Hugo Nijkamp (Sea Alarm) and Claude Velter (Wildlife Rescue Centre Ostend) delivered new training modules at a EUROWA Rehabilitation Facility Managers training event in April in Ostend, Belgium. The event was delivered to 14 participants from SON wildlife rehabilitation centres…
Looking back on the past 6 months, SON-Respons has continued to work on preparedness as part of the Rijkswaterstaat programme for oiled wildlife. The focus has been on increasing the capacity of higher trained staff for a temporary facility should…
WWF Finland has continued the Finnish training program for volunteers and experts in late 2023 and early 2024. An advanced responder course was arranged in November 2023 in collaboration with two experienced trainers from Germany. Despite the cold winter weather,…
During the first week of May, authorities and wildlife experts met in Brussels for the EUROWA-2 workshop Integrated professional oiled wildlife preparedness and response. The workshop was also the launch of the brand new WildX Tabletop exercise package, which allowed…
EUROWA (EURopean Oiled Wildlife Assistance) is a network of European oiled wildlife response experts who are working together to improve professionalism in marine wildlife emergency response. EUROWA have been building their network of wildlife professionals for many years and with the help of…
Over the past four years, hundreds of European responders have opted to attend EUROWA training courses and obtain recognised qualifications in order to be better prepared to provide assistance during an oiled wildlife incident. The portfolio of EUROWA training courses…
EUROWA Network partner Wildlife Rescue Centre Ostend hosted an international Advanced Oiled Wildlife Responder event at their facility in Belgium earlier this year. This is the sixth time the EUROWA Advanced course has been run in Europe. The event was…