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The UK Government hopes that the presence of the beavers on Forestry Commission land will help to alleviate flooding in a natural way as the animals will construct dams and ponds, slowing the flow of water in the area. The village of Lydbrook was badly affected by flooding in 2012.
Beavers should be reintroduced in Leicestershire to combat flooding in the area, an MP has said. Alberto Costa, who represents South Leicestershire, claims dams built by the creatures "help reduce ...
Natural England chairman Tony Juniper says investing in nature is important even in times of economic hardship.
Swinney said there needed to be a "considered discussion" around reintroducing species, pointing out that the beaver population in Perthshire was now "formidably more comprehensive than it was at ...
In a pilot study in Washington, the Lands Council is reintroducing beavers to the upper Methow River Valley in the eastern Cascades to evaluate its projections that if 10,000 miles (16,000 km) of suitable habitat were repopulated, then 650 trillion gallons of spring runoff would be held back for release in the arid autumn season. [64]
Some of the key legislation which governs conservation issues in the UK. This list is not exhaustive. Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979; Badgers Act 1991; Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; Environment Act 1995; Environmental Protection Act 1990; Environment (Wales) Act 2016; National Parks and Access to the Countryside ...
It will be an offence to kill, harm or disturb the semi-aquatic mammals, which were hunted to extinction in the 16th century.
In 2012, the Environment Agency removed the largest weir and disabled the rest, [26] and within a year sea trout were spotted migrating up the river. [ 27 ] In 2016 a black stork , one of the rarest birds in Western Europe, was spotted, [ 28 ] and 441 species of moth were recorded. [ 29 ]