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Defra announces new funding for further tree planting

  • Rebecca Duncan
Today Defra has confirmed the next significant package of funding for local communities and organisations to plant more trees and create more woodlands across the country.

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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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Tweed Forum’s Hamish Robertson hosts COP26 participants

COP26 Participants Visit Tweed Forum’s Eddleston Water Flood Resilience Project

  • Rebecca Duncan
A group of international and UK COP26 participants took time out from the conference in Glasgow to visit Tweed Forum’s Eddleston Water flood resilience project.

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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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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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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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Ambassador blog: what is Natural Flood Management?

  • Emily Cooper
Our latest Ambassador, Kieran Bird, talks about one of our favourite topics: Natural Flood Management.

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Inishowen Rivers Trust launch a new flood management project for the Clonmany catchment

  • Emily Cooper

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World Wetlands Day: a new wetland for the Wyre catchment

  • Rebecca Duncan

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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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