The conference aims to bring together river scientists, engineers and practitioners to share and discuss recent scientific research on river functioning, river status evaluation and various aspects of river restoration. It is also the opportunity to exchange experience on environment-friendly river restoration, especally with regard to flood risk management and nature protection. Contributions are welcome on any aspect of river restoration and maintenance, including presentations of...

The symposium is an unique opportunity to celebrate rivers, to meet with river stakeholders from many countries and sectors, and to learn about challenges and opportunities on rivers across Europe. The River SYmposium will include the European RiverPrize gala at the Vienna City Hall, at which the European RiverPrize winner will be announced.

The Rhone - Mediterranean and Corsica Water Agency made a very instructive video clip on how to manage rivers taking care of flooding issues and applying river restoration principles.

Video clip on river management and restoration

Preserving migratory fish: The example of the Pyrenean!

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This 12th Best LIFE-Environment Projects' exercise, follows on from a lengthy identification and evaluation process based on a set of best practice criteria, developed by EU Member States in collaboration with the European Commission.

The objective of the exercise is to help improve the dissemination of LIFE project results by clearly identifying those projects whose results, if widely applied, could have the most positive impact on the...