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This guide is designed to assist practitioners of Fenland or UK lowland watercourse management in the public and private domain and sets out simple and cost effective management techniques to help achieve GEP, benefit the wider community, environment, and encourage wider biodiversity in lowland Britain. The focus of this guide is the Water Framewor...
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