Removing dams, restoring rivers: Proven solution to build resilience and reverse nature loss

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Healthy rivers are critical to global efforts to tackle the climate and nature crises. But across Europe, rivers are choked with tens of thousands of dams and barriers, many of them obsolete, which disrupt the natural flow of water, sediments and species - undermining river resilience and driving nature loss.
This short film showcases the impact of dam removals - a fast, proven, and cost-effective solution - and the growth of the dam removal movement in Europe, inspired by WWF and partners. Over 5000 barriers - from giant hydropower dams to weirs - have been removed helping to build resilience and bring life back to dying rivers - from Finland to France, UK to Ukraine.
But we urgently need to scale up dam removals to restore rivers and help societies adapt to climate change, and reverse the loss of freshwater species populations - which have plunged by 83% on average since 1970.
This video shows how it can be done - highlighting the benefits of dam removals to people and nature, and the growing collaboration between governments, companies, NGOs and communities.

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@mickeybailey1108 Жыл бұрын

It is so exciting to see this trend has been happening in Europe also. I was blessed to be a part of a barrier removal (not a dam) on the Eel River in California. I have seen first hand the positive affects of this act. Right now the removal of four dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California will be the largest dam removal ever in the USA. This helps to give me hope for the future. Thank you for this film.

@oakmaiden2133 8 ай бұрын

Me too! Down with the dams and reintroduce natures water management team... beavers. They pretty much work for free.

@robbrattain5226 8 ай бұрын

So, dams are bad! California is never short of water and when it does rain it never floods? No wonder the world is going to hell with ideology like yours.

@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists 6 ай бұрын

dude.....come clear and do real change ! Its about time ! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita#/media/File:20211026_Cumulative_carbon_dioxide_CO2_emissions_by_country_-_bar_chart.svg

@danielburgess7785 8 ай бұрын

Next step? Make beavers a protected species.

@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists 8 ай бұрын

they are in my country

@peterhicks3516 Жыл бұрын

I like the information in here about the costs of dam removal and how they are now spending 4 or 5 % of what they used too, by just letting the river function.

@bill8985 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic! Great effort and yet so much more to do! I look forward to watching the film.

@damonchampion823 7 ай бұрын

This is such great news. 1st time I saw this in Europe on KZfaq

@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists 6 ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita#/media/File:20211026_Cumulative_carbon_dioxide_CO2_emissions_by_country_-_bar_chart.svg

@jordangouveia1863 8 ай бұрын

Several dams have been removed and two others have been altered to increase flow and allow fish migration. This has had a direct and positive effect on mine and others quality of life because our roads no longer flood, thanks to the increase in the river's flow rate. Of course now it is much lower than it was 10 years ago when the first project started. This also allows the water to warm more so the fish species found in the river is starting to change.

@hardwareful Ай бұрын

Big Oil CEO or activist - who said it? "we were able to negotiate the removal of hydropower dams. which is amazing"

@KennyWatson-mu9to 3 ай бұрын

I Live on the Klamath River. Its a sewer now. I won't set foot In that toxic water ever again. Unless we have a Major Flood it Will always have the toxic Sediment in it.😢😢

@anonymdovvalross1336 5 ай бұрын

nice

@5joost 11 ай бұрын

Amazing to see! I wish countries like China and India would follow

@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists 8 ай бұрын

bla blal´blaaaaaaaa

@Mrbfgray 7 ай бұрын

CCP gives two craps about the environment or citizens. 80% of groundwater is severely polluted and they add a new coal plant every week.

@speedymccreedy8785 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic! Great effort, Floods for everyone.

@iberiano-ls2rv 8 ай бұрын

Rivers and its inhabitants were free before you and all your previous generations were on this planet.

@Mrbfgray 7 ай бұрын

Many dams/barriers never had flood control purpose and others are so filled with silt they no longer function as such. Many rivers never had a flooding problem for local residents.

@darrinmcgann 8 ай бұрын

Yeah ! Blow those dams up! It's so much better to burn oil for your power!

@fallencobra5197 8 ай бұрын

Did you watch the video? Most of these dams don’t even produce electricity and the ones that do are no longer needed possibly because their using a newer green energy source like solar, wind, or nuclear

@PacoOtis 6 ай бұрын

Pitiful that you have intrusive horrible music in this video! Did an adult review this video prior to release?

@tonyincs 7 ай бұрын

The funny thing about this is that there are areas where you need a dam, and there are areas that do not need a dam. I think the issue is where, and when. Not "if". Interesting topic for sure.

@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists 6 ай бұрын

There are NO areas in need of a dam. NO AREAS !

