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EU | 1 October 2026

Freeing Europe’s rivers: addressing legal bottlenecks in the removal of barriers on rivers in EU Member States
EU
Defending habitats
Wildlife & habitats
Climate
Poland
France

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Freeing Europe’s rivers: addressing legal bottlenecks in the removal of barriers on rivers in EU Member States

The report examines how European countries identify and remove obsolete river barriers, and what needs to change to restore free-flowing rivers across Europe.

Editor: Maria Włoskowicz

Authors: Maria Włoskowicz, Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen (case study Finland), Coline Robert (case study France)

Acknowledgments: Karol Ciężak, Magdalena Bar, Paweł Augustynek Halny, Ryszard Babiasz

Graphic design: Jerzy Parfianowicz

Publisher: Fundacja ClientEarth Prawnicy dla Ziemi, ul. Mokotowska 33/35, 00-560 Warsaw, Poland