River Condition Assessments

Wetland Restoration is critical for improving ecosystems, providing ample habitats, breeding grounds and food for a variety of species. It is essential that protections are put in place to maintain important habitats for biodiversity. Restoring wetland within you project will give a more favourable outcome during the planning process.

 

What is it?

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The aim of wetland restoration is to enhance and maintain this critical ecosystem. Wetlands provides several ecological  benefits such as habitat, breeding grounds and food for a vast array of species. Wetland restoration encompasses techniques which are also used in river restoration.

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This service revolves around reconnecting or lowering of rivers, the slowing of water, or the reduction of the speed in which water is removed from a given site. Our work also involves identifying why a wetland areas are in decline and providing the best practical solution to restore the wetland.

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Why?

 

6% of the Earth’s land surface is made up of wetland habitats. However, 70% of natural wetland areas have been lost over the last century. Wetlands are important serving as a life source for nature. Wetlands also hold most of the world’s usable fresh water.

 

Without wetlands, 40% of all global species will face extinction and pollution issues will increase as wetlands act as natural filters for pollutants such as metals, sediment runoff and nitrogen. However, if a wetland continue to be lost and damaged, the environment and atmosphere will suffer from significant impacts.

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