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Water buffalo grazing in wetland grasses of Ukraine's Danube Delta rewilding area

16 March 2026

Rewilding as governance in Ukraine's Danube Delta

A new documentary shows how rewilding in Ukraine's Danube Delta operates as both ecological restoration and social healing — restoring natural processes while offering veterans and communities a lived practice of renewal amid war.

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Aerial view of Lake Kartal in Ukraine's Danube Delta, showing reconnected waterways and floodplain

17 February 2026

Lake Kartal: wetland governance tested at war's edge

In Ukraine's Danube Delta, six years of restoration has reconnected 18,000 hectares of floodplain to the river — a reminder that ecological governance means reshaping flows, not just protecting boundaries, even under the strain of invasion.

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