Two partner projects will join us:
🌱 Restore4Life – presenting a toolbox for environmental education on moorland and wetland conservation
🧩 DANUBE4all Project – featuring an interactive river puzzle
Together, we aim to show how science and nature conservation can be made engaging and accessible.
✨ Join us and the IGB for the Long Night of Nature Conservation.
📅 12 March
🕖 7:00–9:00 p.m.
📍 DUH Federal Office, Hackescher Markt 4, Berlin
Join us for the launch of our second comic book! 🦸
In case you missed Part I: zenodo.org/records/1481...
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This new Special Issue features 15 peer-reviewed articles from 100+ experts, showcasing #nature-based solutions to the #biodiversity and #climate crises.
Full editorial ⤵️ doi.org/10.3897/natu...
🥇 We're happy to announce that the Spanish project “Spongy Slopes” was recognised as the winner of the #SpongeBoosterOfTheYear 2026 award.
📖 Learn more: www.spongeboost.eu/news/communi...
📕 Over 300 people joined us for the virtual launch of a new Special Issue: "#Wetlands in a Changing #Climate" published in our #journal.
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The closing remarks synthesized the chapters, translating the discussions into structured guidance and concrete policy recommendations.
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Check out the newest Special Issue in @natureconservation.pensoft.net on #coastal & #floodplain #restoration. 👇
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📕Or see the full Special Issue on #Wetlands in a Changing #Climate here ⤵️
natureconservation.pensoft.net/issue/5008/
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🔎 SpongeBooster of the month is water flow monitoring equipment, a small tool with a big job: making sponge effects visible. By continuously measuring how much water leaves a catchment, it turns restoration from a good story into solid evidence.
Learn more 👇
Are you a specialist, #policymaker, or just want to learn more on how to restore #riverine and #coastal #wetlands in the context of #climatechange? Then join the free virtual launch event of the newest special issue:
When? - 26 Feb 2026
Time? - 10:30 CET / 11:30 GMT
Learn more and register here:
SpongeBoost's fifth newsletter is just around the corner. 🔜
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Only 6️⃣ days left! ⌛ Join us for the virtual launch of “Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains”, a new Special Issue in Pensoft Publishers’ open-access journal Nature Conservation.
✍️ Register here: events.hifis.net/event/3409
💚 We're concluding our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign with a publication on how restoring river floodplains through near-natural, year-round grazing can boost biodiversity while improving flood protection and climate resilience.
📚 Read here: auenweiden.de/wp-content/u...
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Join us for the virtual launch of “Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains”, a new Special Issue in Pensoft Publishers’ open-access journal Nature Conservation
📅 26 February 2026
🕑 10:30–12:00 CET
💻 Online
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Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the brilliant women advancing discovery every day. 💐 Through research, collaboration, and mentorship, their curiosity, creativity, and persistence continue to shape the future of science. 🔎🔬
#WomenInScience
Today in #SpongeBoostSites series: Eifel – Schneifel region. 📍
🧽 Discover this unique landscape and see what the SpongeBoost team is working on in the video below.
📸 Photos: Philip Meier (RWTH Aachen University), Lisa Burghardt, Leonie Hebermehl (Stiftung Natur und Umwelt RLP)
💧 EU water and environmental laws help keep rivers, lakes, and public health protected. Changes could weaken these protections, affecting chemicals, forests, and wildlife.
✍️ Sign the petition to support Europe’s environmental safeguards: www.duh.de/mitmachen/ha...
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💚 This week in #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters: We are highlighting a publication that explores the complex relationship between otter conservation and pond farming in Germany.
📚 Read here: www.otterland.info/wp-content/u...
💚 This week, as part of our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we highlight a publication that addresses the urgent need to protect, preserve, and restore aquatic ecosystems across Europe.
📚 Read the full publication here: riojournal.com/articles.php...
The Eurasian beaver is one of nature’s most underrated climate #resilience engineers 🦫
💡 Beaver-related #restoration can:
🔷 cool water in summer
🔷 increase water storage
🔷 reconnect #floodplains
🔷 create diverse habitats
These changes help landscapes withstand wildfires and #climate extremes 💧
👉 Part of the #Natura2000 network, these peatlands are considered a unique habitat at national level, due to their importance for #biodiversity, their role as natural water reservoirs, and their significance as a pioneering area for restoration actions.
Today, as part of our #SpongeBoostSites, we take you to the beautiful Azores. 🏝️
📍 The central area of the Graminhais Plateau is home to the largest expanse of peatlands on the island of São Miguel, covering more than 100 hectares. 🌿
📸 Photo credit: Tarso Costa and Yasmin Redolosis
💚 This week in #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters: We highlight a publication that synthesises biodiversity research conducted in Europe and worldwide.
📚 Read here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
💚 This week in our hashtag#PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign, we’re highlighting a publication on best practices for publishing hashtag#biodiversity data.
📚 Read the full publication here: riojournal.com/article/1243...
🎥 As we step into the new year, we take a look at SpongeBoost’s 2025 – shaped by creativity, innovation and many firsts.
We're excited for what 2026 will bring and to keep sharing this journey with you. ✨
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🗾 Discover our case study sites through #SpongeBoostSites.
📍 This time, we are taking you to the Xistral Mountains of Galicia, a remarkable landscape of nearly 10,000 hectares of #peatlands, including both well-preserved and degraded areas. 🌿
📸 Photos: Aniela Stachnik Pérez and Horacio García
📍We are taking you to the Xistral Mountains in Galicia, a remarkable landscape of nearly 10,000 hectares of #peatlands. This region forms the headwaters of several major rivers and hosts unique habitats such as extensive blanket bogs, which play a crucial role in water regulation and #biodiversity.🌿
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💚 This week in our #PreviousResearchofSpongeBoosters campaign: 🦦 Meet Otti – a cartoon character who explains the importance of healthy rivers, #biodiversity, and river #restoration through the eyes of an otter living in Thuringia’s waterways.
📚 Read here: www.duh.de/fileadmin/us...
