Restoring our rivers and wildlife with beavers

Situation

Cycles of storms, repeat flooding and drought are the new norm. Industrialised farming has degraded our land. Our rivers are polluted. Our treasured wildlife is dying. The security of our water, food, livelihoods and homes is at risk. We cannot resolve these catastrophic problems alone. Instead, we must work together across whole landscapes and reconnect with the wild life that sustains us. We must empower communities to choose natural solutions to our human-made problems and we must act now.

Solution

We enable community-led river restoration. We provide support and funding to help people live alongside beavers and incentivise farmers to give space for rivers to regenerate naturally. With minimal cost and simple management, beavers and river buffers will clean, slow and store water and provide habitats and food for wildlife. Our national programmes and partnerships inform and inspire people to build local climate resilience and recover wildlife, creating nature recovery networks along rivers.