insh Marshes. Holding water longer and creating rich habitats, they achieved in months what people had planned for years. 🦫
Find out more🔗 https://bit.ly/3JfCgYA
Yellow square with Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme logo offering up to $120,000 planning grants, deadline January 20, 2026.
📢 Planning Grants webinar and Q&A on Monday
Thinking of applying for a Planning Grant? Join our one-hour session to learn more about the Programme and the application process.
🗓 Monday 3 Nov | 🕥 10:30–11:30 (UK)
🔗 Register: jbs-cam.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UWdZ...
Underwater scene with fish and seagrass behind a green box announcing up to $120,000 planning grants from Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme.
Planning the next step for your restoration work? 🌍
Our Planning Grants (up to US$120,000) support early-stage restoration projects across Europe.
Join our webinar on 3 Nov, 10:30–11:30 (UK) to find out more.
🔗 jbs-cam.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UWdZ...
📢 New funding call for river restoration in Europe!
The European Open Rivers Programme is accepting applications for projects removing obsolete barriers. Apply by 31 Oct 2025, 13:00 CET.
🔗 Details: https://openrivers.eu/grants/apply-for-a-grant/
Thinking of applying for a Planning Grant? 🌍
Join our webinar and Q&A on 3 Nov, 10:30–11:30 (UK time) to learn about the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme and how to apply.
Register: jbs-cam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@endangeredlands.bsky.social offers Planning Grants <US$120K to support early stages of landscape & seascape restoration across Europe:
· Building strong collaborations
· Establishing biodiversity baselines
· Preparing proposals for larger-scale funding
📅 Deadline: 20 January 2026
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🤝 Rewilding Europe and Mayors of Europe have launched a new partnership to support wildlife comeback across the continent. As species like wolves and bison return, this collaboration will help mayors and communities share solutions for living alongside wildlife.
🔗 bit.ly/4gW0G5z
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Man in orange rain jacket and white helmet using binoculars on a green-decked boat overlooking the gray ocean under cloudy skies.
Person standing on the deck of the blue research vessel Senckenberg with colorful signal flags overhead.
🔬 What still lives on the Dogger Bank?
In July, Menno de Boer joined a 10-day expedition to collect seawater for eDNA analysis – tiny fragments that reveal which species still inhabit this once-thriving, but now degraded sandbank.
🌊 Read his diary from the expedition: https://ow.ly/9R7A50X4haa
📢 Planning Grant Funding Opportunity!
The Endangered Landscapes & is inviting applications for Planning Grants of up to US$120,000 to support early-stage restoration planning across Europe.
Deadline: 20 Jan 2026
Apply 👉 www.endangeredlandscapes.org/about/funding-opportunit...
Misty forest at dawn with text overlaid: $138 million dedicated to restoration across Europe.
🌍 Since 2017, the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme has been working with partners across Europe to restore ecosystems on land and sea.
Our vision is simple: landscapes and seascapes where nature and people can thrive for generations to come.
Find out more: www.endangeredlandscapes.org