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Pollinator paradise created along the River Great Ouse | |
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2021-08-24 | |
发布年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
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Press release
Pollinator paradise created along the River Great OuseOver the last 18 months, the Environment Agency's Waterways team has been working hard to create a pollinator paradise along the River Great Ouse. ![]() Wildflowers planted by the Environment Agency. Biodiversity and boaters are benefiting from wildflowers, bird boxes, bee hives, bee hotels and shrubbery, which have been installed along the river. ![]() A rowing boat filled with flowers planted by the Environment Agency. In total, the Environment Agency has introduced:
![]() A stretch of wildflowers in Bedford. Boaters and passers-by have written to the Environment Agency to compliment the work. Ian Wilson, a leisure boater who has cruised England, said:
![]() Hoverflies on and near a poppy planted by the Environment Agency. Matt Yallop, Waterways Workforce manager for the Environment Agency, said:
![]() The boat filled with flowers and the other wildflowers at the lock. Dick Milthorp, a member of the Waterways Workforce who has been instrumental to this project, said:
![]() A close up of some of the flowers. During the autumn the Environment Agency plans to plant wildflowers across approximately 3 acres of the Denver complex of sluices, near Downham Market. The plants will be a combination of flowers suitable for shady and dry conditions. The work is part of the Environment Agency’s long-term ambition of creating a nation resilient to climate change; healthy air, land and water; green growth and a sustainable future. On the ground this involves improving more than 4,000 kilometres of river, creating nearly 1,200 hectares of habitat and being on track to be carbon-neutral by 2030. ![]() A bee enjoying the wildflowers.
Published 24 August 2021
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来源平台 | UK Environment Agency |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/336278 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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