31 Jul 2025
A new report released by the Convention on Wetlands warns that wetlands—ecosystems that provide water, food, livelihoods, and climate protection—are disappearing at an alarming rate. If current trends continue, up to 20% of the world’s remaining wetlands could vanish by 2050, putting an estimated $39 trillion in global benefits at risk. Photo: Nick Fewings […]
02 Oct 2024
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust has launched their Wetland Potential Maps, highlighting the significant economic benefits wetlands can offer to communities, investors, and partners. These maps compile national data from sources like flood risk areas, sewage dumping sites, and regions facing economic deprivation. They illustrate how wetland creation and restoration can drive wide-ranging positive impacts. […]
01 Oct 2024
Spending just under £3 billion on creating and restoring wetlands around the UK in the next 27 years could yield at least £11 billion in benefits for society and the environment, new research has revealed. New findings from WWT, the environmental charity focussed on wetlands and wildlife, and environmental economics consultancy eftec, showed that spending […]
25 Sep 2024
The project at Chellow Dene Wetlands, near Bradford, took three months to complete and includes improvements to a wetland area to help slow the flow of water during heavy rain. It’s been delivered by Aire Rivers Trust working together with the Environment Agency, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Britvic, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, the […]
28 Aug 2024
Two new natural flood management schemes in the south east of England Chearsley Wetland – a thriving new habitat on River Thame Partnership project transforms 17 hectares of floodplain grassland into complex wetland habitat at Manor Farm. Flourishing wildlife and flood management. Chearsley Wetland recently marked its two-year anniversary, which has seen the site transformed […]
03 Jul 2024
A park drainage system will be created to absorb run-off water pollution from one of Brighton’s busiest roads. Experts are analysing the site at Wild Park, in Moulsecoomb, before the main groundwork starts in August. The £1.79 million project comprises four shallow wetlands which will hold water during heavy rainfall, filtering out pollution from nearby […]
26 Jun 2024
Great piece in the Guardian crediting beavers, reintroduced to the Knapdale rainforest in western Scotland in 2009, with creating the perfect conditions for the reintroduction of one of the country’s most endangered mammals, the water vole. The beavers’ dam-building is reshaping the forest and its waterways, creating just the right type of riverbank for water […]
07 Feb 2024
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