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Healthy floodplains have a key role to play in improving our environment

News Published 03 Mar 2020 Last modified 23 Nov 2020

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Photo: © Photo by Brian Sumner on Unsplash

The preservation and restoration of Europe’s largely degraded floodplains, must be better prioritised according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today. The report says floodplains have a key role to play in improving biodiversity, water, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.