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Biodiversity and Ecoservices

RIVERS CUMBRIAA groundbreaking river restoration programme in Cumbria has narrowly missed out on winning the world’s most prestigious water conservation award.

PEATLAND ON DARTMOORThe South West Peatland Partnership is gearing up to start its 2025/26 peatland restoration season on Dartmoor, continuing work to restore and protect the peat of the globally significant landscape.

YORKSHIRE WATER CLAYTON WEST WWTW WETLANDS TREATMENT SOLUTIONCouncillors from Kirklees Council and Denby Dale Parish Council recently visited Yorkshire Water’s Clayton West wastewater treatment site in West Yorkshire to see progress on a £14 million nature-based wetland solution.

SCOTTISH WATER NEW WOODLANDS Glengavel TreesScottish Water has planted thousands of native trees on land at two South Lanarkshire sites, helping to boost biodiversity and lock up carbon.

KELP FOREST NATURAL ENGLAND Natural England is returning to the waters of the Fal and Helford rivers next week to carry out a new dive survey of the region’s kelp forests to check on their health and the area they cover.

River water stones mossThe system for assessing the health of England’s rivers states just 14% are in good ecological health but an independent report for Defra says this masks improvements in freshwater biodiversity – and has proposed an alternative monitoring standard.

RAMSAR GLOBAL WETLANDS OUTLOOK 2025 REPORTA new report by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the Global Wetland Outlook 2025: Valuing, conserving, restoring and financing wetlands (GWO 2025), warns that without urgent action, one fifth of the world’s remaining wetlands could vanish by 2050.

SOUTH WEST WATER CROWDY RESERVOIR Crowdy marsh PEATLANDSouth West Water celebrated World Bog Day yesterday after successful peatland restoration at Crowdy Marsh - where wildlife is now thriving.

Peat Bog - rewetting Risley Moss Warrington 1United Utilities is bringing bogs back to life on its land and in the last five years has already improved over 3,000 hectares – or 4,200 football pitches – of peatland across the North West.

MMO CONSULTATION PAPER ON BOTTOM TRAWLING BAN JUNE 25The government is proposing to extend the ban on destructive bottom trawling in vulnerable areas of English seas - the fishing method involves dragging large nets along the sea floor.

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