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Bristol aims to become UK’s first ‘wetland city’ and reduce flood risk

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Bristol’s five-year wetland project aims to reduce flood risk and boost biodiversity by creating the UK’s first “wetland city” through extensive habitat restoration.

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Five-year project will create wildlife corridors by building wetlands and increase access to green and blue spacesBristol could become home to the UK’s first “wetland city” thanks to a charity’s efforts to create vast wildlife corridors that will reduce flood risk and give people more access to green and blue spaces.The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) said the five-year initiative would include more than 200 projects to restore and create wetlands across the city. These will range from small household rainwater ponds and street-level rain gardens to restoring river habitats, reconnecting rivers with their floodplains, and creating new wetlands. Continue reading...

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