Golden beaver farms
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Imagine the impact on people’s health and well-being from experiencing the return of wetlands in every valley, abundant with habitats bursting with life. The same organic and constantly changing structures clean agricultural nitrates and phosphates from our water and sequester carbon from the atmosphere. The water sediments and ponds provide refugia for invertebrates that attract and feed fish, amphibians and birds, which in turn feed the larger raptors. Their pools, dams and canals slow and channel the flow of water, attenuating floods and increasing aquifers for lean and arid times. Extensive scientific studies in North America, Europe and now Britain have shown the many benefits of beavers and the wetlands they recreate. Once present on every waterway in Britain we ate and wore them to extinction about 400 years ago. We are learning that we need to let go a little, trust nature to work, and find new allies.īeavers are natural ecosystem engineers. We need a more regenerative approach to land and water management that will rebuild resilience for our hothouse future.
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But t he game has changed, and with it our tactics must change too.Īgriculture, development and flood management practices that rely on humans cutting, digging and building are proving not to cope with the new pressures of a changing climate, and already cost billions – not only from the initial act but from fixing the damage caused to our farmland, waterways and homes. These now traditional methods were well-intentioned and done to feed a recovering nation after World War Two. However, the denuding, draining and deep-ploughing of our land has had unintended consequences, removing wildlife habitats and soil fertility as our water rushes to the sea. Driven by government policies and enabled by heavy machinery and chemicals, our tendency has been to manage the landscape and exert control. Over the centuries, the stewards of our land (our neighbours, family and friends) have had a tricky time trying to feed the nation while making a living. In these increasingly unstable times of climate breakdown and species extinction, soil degradation and cycles of drought and flood, farmers and other landowners are thinking ahead and planning for a challenging and unpredictable future.
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