We are flooding a forest - here’s why

Описание: In our latest rewilding project we have decided to spend €40,000 to dig a ditch and flood a forest in Slovakia. You might be wondering whether we have gone mad but in truth we are really excited about getting started creating our very own wetland project and after watching this video we hope you are too!

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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Flooding a forest
0:28 Importance of Wetlands
2:36 The Danube
3:07 BROZ


ABOUT THIS PROJECT
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Over recent decades, large swatches of Slovakia’s wetlands have been lost. They have been drained to make way for agriculture, as a result of the construction of dams for hydroelectric power, as well as for timber production.

Wetlands are an integral part of the Danube floodplain landscape in Slovakia and draining them to plant trees has detrimental impacts on the environment. Wetlands store large amounts of carbon and are home to a diversity of plant and animal species that are specially adapted to the wet conditions. One of these species is the nationally endangered and endemic Pannonian root vole, which has declined drastically in Slovakia in response to disappearing wetlands.

This project will turn forest back into a wetland by digging 650 meters of ditches. This will kickstart a “flood” of change and bring back a healthy functioning, sustainable and wilder ecosystem.

You can read all about it here: https://mossy.earth/projects/rewildin...

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