In 2024, 23 European countries dismantled a total of 542 dams, weirs, culverts, and sluices, an 11% growth from the year before, signaling that communities and governments alike see the benefits of reconnecting and restoring rivers.
The European beaver is once again on Portuguese territory, as there has been undeniable proof of the rodent’s return after five hundred years of absence, a positive and significant step in the aquatic rewilding of rivers and watercourses.
