0% good overall health
0%
of all rivers in England and Northern Ireland are classed as 'good overall'.
Wild, healthy, natural rivers, valued by all.
Healthy rivers are essential to human life, they provide us with drinking water, they water our crops, they are home to important species of wildlife, they provide recreational spaces for our health and wellbeing.
Natural barriers
99%
of British rivers have artificial barriers obstructing migrating fish
Species decline
83%
decline in freshwater species globally since 1970
1% of the earth
1%
of the earth's surface is made up of freshwater ecosystems, yet they provide habitat for 100,000+ species
