REFRESH: The Challenge

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The future status of freshwater ecosystems is dependent on changes in land-use, pollution loading and water demand. In addition the measures that need to be taken to restore freshwater ecosystems to good ecological status or to sustain priority species need to be designed either to adapt to future climate change or to mitigate the effects of climate change. Building on a previous EU FP6 Project, Euro-limpacs, REFRESH is concerned with generating the scientific understanding that enables such measures to be implemented successfully.

REFRESH brings together rivers, lakes and wetlands scientists with expertise in hydrology, hydrochemistry and ecology, aquatic modelling and social science. View the Partners>

REFRESH News

Two day REFRESH dissemination event, London 6th and 7th November, 2013.

London November 2013On Day 1, at the Royal College of Physicians, 120 delegates attended a REFRESH Science Symposium where a number of REFRESH scientists presented results from the project to a mixed audience drawn from both the scientific and user communities (the latter including water companies, consultancies, water mana

Launch of the first online Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas: Biofresh

Biofresh LogoA new online Atlas of freshwater biodiversity presenting spatial information and species distribution patterns has been launched. It provides policy-makers, water managers and scientists with an online, open-access and interactive gateway to key geographical information and spatial data on freshwater biodiversity across different scales.

REFRESH stakeholder meeting in Ankara, Turkey

METU Presentation December 2013In December REFRESH Partner Middle Eastern Technical University (METU) organised a stakeholder meeting in Ankara attended by 55 people.

Sharing Experience across Scotland and England - James Hutton Institute, 29 November 2013

A mini symposium was held at the James Hutton Institute on awareness/behavioural aspects of diffuse water pollution. The aim was to exchange experiences and plans for research to support implementation and uptake of measures to improve water quality through behavioural change. Results from the EU FP7 REFRESH Project and the Scottish Government Research Programme were presented by researchers from The James Hutton Institute.

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