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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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Brown trout underwater

£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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Himalayan Balsam

5 Easy Ways to Revive Your River: You can’t ignore invasives

  • Emily Cooper
Find out all about invasive species and the threats they pose to freshwater ecosystems.

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Protecting peat

Protecting peat

  • Emily Cooper
The Source to Tap team was enthused to see the UK government making a serious commitment to peatland restoration as part of its amendment to the Environment Bill. As the world slowly wakes up to the importance of preserving and restoring peatland, the island of Ireland will be firmly in the spotlight.

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