An estimated 700,000 barriers are still missing from Europe’s inventories. Here’s how you can help.
We are updating the AMBER Atlas to make it the most complete and accurate inventory of river barriers in Europe. Despite years of mapping efforts, a large number of dams, weirs, culverts, levees, bank walls and other barriers are still missing from existing records.
The EU Nature Restoration Regulation commits Member States to restoring at least 25,000 km of free-flowing rivers by 2030. To plan where restoration will have the most impact, we first need to know where the barriers are.
How you can help
- Record barriers in the field. The new AMBER Barrier Tracker app lets anyone record missing longitudinal barriers (such as dams, weirs and culverts) and lateral barriers (such as dykes and levees). It is now available on both iOS and Android.
- Share your datasets. If you hold barrier data for your country, region or catchment, or know where it’s published, please send it to info@blueriversfoundation.org. Any format is welcome.