Four years ago we flooded a forest - the results are insane

Описание: After 4 years this forest has completely transformed into a proper flooded forest!

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💪 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS VIDEO
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BROZ: https://broz.sk/en/

The project was also made possible thanks to the support of the LIFE17 NAT/SK/000621 project.

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
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0:00 Intro
1:08 Project recap
3:13 Flooded forest


🔎 ABOUT THIS PROJECT
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Over recent decades, large swathes 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.

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CREDITS
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This project is managed by BROZ
Filming: Julie Schleiss-Andreassen, Duarte de Zoeten, Adriana Brossmannova and Jakub Sigmund
Writing: Duarte de Zoeten
Editing: Duarte de Zoeten and Lana Piršl
Thumbnail: Duarte de Zoeten, Thomas Hikin and Thomas Berry
Subtitles: Thomas Berry