Future Lakes

FutureLakes Podcast: Restoring Europe's Lakes for Nature, Climate and People

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The FutureLakes podcast takes you behind the scenes of an ambitious European project rethinking how we protect and restore lakes. Through conversations with researchers, practitioners, and local partners, it explores the ideas, challenges, and innovations shaping a new blueprint for healthier lakes and biodiversity. ~ FutureLakes is pioneering the transformation of lake restoration across Europe by demonstrating a variety of in-lake and catchment solutions to restore lake water quality and biodiversity. By embracing nature-based, circular economy, and biodiversity-focused solutions, the projec...

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Choosing where to begin: scaling up lake restoration across Europe 12.06.2026 16:56

Nearly half of Europe's lakes are failing to meet basic ecological standards – and with tens of thousands of degraded waters across the continent, there will never be enough money, time or attention to restore them all at once. So which lakes do we begin with? Who decides? And once the science is done, what keeps a lake healthy for the decades that follow? In this second episode, recorded at the F...

Beneath the Surface: The Future of Europe’s Lakes 06.02.2026 15:32

Beneath the calm surfaces of Europe’s lakes, a quiet crisis is unfolding. Once-clear waters are impacted by pollution, algae blooms and habitat loss, with nearly half of Europe’s lakes now failing to meet basic ecological standards. In this first episode of the Future Lakes podcast, we explore what’s gone wrong – and how innovation is opening new pathways to recovery. The episode introduces Future...