Lead institution:
Natural England – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
LIFE WADER takes a ‘source to sea’ approach across the UK’s often overlooked freshwater-coastal-marine transitional environment.
Spanning 70,242ha from the River Tweed catchment on the South East Scottish border and along the Northumbrian coastline the WADER project is tackling key issues such as diffuse pollution, invasive species and human disturbance that negatively affect site condition and ecological resilience of protected areas. The project is implementing restorative actions to improve water quality, protect the biodiversity of coastal systems and safeguard shore dwelling species across six Natura2000 sites. Extensive modelling and monitoring of these interventions and improvements facilitates a greater understanding of the interactions of the environmental components along the land-river-coastal continuum. The project will disseminate knowledge and share learning to promote the future resilience of the ecological functioning of these systems.
Start Date: 01/03/2022
End Date: 31/12/2026
Lead Contact: Elizabeth Humphreys (liz.humphreys@naturalengland.org.uk)