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DAM REMOVAL PROGRESS 2023

DAM REMOVAL PROGRESS 2023

DRE reports that in 2023:

  1. At least 487 barriers were removed in 15 European countries.
  2. France was the trailblazer of bbarrier removal in Europe, followed by Spain, Sweden and Denmark.
  3. 46% of the removed barriers were weirs and 36% were culverts. Dams were the next most type of removed bbarriers (12%), followed by ramps, sluices and fords
  4. 78% of the removed barriers were lower than 2 m, 20% were 2-5 m high and 2% were more than 5 m high.
  5. More than 4300 km of rivers were reconnected through barrier removals.