Launched in December 2021, WaterLANDS (Water-based Solutions for Carbon-storage, People, and Wilderness) is an ambitious Horizon 2020 Green Deal-funded project that aims to restore wetlands across Europe and lay the foundations for upscaling protection across wider areas. Led by University College Dublin and bringing together 32 partners from 14 European countries, the project will undertake hands-on restoration of wetland sites and create best-practice models that can be applied to wetland restoration at other sites.