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Where Waters Breathe

Where Waters Breathe” is a visually rich documentary series that takes audiences to the living edge of Europe, where land, water, people, and climate meet.

This six-episode series journeys across some of Europe’s most emblematic coastal wetlands, revealing how these ecosystems “breathe” life into our environment and societies while standing on the frontline of climate change. Through powerful storytelling and striking field footage, the series transforms cutting-edge science into an accessible, human-centred narrative for a wide audience.

From the Valencian Wetlands and the Camargue in the Mediterranean, to the Ria de Aveiro and the South-West Dutch Delta along the Atlantic coast, and onward to the Curonian Lagoon in the Baltic Sea and the Danube Delta in the Black Sea, each episode focuses on one RESTORE4Cs Case Pilot. Together, they showcase wetlands in different states of preservation, from well-conserved to heavily altered, and the diverse restoration solutions being tested and implemented across Europe.

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Premiered at the first Water Resilience Forum hosted by the European Commission in December 2025, “Where Waters Breathe” is more than a documentary series, it is an invitation to rethink our relationship with coastal wetlands, and to see how restoring nature can help secure a more resilient, biodiverse, and sustainable future for Europe and beyond.