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👇🧵Thread with highlights from Day #2 of the 1st annual SpongeBoost project meeting this week in Spain! 😉Follow #SpongeBoostmeets2025 for more updates from this exciting week! 👉More about SpongeBoost & our role in the consortium on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2024/03/20/pro…

It’s Day 3️⃣ of the #SpongeBoostmeets2025 and our hosts - Centro Ibérico de Restauración Fluvial - CIREF are taking us on a field trip to one of our case study areas - the Xistral mountain. 🏞️ 🧐Curious to find out what this device is? Swipe right!⏭️

💧From 7-11 April, the SpongeBoost consortium gathered in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, for our annual meeting.🌍 🌱We shared insights, exchanged ideas, and explored case study areas. 🔗Read more about our journey: spongeboost.eu/news/spongeboo…

👏The #SpongeBoosterOfTheMonth for April is Restore4Life – an EU-funded project demonstrating impressive socio-economic benefits from restoring freshwater in the Danube basin.🌿 🔎Get a glimpse of their work ⤵️

The annual Auenökologischer Workshop (Floodplain Ecology Workshop) was held from 19–21 March at the University of Kassel, Germany. Co-organised by SpongeBoost coordinator Mathias Scholz, it brought together a wide range of stakeholders. 🔗 spongeboost.eu/news/spongeboo…

❓ Trivia time! Can you guess what’s coming up next? Drop your answer in the comments using the emojis! 👇 📱 A new social media campaign 🦸 A new project superhero 🚌 SpongeBooster of the Year field trip 📚 A brand new comic book Let’s see who guesses right!

🌍World Peatlands Day highlights the importance of protecting these vital ecosystems. 🔎Did you know that peatlands store more carbon than all forests combined? They regulate climate, support biodiversity, purify water and reduce floods, essential for a healthy planet.🌱

Today we celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌍 🌱Healthy ecosystems provide us with clean water, food, and climate stability. 💚SpongeBoost is committed to enhancing the sponge functions of wetlands to support their long-term sustainability.🧽 🔗worldenvironmentday.global

✅ Trivia answer time! The correct answer was... a field trip! 🚌 Did you guess right? The very first SpongeBooster of the Year award went to PLANAR e.V. for their work in planning sustainable regional development. 🌍 Their reward? A field trip. 🏞️

🏆 The "SpongeBooster of the Year 2025" award goes to Planar e.V.! 💚 On 20 June, their work in sustainable regional development will be celebrated with an award ceremony, ending with a field trip to the restored section of the Diemel. 🌱

Thanks to the #restoration efforts of our SpongeBooster of the Year 🏆 – Planar e.V. – habitats along the river Diemel are thriving once again.🌱 🔎 Learn more about the species that have returned and are now thriving thanks to improved conditions👇

🎉1 day to go!🏆Planar e.V. raised the waterbody, rehydrated floodplains, restored wetland habitats, and refilled old meanders. These changes have supported the return of species and formed new habitats. 📷 Johann Taillebois – magda-map.de #SpongeBoosterOfTheYear2025

🎉 The first #SpongeBoosterOfTheYear award ceremony took place on 20 June and celebrated Planar e.V. for their wetland restoration on the Diemel River, reconnecting 20 hectares of floodplain and creating habitats for over 65 species! 📖 Learn more: spongeboost.eu/news/first-spo…

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🌍From 23–31 July, 172 governments will meet at #RamsarCOP15 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, to protect wetlands. Let's turn promises into policies and ambitions into action. 💚Wetlands are not just victims of climate change, they’re key to solving it. #WetlandsForOurCommonFuture

📫 The third SpongeBoost Newsletter is out now! 😊 Explore key achievements from the first six months of 2025 👉 preview.mailerlite.io/preview/100477…

💚 Yesterday, Lea Hallik from the University of Tartu presented the SpongeBoost project at the 12th INTECOL Wetlands Conference, taking place from 29 June to 4 July in Tartu, Estonia. 🌱 📆 Check the full programme here: intecolwetlands2025.ee/programme

SpongeBoost’s comic book is now available in nine languages! 📚 💭 With the creative illustrations, created by parzelle34, and its inspiring story, the comic book makes complex scientific concepts easily accessible to both experts and non-experts. 🔎zenodo.org/records/157744…