Beaver re-introduction: Nature's engineers restoring ecosystems in Derbyshire | WEBINAR

Hosted by the CIWEM East Midlands branch

Event description

This year a record number of beavers are being released in the UK by the Wildlife Trust, including Derbyshire. Two beaver families will soon be making Egginton Brook their new home, with the hope of not only re-introducing a species, but restoring an entire ecosystem.

Eurasian beavers are native to Britain but following hunting for their fur, meat and castoreum (a secretion used in perfumes, food, and medicine), became extinct in the 16^th century. Following their extinction, many habitats subsequently declined included meres, mires, tarns, bogs and lakes.

In 2001 the first pair of beavers were reintroduced to the UK and following their success, more have followed, As a keystone species, beavers naturally maintain and manage important wetland habitats, benefiting a whole host of flora and fauna as well as improving the health and functioning of river systems. The landscapes they engineer have been shown to reduce downstream flooding, increase water retention and reduce pollution.

This event by Kate Lemon from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust will discuss the beaver release project in Derbyshire, the work that has allowed the project to happen and what they hope to see nature's engineers achieve in the next 5 years.

Part of the CIWEM Biodiversity digital series.

Booking and joining information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM.

This webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform and will be recorded. Please note that registrations will close 24 hours before the event starts. If you have not registered before that time, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event. You will receive an email with joining instructions after you have successfully registered for the webinar and the registration has been approved by our team. If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact barbara.woods@ciwem.org.

Please make sure you add this event to your calendar, all you need to do is copy the body text of the joining instruction email, go to your Calendar, create a new calendar appointment, set the start and end date and time, paste the text and click the "Save & Close" button.

If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Katie Loakes at Katie.Loakes@severntrent.co.uk.

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