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Biodiversity and Ecoservices

Northumbrian Water is championing the cause of lowland meadows, a once common colourful feature of the countryside now in serious decline.

Forestry CommissionForest Enterprise England, the land management agency of the Forestry Commission, has published the first organisation-wide Natural Capital Account that begins to quantify the full value of the services provided by the natural assets on its entire 254,000 hectare landholding.

s300 ocean-waves-cc0The Government Office for Science has launched a new Foresight project which will look at the important future trends, challenges and opportunities for the UK from the sea.

The Environment Agency has published a new report setting out details of projects funded under the Catchment Partnership Action Fund (CPAF) in 2015 to 2016.

South Staffs Water and sister company Cambridge Water have launched a new fund to actively encourage and enhance biodiversity in the local environment.

deltares Dutch research institute Deltares has designed a unique seepage system to preserve fresh groundwater resources from sea level rise.

Yorkshire Water, in co-operation with the Environment Agency,  has set out proposals to introduce a trial compensation releases regime in the River Washburn.

Wessex Water is inviting local communities to participate in the Bristol Avon WaterBlitz, a campaign to collect water quality samples from across the Bristol Avon catchment as part of the Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership.

Severn Trent Water, Yorkshire Water and United Utilities are contributing to a project to protect thousands of acres of South Pennines moorland and peat bogs as a new EU-funded €12 million restoration project gets underway.

South Staffordshire Water and Cambridge Water have jointly launched a new fund aimed at actively encouraging and enhancing biodiversity in the local environment.

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