River Thames
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River Thames

Environment Agency and Thames River Restoration Trust | River Thames, UK

Year

2010

Category

Thiess International River Prize

From being declared biologically dead in the 1950s the River Thames made a remarkable recovery, with salmon and otters returning to the river. The Agency also looked to the river’s ecological potential in the long term through The Thames Estuary 2100 vision is a 100 year adaptable plan directing the future sustainable management of tidal flood risk in the Thames estuary.

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