
Saving the earth – a sustainable future for soils and water
Soil is currently being destroyed ten times faster than it's being created. This is not only putting the farming sector at risk and costing England & Wales £1.2 billion a year, but is affecting the health of our rivers. A new report by WWF, The Rivers Trust and The Angling Trusts…
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International Rivers Trust conference comes to Dublin
For the first time, Dublin hosted The Rivers Trust Spring Conference to celebrate the recent growth of the Rivers Trust movement across the island of Ireland. Over 120 delegates gathered for The Rivers Trust Spring Conference which focussed on The Journey of Rivers Trusts - Past, Present and Future, held…
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Businesses commit to Courtauld Commitment 2025 Water Ambition to cut environmental cost of food & drink
The impact on the environment of producing food and drink, both in the UK and overseas, will be reduced under a new Water Ambition launched today by sustainability experts WRAP, in partnership with WWF and The Rivers Trust, as part of Courtauld Commitment 2025. Announced on World Water Day, the…
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Don’t let our rivers become rubbish
Our rivers are drowning in litter. Plastic is hitting the headlines on a daily basis and the impact that it is having our environment. This includes our rivers. The trouble is, litter dropped on land, often ends up in our rivers and drifts out to sea resulting in harm to…
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Rivers Trusts join Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean 2018 after 80% of ocean plastic is found to be sourced from land
The Rivers Trusts join Keep Britain Tidy in assembling an army of #litterheroes for a UK wide mass clean-up. 80% of plastic in the oceans comes from land, and rivers are a significant pathway for it to get there. Taking place next year between 2nd to 4th March 2018, Rivers…
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