Wetlanders
Scaling up GBN restoration for biodiversity, ecosystem services and stewardship
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Project summary
Across North‑West Europe, green‑blue networks (GBNs) are disappearing at an alarming pace. Some regions have already lost more than 90% of their wetlands, while others are facing extensive peatland degradation. These are the ecosystems that filter water, store carbon and sustain biodiversity, yet they are shrinking faster than we currently can protect them.
Wetlanders, a project co-funded by the Interreg North-West Europe programme, brings together 14 organisations from 5 countries to reverse this trend, through shared tools, hands-on restoration and the local partnerships needed to support long‑term stewardship.
Project partners and pilot sites
Wetlanders tests its restoration solutions across five diverse pilot sites (the green dots on the map): Chi‑Fontaine, Griston Bog, Sager Meer, Fochteloërveen and the Valley of the Kleine Nete, representing peatlands, river valleys and wetland mosaics across North‑West Europe.
