In a boost for the EUROWA Network, the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme has awarded a co-financing grant for the EUROWILD (European Oiled Wildlife Response Life-long Learning Development) project from December 2024 – November 2026. The project’s main aim is to improve…
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,…
A net-bottom cage is a special type of cage adapted for the temporary housing of pelagic birds. During oil spills, there is often a shortage of these cages, or their rapid construction is not ideal due to the lack of…
EUROWA would like to announce a new form of network Membership - Affiliate Members. We would also like to welcome our first two Affiliate Members, the RSPCA in the UK and Associazione Caretta caretta – Lampedusa Turtle Rescue in Italy. …
Today, 28th of June, European Oiled Wildlife Assistance (EUROWA) launched their Proposal for the future of professional oiled wildlife response in Europe, calling on authorities to get better prepared for an oiled wildlife incident. The Proposal was launched to coincide with…
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…
The EURopean Oiled Wildlife Assistance (EUROWA) network continues to grow. We welcome the Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF) as our newest member, bringing the network to a total of nine wildlife organisations. ELF is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to nature…
Spanish oiled wildlife response stakeholders came together on 3 and 4 March 2020 in Madrid at the headquarters of the Fundación Biodiversidad for an oiled wildlife workshop focused on improving processes for oiled wildlife response at the regional and national…