Wild LIVE: are our river protections failing?

Wild LIVE: are our river protections failing?

In this episode of The Wildlife Trust's Wild Live, the panel discuss the state of our rivers in the UK and why, despite legal protections being put in place, many of them are in a dire state.

The episode was streamed live from the River Wye, which is just one of the many rivers suffering from devastating species loss, to hear from the experts about how bad the situation is, what’s causing the problem and to understand whether anything can be done about it.

Helping us to understand this topic and answer your questions is our expert panel: Feargal Sharkey - Lead singer of The Undertones and campaigner for cleaner rivers, James Hitchcock - Chief Executive of Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, Sarah James - Intensive Poultry Unit farmer keen to reduce the farms impacts and Nicola Cutcher - Journalist and documentary maker, passionate about the state of our rivers.

We will also hear from Vice President of The Wildlife Trust's Iolo Williams about his memories of the River Wye, Professor Paul Withers from Lancaster University on his research into phosphates delivery and cycling in rivers and Helen Stace, Chief Executive of Herefordshire Wildlife Trust

In this episode of The Wildlife Trust's Wild Live, recorded in May 2022, the panel discuss the state of our rivers in the UK and why, despite legal protections being put in place, many of them are in a dire state.