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20 Great River-Related Book Recommendations from The Rivers Trust Movement

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
From our shelves to yours, here are 20 of our team’s top well-thumbed book recommendations that celebrate or shine a light on the watery thread that connects us all – rivers.

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20 Benefits of Riparian Tree Planting

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
This year, National Tree Week coincides with the 20th Anniversary of The Rivers Trust and what better way to celebrate than by highlighting 20 of the amazing benefits Riparian tree planting can have for our rivers.

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Revitalising the riverbank: Transforming riparian corridors with tree planting

  • Lorna Mann
Join us in Cumbria and Hereford to learn more about how planting trees in the right places can have impressive long-term benefits for the river and the landscape around it

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The UK: The ​‘dirty man of Europe’ once again?

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
The European Commission’s recent revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive provides a roadmap for an innovative, resource-efficient and sustainable management of wastewater. In comparison, the UK is falling short on chemicals.

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Changing the bathing water rules: Our response

  • The Rivers Trust
We welcome many of the proposed changes to bathing water rules, which would extend the season, recognise other recreational activities, and increase water quality testing and consideration, but there is more work to be done for rivers.

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March for Clean Water: What The Rivers Trust wants to see from Government

  • Emma Brisdion
This is a critical moment for our rivers. In supporting the March for Clean Water, The Rivers Trust encourages you to join us in demanding that the Government takes urgent action on river health. Read our asks, and use our tool to communicate them with your MP.

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Join the shoal: How-to make your own March for Clean Water Fish

  • Emma Brisdion
  • Blog
At the March for Clean Water, we’re coming together to form a shoal and invite you to join us. Use the guide below to add a fish to the top of your protest sign to show that you’re standing up for our freshwater species.

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Why businesses must be involved in a more nature-positive future

  • Rebecca Duncan
  • Blog
How working with businesses helps us achieve our vision.

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Nature can help deliver the Government’s priorities

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
At the Labour Party Conference 2024 in Liverpool, a panel of experts brought together by The Rivers Trust sought to answer the question ​‘How can Labour rescue Britain’s rivers without breaking the bank?’

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Big River Watch September 2024: A dive into the data

  • Matthew Woodard
Take a deeper look at the data collected during our latest Big River Watch.

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