@uggali 7 ай бұрын

Europe is not a continent and the subtitles go too fast unleas you a weeb or smth

@deangarner5662 11 ай бұрын

Destroying a lot of dams will let more water flow into the oceans which will contribute to the flooding of more coastal areas that aren't very high above sea level. I thought climate change was already a threat to low lying costal areas and islands. And what about water necessary to support agriculture and human population? I thought California had a serious shortage of water and they're letting what water they currently get through snow melt to just flow unimpeded into the ocean.

@gubermon5903 11 ай бұрын

No it wont at all. I love how you are spreading misinformation by slamming together a bunch of lies.

@mvb7780 8 ай бұрын

@@gubermon5903Wat zou hieraan dan desinformatie zijn?

@gabrielamora6265 8 ай бұрын

Dont forget that hydropower is competition for solar panels. And the greenwashing lobby cant have that.

@fallencobra5197 8 ай бұрын

@@mvb7780it won’t raise sea level and the video said OBSOLETE dams we aren’t gonna remove the ducking Hoover dam guys

@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists 8 ай бұрын

hahahahahhahahaaa youtube is so funny with so many unedcated people...makes me laugh....hahahahahahaa......

@mjoelnir1899 8 ай бұрын

What nonsense. If you build hydropower right, you can increase spawning areas and the amount of fish a river can support. There are dams and river systems that destroy, often by straightening rivers and build dams, that act as barriers. But by building dams, with working fish stairs and slowing down rivers, you can produce an environment that increases the suitability of a river, for example for salmon. We need hydropower for green energy production and the idea that dams are always bad, is ridiculous. We use hydropower here in Iceland. There is not one example of a river, where the hydropower construction has reduced the amount of fish the river produces. Many rivers had natural limits, that stopped fish from going further upriver. The right constructed dams, with well constructed fish stairs, opened up new spawning areas. This propaganda, that all dams are bad, is just wrong and destroys possibilities of sensible use of hydropower, what we desperately need

@Mrbfgray 7 ай бұрын

Did they say all dams must be removed? Missed that part. Tiny minority of dams are being considered for removal, wide ranging conditions as you suggest. For salmon--damns *always* destroy the populations, they do not even know which way to go in a lake, are preyed upon, water gets too warm, and so on. Many dams don't have any significant power potential. Here in the West US, hydro power is NOT GREEN.

@mjoelnir1899 7 ай бұрын

@@Mrbfgray exactly that is the wrong perception. All the dams in rivers here in Iceland, were salmon spans and smalls are growing up, the salmon population have increased not decreased. Some rivers carry salmon the first time after damming it. The main point is to build a dam in a way, that it does not act as a barrier, mostly well design fish stairs will do. The second point is to design the dam that smalls are skimmed of and flow down the stairs, or using turbines that do not destroy fish. That salmon does not know what way to go in a lake is utterly nonsense.

@Mrbfgray 7 ай бұрын

@@mjoelnir1899 Only speak to North America where it's very rare for a dam, or more often several dams, *don't* decimate salmon/steelhead populations. NEVER do they benefit. I'll take your word for Iceland, VERY different than USA/Canada's experience and not for lack of us trying. Fish ladders, screens, etc., plus extensive dubious interventions such as hatcheries, trucking fingerlings and so on. Some river systems, Klamath, Colombia....had unbelievable bounty, easily feed relatively dense Natives with yr round surplus of protein, multiple *heavy runs* per yr (preservation via dehydration/smoking). Now same runs are tiny shadow of former selves at best, to occasionally--locally extinct.

@Mrbfgray 7 ай бұрын

@@mjoelnir1899 I need to learn more about Iceland. Norway be interesting comparison too. Personal direct experience only from California to lower Alaska, lowkey fight to balance fish vs agricultural water, swimming pools (lol), etc. Been on the Sacramento River system for decades, politically, long cast as: "Fish vs People!" (naturally a false choice, we ALL live here together, 'Fish vs Agriculture' more accurately) Point being; there are perceived and real trade offs. Optimistic aside: Many runs can't be much more than 10k yrs old, a day in geologic/biologic terms. From a slice of N. end ("top") of 48 States thru Canada and most everything N. of that. Ice rivers don't support much of anything locally. Major watersheds went from glaciers to salmon laden rivers in only, say 12 to 15k yrs, *since recent glacial maximum.* So *apparently* runs can establish or re-establish quite readily where conditions are right.

@Mrbfgray 7 ай бұрын

@@mjoelnir1899 BTW--much appreciate you doing best with 2nd (3rd or 4th..?) language, for rest of us Icelandic is near impossible to learn. :D)