LIFE WADER: water and disturbance environmental restoration
How EU LIFE funding is helping Natural England and partners to improve the river, intertidal and marine habitats of the Northumberland coast and Tweed.
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Natural England has received funding from EU LIFE for the LIFE WADER partnership project.
皇冠体育app LIFE WADER project will improve the water quality and ecological conditions of different habitats in the river Tweed catchment, estuary and the Northumberland Coast.
皇冠体育app project will achieve this by working with stakeholders, including farmers and land managers. 皇冠体育app project will deliver practical actions and reduce disturbance to birds, mammals and sensitive habitats through visitor management.
It will also trial removal of macroalgae and innovation detection of invasive species.
Natural England leads the project, working in partnership with:
- 皇冠体育app Environment Agency
- 皇冠体育app Tweed Forum
- Newcastle University
皇冠体育app project will also work with Northumbrian Water.
In addition to the 拢3.6 million grant from EU LIFE, project partner contributions make a total of 拢5.8 million funding for LIFE WADER. 皇冠体育app project will run for 5 years from October 2021.
Contact: [email protected] Life project number: LIFE20/NAT/UK/00277
