OneAquaHealth Policy Brief
Urban Stream Ecosystem Health as a One Health Priority Urban freshwater ecosystems are essential for biodiversity, climate resilience, and public health, yet they are among the mos
Students Survey Zwalm River Basin Using OneAquaHealth App During Field Training
30 March 2026 – Zwalm River Basin, Belgium More than 60 MSc‑students of Ghent University in Belgium took part in a field excursion of the course Water Quality Management relate
Co‑Creating Knowledge for Urban Aquatic Ecosystems: OneAquaHealth Contributions to ECSA 2026
Between 3 and 6 March 2026, the OneAquaHealth consortium – represented by Ângela Freitas, EU Project Manager at SHINE2Europe – participated in the ECSA Conference (Eur
Artificial Rivers in the Western World: Engineered Water, Engineered Risk
Across the western world, rivers have been reshaped into artificial channels – straightened, deepened, lined with concrete, and disconnected from their floodplains. From the
Artificial Rivers in the Eastern World: Control, Growth, and Restoration
In much of the eastern world, rivers have been intensively engineered to support rapid urbanization, agriculture, and energy production. Mega-infrastructures like the Three Gorges
OneAquaHealth Community, Citizen‑science Project & CitizenScience App: Empowering Urban River Protection
The OneAquaHealth Community and its Citizen Science project form a powerful, complementary ecosystem that connects citizens, researchers, environmental practitioners and policy sta
OneAquaHealth expands global reach with keynote presentation at CSCSF 2025 in Xiamen
Following the successful poster presentation at the EFMI STC in Osnabrück, the OneAquaHealth project gained further international exposure during a keynote speech delivered at the
Strengthening OneAquaHealth’s exploitation strategy with the Horizon Results Booster
In 2025, the OneAquaHealth consortium began a structured collaboration with the Horizon Results Booster (HRB) to refine the project’s exploitation strategy and strengthen the fut
Unveiling the adequacy of existing legislation in protecting urban river ecosystems in the context of One Health
The article examines whether existing international and EU legislation adequately protects urban river ecosystems within the One Health framework, highlighting both achievements an
A Closer Look at the Lieve Canal: Fieldwork for a Healthier Ecosystem
On cool October days in 2025, our team walked, measured, and observed life along the historic Lieve canal in Lievegem (Flanders, Belgium). Stretching quietly through fields and vil