Rewilding in Brussels: local projects to join

Local Rewilding initiatives in Brussels — practical projects you can start or join this week.

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Rewild river corridors by removing fish passage barriers

Free rivers so fish can roam again Dam Removal Europe connects communities tearing down obsolete weirs and culverts so eels, trout, and lamprey reach headwaters across the continent. What you can do - Explore the Dam Removal Europe map and advocate for a barrier near you - Read the Slovakia barrier removal guide for a step-by-step community playbook - Join local river trusts on barrier surveys: photograph choke points and share them with councils How it works Engineers and ecologists score barriers by impact and cost. Volunteer testimony about lost fishing and flooding speeds permits and funding. Why it matters Open rivers knit landscapes together: fish return, sediment moves naturally, and kids discover pools that were blocked for generations.

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Explore Wallonia's Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse wild park

Walk wetlands, grasslands, and free-flowing rivers in southern Belgium Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse National Park joined the European Rewilding Network in June 2026. Across about 22,000 hectares of Fagne, Calestienne, and Ardenne landscapes, the park expands strictly protected forest, restores river dynamics, and brings back natural grazing while opening nature-based tourism. What you can do - Plan a visit through park discovery points and the Aquascope Virelles gateway area (Chimay, Couvin, Froidchapelle, Momignies, Viroinval municipalities) - Look for guided walks and observation towers as the 2026 visitor programme rolls out - Follow the ERN welcome story on Rewilding Europe How it works Park teams protect forest cores, improve human-wildlife coexistence, and share lessons with other Wilder Parks. Day visitors stay on marked routes so grazing herds and returning predators have room. Why it matters One of Wallonia's first national parks can show how people and wolves, beavers, and black storks share a recovered landscape.

Rewilding in Brussels: local projects to join

Rewild river corridors by removing fish passage barriers

Explore Wallonia's Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse wild park

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