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New coastal project set to benefit people and wildlife | Essex Wildlife Trust (www.essexwt.org.uk)

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Essex Wildlife Trust, RSPB and Harwich Haven Authority have joined together to deliver a two-year project to protect coastal communities from flooding, alongside creating habitat for key wildlife species. The project is part of a £25-million programme funded by the Environment Agency.

Together, the partners will be delivering the Blackwater Estuary Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment (BUDS) Natural Flood Management (NFM) project commencing later this year.

The process involves using material dredged by Harwich Haven Authority as part of their regular maintenance of the channel to Felixstowe port and recycling sediment that would typically be disposed of at sea. BUDS allows the sediment to be recycled back into nature, creating natural replenished sediment beaches in the estuary. These sand and gravel banks will act as coastal buffers for flooding and mitigate coastal erosion.

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