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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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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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Toxic Dips: The Rivers Trust launch the world’s most expensive (fake) bath bombs on eBay

  • The Rivers Trust
  • News
The three-piece set of ​‘Toxic Dips’ bath bombs is priced at £300,000, just 0.005% of the amount being spent to stop UK rivers deteriorating further over the next five years.

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Response to general election manifestos – #VoteForRivers

  • The Rivers Trust
  • News
As party manifestos start to be shared this week ahead of the general election, what should you be looking out for if you’re interested in river health?

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Vote for Rivers at the upcoming General Election

  • Emma Brisdion
  • News
This summer, join us as we #VoteForRivers, sending a clear message to all political parties that action for our precious waterways is vital and is an issue that we the public care strongly about.

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Flooding

New funding for Rivers Trusts to protect communities from flooding

  • Rebecca Duncan
  • News
The Rivers Trust movement has been awarded a combined total of £5.6m from the Defra Natural Flood Management programme.

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Annual conference on river buffers: call for submissions

  • Rebecca Duncan
Share your experience of river buffer zones at our online annual conference.

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

Multi-million-pound project aims to transform national approach to nature-based solutions

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Rivers Trust will be co-leading a pioneering project aimed at mainstreaming nature-based solutions to deliver environmental and socioeconomic benefits.

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Volunteers planting wetland vegetation

New wetlands in Wiltshire to recharge nearly 600 million litres of groundwater per year

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Rivers Trust, Action for the River Kennet and Amazon Web Services collaborate to create two new wetlands across North Wessex Downs Area of Natural Beauty.

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Hillylaid Urban Wetland, with freshly planted plants

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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