Movie evening: "Vjosa National Park – a new age of river protection?"
Thursday, November 03
7:30pm CET
Paneltalk & Movie Screening
In Albania and all around Europe citizens have raised their voices to protect Europe’s largest wild river—the Vjosa. This year Albania's government listened, and promised to establish a national park to protect the Vjosa forever.
We talk with Besjana Guri from EcoAlbania about the campaign success and the progress towards establishing the Vjosa National Park. Being a member of the national park working group in Albania we are excited to hear directly from her here in Berlin.
For additional impressions Matthias Leupold & Eric Berg present their short movie "In the Name of Vjosa". And Living Rivers Foundation shares insights on river conservation in Germany.
WORLD RIVERS DAY on the Oder - Call for participation!
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5 September, 2 pm
WORLD RIVERS DAY on the Oder - Call for participation!
On 25 September 2022, the World Rivers Day will take place. To mark this occasion, we are planning a canoe action on the Oder in Kienitz (Oderbruch) at 14:00.
Together we want to raise awareness of the importance of rivers and honour their important function as lifelines of the earth.
After the recent catastrophe that happened right in front of our eyes without us being able to intervene or get hold of the polluters, we want to remember the millions of living beings that were wiped out in just one moment without any consideration.
We all know that we cannot exist without clean water. Therefore, we want to raise awareness against water pollution and work to restore our rivers to their original form.
Come to Kienitz on the Oder on 25 September at 2 pm and paddle along!
Respected experts will also be invited to report on the Oder.
We are looking forward to creative banners, signs and other contributions.
Please forward this press release to interested people and draw their attention to our petition https://innn.it/Fischsterben.
Water Protection Forum of Environmental Organisations - Online
The challenges for water management are great: climate change, globalisation, the loss of biodiversity and the continued use of surface waters and groundwater require consistent and strategic action to avoid overexploitation of water resources and to ensure the important services of these ecosystems in the long term. In recent months, the management plans and programmes of measures for the third and thus decisive management cycle of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) have been published. However, the level of ambition of the present management plans does not reflect these challenges. Even the draft of the National Water Strategy does not make any concrete statements on the timely implementation of the WFD.
We want to discuss the current management planning with you at this year's Forum: How do we ensure future-oriented water management? Is the transparency approach pursued by some federal states in conformity with the WFD? What claims can be derived from the climate decision of the Federal Constitutional Court? What levers exist to advance the implementation of the WFD?
Further information: https://www.gewaesserschutzforum.de
The programme can be found here: https://www.wrrl-forum.de/programm2022/
For registration: https://www.nabu.de/wir-ueber-uns/veranstaltungen/32226.html
BfN " Flash study "Lakes and climate change" New publication BfN-Skripten Schriften reihe 624"
Global warming and the associated longer dry periods and more frequent heavy rainfall events are having a noticeable impact on the water balance of lakes and wetlands in Germany and Europe. This leads to additional stress factors for aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity and increasingly highlights conflicts in water use.
An ecological distopia and an outlook for all Europe ? The Greek Volvi Lake dried up completely in 2019.
Against this background, the current flash study "Lakes and Climate Change" highlights the available research findings on the impacts of climate change - and the associated changes in temperatures, precipitation amounts and distributions - on lakes, small water bodies and wetlands in Germany, also incorporating findings from other European countries.
BfN Schriften 624 - Blitzlichtstudie "Seen und Klimawandel"
Udo Gattenlöhner, Michael Bender und Marlene Bär Lamas
BfN-Schriften
2022
The long version of the study is available to download here (in German): www.grueneliga.de/images/Dokumente/Skript624.pdf
You can find a summary of the BfN Study here (English):
www.grueneliga.de/images/Dokumente/Wasser/EN_KLIMA_SEEN_SUM_22_04_27.pdf
Event - Watercourse survey and excursion at the Packereigraben
As part of the Action Network Small Waters (Aktionsnetz Kleingewässer), the Grüne Liga Berlin e.V. will organise a dialogue event at the Packereigraben.
When: 27.08.2022
Meeting point: 11:00 a.m. at Waidmannslust S-Bahn station, 13469 Berlin
Discover more about Aktionsnetz Kleingewässer: https://bln-berlin.de/aktionsnetz-kleingewaesser/
Download our flyer as PDF: www.grueneliga.de/images/events/DialogPackereigraben27August22Flyer.pdf
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Water Newsletter
Always up to date on the topic of water protection with the Wasserblatt. With short news items and an extensive nationwide list of events, the Water Bulletin of the Green League provides monthly information on current events in the water sector. Subscribe free of charge to the water bulletin distribution list at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and receive the water bulletin with the latest news by e-mail every month.
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All issues of the Water Newsletter 2022:
Water Newsletter May 2022 (pdf 1,6MB)
Water Newsletter April 2022 (pdf 379 KB)
Water Newsletter March 2022 (pdf 642 KB)
Water Newsletter February 2022 (pdf 550 KB)
Water Newsletter January 2022 (pdf 319 KB)
All issues of the Water Newsletter 2021:
Water Newsletter December 2021 (pdf 2,3 MB)
Cooperations
The GRÜNE LIGA Federal Contact Point Water has been a member of the EEB's Water Working Group for over 20 years and is a founding member of both the Water Working Group of the Forum Environment and Development and the "Living Lakes Germany" network.
Michael Bender represents the GRÜNE LIGA as an observer at the International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe (IKSE).
In 2021, the cooperation between the GRÜNE LIGA and the Living Rivers Foundation was intensified and a joint office was established at the federal association.
Together with the GRÜNE LIGA Berlin, we were active in the Aktionsnetz Kleingewässer Berlin, in 2022.
Since January 2023, the GRÜNE LIGA Berlin e.V. is partner in the pilot project Wassernetz Berlin. We will organise 24 dialogues at water over 3 years (around 8 per year) to raise awareness of the public on the issues faced by water bodies and offer training in their management (biodiversity, physical and chemical status, etc.), as well as helping our partners in the project to prepare for the enhancement and restoration measures that will be implemented in the framework of this pilot project. You can find the schedule of dialogs on our events page.
On the European level, the GRÜNE LIGA e.V. is also member of the European Water Movement. The EWM aims at reinforcing the recognition of water as a commons and as a fundamental universal right.
On a global level, the GRÜNE LIGA e.V. is also involved in the People's Water Forum, a coordinating space for Water Justice Movements around the world.
