{"id":3622,"date":"2019-12-04T13:53:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T13:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ekoenergy.org\/our-results\/freshabit\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T22:17:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:17:32","slug":"freshabit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ekoenergy.org\/nl\/our-results\/freshabit\/","title":{"rendered":"FRESHABIT \u2013 For more sustainable hydropower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FRESHABIT \u2013 For more sustainable hydropower<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekoenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FRESHABIT-logo.png\" alt=\"FRESHABIT logo\" class=\"wp-image-13462\" style=\"width:202px;height:178px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EKOenergy and the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation participated in the EU LIFE project for freshwater habitats that ran from 2016-2022. Mets\u00e4hallitus (the Forest and Park Service in Finland) coordinated this large-scale project. Other partners included state and local authorities as well as non-governmental organisations. The objective of the FRESHABIT project was to improve the ecological state of lakes, rivers, and streams in Finland. The methods used ranged from hands-on river restoration to environmental education and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What was the role of EKOenergy in the project?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We communicate about the impact of hydropower<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During the project, we disseminate information about the impacts of hydropower on nature and about possibilities to mitigate these impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We organised a seminar on fish passages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We produced an easy-to-understand website on the impacts of hydropower on nature, and about how to mitigate them. Most of the site is in Finnish, but some pages are available in English too. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesivoimanluonto.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.vesivoimanluonto.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We met a large number of energy consumers and encouraged them to take into account the impact their energy consumption has on nature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We set up a hydropower campaign in 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We updated EKOenergy\u2019s criteria for hydropower<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the Freshabit project, we have updated EKOenergy\u2019s hydropower criteria. For these new criteria see chapter 8.3.C of our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekoenergy.org\/nl\/ecolabel\/criteria\/electricity\/\">criteria for EKOenergy-labelled electricity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LIFE?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekoenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo_Life_Natura2000.jpg\" alt=\"Logo_Life_Natura2000\" class=\"wp-image-13310\" style=\"width:127px;height:203px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The LIFE programme is the EU\u2019s funding instrument for supporting environmental and climate change projects. The Nature &amp; Biodiversity component of LIFE co-finances best practice nature projects. It focuses on the implementation of the European Birds and Habitats Directives and management of the Natura 2000 network. 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