The Wildlife Trusts' definitive work on wetland restoration, creation and management, this 16-chapter, 660-page, ring-bound manual contains all the information you will need as a conservation professional to work effectively on wetland projects. The manual contains guidance on: the background to wetland issues; water-level control; physical works; the main UK wetland habitat types, their protection and restoration; post-industrial land opportunities for wetlands; invasive species; survey and monitoring; and canals. The following first tranche chapters were produced in 2001: Introduction to wetlands; The first steps for wetland restoration; Water-level control; Land forming; Reedbeds; Wet woodland; Post-industrial land; and Survey and monitoring. The following second tranche chapters have just been completed in 2005 and added: Fens; Lowland wet grasslands; Bogs; Lowland wet heathlands; Standing open water; Rivers and streams; Invasive species; and Canals. Developed by the Wildlife Trusts with partners across the UK, the manual gives clear guidance based on expert advice, using real-life case studies to demonstrate cases of good practice.
The manual was generously funded through Biffaward, Severn Trent Water and The Waterways Trust.
- ISBN10 0902484923
- ISBN13 9780902484924
- Publish Date January 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 March 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Wildlife Trusts
- Format Paperback
- Pages 660
- Language English