Barry chaired an APPG for Nature parliamentary reception, held with the Floodplain Meadows Partnership, aimed at highlighting the challenges for realising the potential of floodplains.
Floodplains can deliver a whole suite of public goods if allowed to do so. Flood management, agricultural production, biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, water quality improvement, sediment management – plus a wealth of cultural and aesthetic services.
The need for these services will only increase as the climate changes.
Read more about the event on the CIEEM website here
Photos by David McKibbin for CIEEM