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Financing the UK’s green (and blue) future

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Rivers Trust has contributed to a new roadmap to catalyse private investment in environmental markets and finance nature recovery in the UK.

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Site visit attendees left to right: Jonathan Kassian, FloodRe Daniel Barwick Neil Davies, EA Keith Ashcroft, EA Alistair Malty, Woodland Trust Tom Myerscough, Wyre Rivers Jo Harrison, United Utilies Mark Lloyd, chief exec Rivers Trust Dame Caroline Mason, Esmee Fairburn Foundation and EA board member Adrian Lythgo, Lance RFCC Emma Howard Boyd Jonathon Airton, from UU Whitni Thomas, Triodos Bank Dan Turner, Rivers Trust

£1.5m project to reduce flood risk in Lancashire gets underway with visit from EA Chair

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Wyre Natural Flood Management project (Wyre NFM) will invest £1.5m to reduce flood risk to communities in Lancashire.

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Wetland intervention as part of the EU Life IP Natural Course Project

New opportunities to invest in nature as The Rivers Trust receives £180,000 in funding

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Rivers Trust has been awarded more than £180,000 of funding to unlock new opportunities to unlock substantial green finance investment in improving rivers and their catchment areas. A further six projects led by local Rivers Trusts will also benefit from the scheme.

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Image shows logs and branches placed across a river to create a natural leaky dam

Press Release: £1.5m to be invested in Natural Flood Management in Lancashire

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Wyre Natural Flood Management project (Wyre NFM) is set to receive £1.5m in private investment to implement Natural Flood Management measures to help at-risk communities in Lancashire.

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Natural Flood Management Project Presents a New Collaborative Approach to Green Finance

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Wyre NFM Investment Readiness project investigates funding opportunities for implementing NFM measures along the River Wyre and its tributaries.

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