REINTRODUCING THE BEAVER TO BRITAIN
WWW.BEAVERTRUST.ORG
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TENT supports Beaver Trust, an organisation working on the nationwide management strategy of the species. Reintroduction across Scotland, England and Wales is a crucial part of the movement to restore watercourses, improve climate resilience, and invigorate biodiversity. Beaver Trust is also working holistically on river catchment restoration in the UK. In partnership, TENT and Beaver Trust have created films, awareness campaigns and media exposure that communicate ‘beaver benefits’ to a wider audience.
Beavers are ecosystem engineers. By building dams, they create diverse wetland habitats that supercharge biodiversity. They are ‘climate allies’, increasing the amount of carbon stored in our water systems. But over the centuries, through loss of habitat, the drainage of waterways and killings for the fur and cosmetics trade, beavers were extirpated from Britain.
WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY ‘BEAVERS WITHOUT BORDERS’
Beavers create biodiverse wetland environments, allowing birds, mammals, insects and plants to flourish.
Beavers build dams that redistribute water, mitigating climate change impacts.
Beavers, when reintroduced to suitable watercourses, quickly improve biodiversity and regulate water flows.
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