People, ponds and water scheme will train thousands of ‘citizen scientists’ to monitor and protect freshwater wildlife
theguardian.com, Wednesday 29 October 2014 12.22 GMT
More than £1.3m has been awarded to a scheme that will train thousands of “citizen scientists” to monitor and protect wildlife-rich ponds and streams.
The funding aims to help tackle the drastic declines in freshwater wildlife, which have seen populations tumble by three-quarters globally since 1970, according to conservation charity WWF’s recently-released Living Planet report.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £1,344,500 to the Freshwater Habitats Trust for a three-year project involving volunteers, ranging from schoolchildren to water sports enthusiasts, to help reverse the fortunes of English and Welsh freshwater habitats.
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