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The Rivers Trust are part of a winning share of £36m for cutting-edge water sector innovation

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Rivers Trust are part of a collaborative proposal, named CaSTCo., which has won £7.1m in Ofwat’s first Water Breakthrough Challenge to implement a national framework for a catchment monitoring cooperative, using citizen science and standardised approaches to data collection and management.

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Riverbanks and watercourses to be planted with thousands of hectares of new woodland to improve water quality and biodiversity

  • Jayne Mann
Over 3,000 hectares of new woodlands are set to be planted along England’s rivers and watercourses with backing from the country’s leading environmental organisations.

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State of Our Rivers will be won or lost on rivers — and right now, we’re losing.

  • Jayne Mann
Our State of Rivers report will help the public understand the health of their river like never before, on both a national and local scale.

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Environment Bill Amendments Passed by Lords – a great first step in strengthening environmental legislation

  • Rebecca Duncan
Last night (Monday 13th September) an amendment to the environment bill was passed in the House of Lords, to place a new duty on water companies and the government take all reasonable steps to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged from storm overflows and requires that they progressively reduce the harm caused by these discharges.

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What SUP with our rivers?

  • Emily Cooper
We believe that the best way to get to know the state of our rivers is to spend time around them. Three women are taking this to a new extreme. Anneka (one of our fantastic data nerds), Bekki and Harriet are about to set off on an adventure. They’re using waterways to paddleboard all the way from Bristol to London!

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£Billions of benefits from rivers and lakes quantified for the first time in new report by The Rivers Trust

  • Jayne Mann
A new Freshwater Natural Capital report by The Rivers Trust finds that fisheries in England’s rivers, canals, lakes and ponds provide annual economic benefits in excess of £1.7 billion, plus numerous wider health and biodiversity benefits.

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Right to left: Georgia, Martha, and Sally on their bikes ready to cycle from Land's End to Glasgow

Guest blog: Lands End to Glasgow with Martha, Sally, and Georgia

  • Rebecca Duncan
Follow Martha, Sally, and Georgia as they cycle from Land’s End to Glasgow raising money and awareness for The Rivers Trust.

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Free resources for Key Stage 2 teachers to contribute to landmark plastic pollution study

  • Rebecca Duncan
Plastic is quite literally choking our oceans and everything in them. But where does it all come from and how can we stop this from happening? The Rivers Trust and Preventing Plastic Pollution are calling on primary schools across the country to help leading scientists find out!

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5 Easy Ways to Revive Your River: Support nature-based solutions

  • Rebecca Duncan
If we’re going to solve our twin crises of climate change and nature degradation, we need to work with nature and not against it. In particular, nature-based solutions can help to improve water quality and restore habitats for the wildlife that call them home.

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Tabled amendments to Environment Bill provide lifeline for rivers

  • Rebecca Duncan
Several amendments to the Environment Bill have been tabled today which, if successful, represent a significant victory for river health, and indeed river users.

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