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2021-03-23 | |
发布年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | 900 trees planted along Suffolk riversThe Environment Agency and the Suffolk Wildlife Trust have completed a 2-year project to improve the River Gipping and its tributaries. The goal was to help improve river habitat diversity and contribute to efforts to reach the ‘Good Ecological Status’ classification. This classification is required under the Water Framework Directive, which aims to protect and improve the water environment. Over the past 2 winters, teams have planted almost 900 trees along 10 kilometres of the river. The project team have planted 7 kilometres of trees along the River Gipping, 2 kilometres along the River Rat at the Museum of East Anglian Life, and a further 1 kilometre along the Somersham watercourse at Little Blakenham. These sections of river were chosen because they had little existing tree cover and would benefit from the increased shading the trees will provide. This shading will help mitigate the effects of our changing climate by helping to keep the river cool in summer. This will have big benefits for fish and invertebrate populations. It is also expected that shading will help control vigorous plant growth within the river channels at some locations. This will reduce the need to carry out costly in-channel vegetation clearance. In time, the tree roots will help to stabilise the river banks leading to less sediment entering the water, which will help improve water quality. The roots will also provide vital habitats for fish as will low-hanging branches trailing into the watercourse. The trees will also provide valuable bankside habitat for breeding birds and for bats, otters and invertebrates. As well as enhancing the landscape quality of the Gipping valley. Two brushwood mattresses were also installed in the River Rat, which flows through the grounds of the Museum of East Anglian Life at Stowmarket. These mattresses will create in-channel habitat diversity by improving flow and will provide an attractive habitat for both fish and invertebrates. Naomi Boyle, environment programme officer at the Environment Agency, said:
Penny Hemphill, project manager at Suffolk Wildlife Trust, said:
If you would like to improve biodiversity along a Suffolk river on land you own, please email naomi.boyle@environment-agency.gov.uk
Published 23 March 2021
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来源平台 | UK Environment Agency |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/319626 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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