A new report highlights restoration efforts across the Danube Delta’s wetlands and steppes in Ukraine, Romania and Moldova, showcasing key actions to restore natural processes, habitats and biodiversity.
With support from the Open Rivers Programme, Rewilding Ukraine is launching a new phase of work aimed at restoring the free flow of the Kogilnik River and improving the health of its river ecosystem.
In July, Rewilding Ukraine joined the “Summer biology field practice” (LBPRL) camp as a partner of one of Ukraine’s best-known field-based educational camps.
Ukraine’s steppes are among Europe’s most vulnerable ecosystems.
As part of the Nature for Veterans programme, Rewilding Ukraine, in cooperation with the Izmail State Administration, organised another rehabilitation trip to the Danube Delta from 27–29 May for a war veteran and families of Ukrainian defenders, including relatives of fallen service members.
The Tarutyno Steppe is one of the key protected areas in the Odesa region and an integral part of the rewilding Danube Delta, covering more than 5,000 hectares.
A new film by award-winning French videographer Emmanuel Rondeau will premiere online on World Rewilding Day 2026. “The Danube Delta and the Healing Power of Nature” tells the story of how rewilding is helping one of Europe’s most remarkable landscapes recover, while offering hope and renewal to Ukrainian people living through the impacts of war.
In the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta, rewilding efforts have reconnected the life-giving waters of the River Danube with Lake Kartal. The lake’s rapid comeback — and the growing benefits this is delivering to nature and local communities — shows how powerful wetland restoration can be.
2025 became a year of deepened cooperation with local communities for the Rewilding Ukraine team, a year of scaling up conservation actions and taking new steps toward the restoration of wildlife in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta and the adjacent steppe areas. Despite challenging security conditions, we continued working to ensure that nature can recover and that people and wildlife can coexist in harmony.
We invite you to join an important online seminar dedicated to the future of Ukraine’s natural heritage