Leicestershire: MP says reintroducing beavers could combat flooding

Leicestershire: MP says reintroducing beavers could combat flooding

Alberto Costa made the comments after a major incident was declared on 6 January.

Call for beavers to be reintroduced to help tackle flooding

Alberto Costa also suggested reforms were needed to the planning system

After regulating wolves, the federal government is also tightening up its treatment of beavers. Conservationists fear arbitrary shootings.

The Hollandse Delta water board has had to take measures to prevent a dike in the South Holland municipality of Hoeksche Waard from breaking due to digging by beavers. It concerns a so-called bosom dike, a narrow dike, along the water in the village of Maasdam. "If the dike breaks, the hinterland could be flooded," according to a spokesperson for the water board. "In concrete terms, this means flooding in the villages of Maasdam and Puttershoek."

Restoring England’s rivers: Coalition of 49 organisations push for wild beaver reintroduction policy - Beaver Trust

A cross-sector group of 49 leading organisations including environmental, farming, water and business representatives, are today calling on the Labour Government to prioritise the reintroduction of beavers into the wild across England. The group, which includes Beaver Trust, Rewilding Britain, the Nature Friendly Farming Network, Anglian Water and Wild Justice co-director Chris Packham, have published an open letter urging Defra to publish a lon…

In the Hunting Ordinance, the Federal Council has newly regulated the shooting of beavers. Nature protection associations do not like the new regulation at all.