Campaigners say the eco-system rarity does not have enough legal protection.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The River Wandle emerges from its chalky springs in Carshalton Ponds, south-east London [BBC] Environmental campaigners are ...

The Bishop of Norwich has joined Norfolk MPs and peers in a bid to gain UNESCO natural world heritage status for chalk rivers rated ...

Pippa Heylings, MP for South Cambridgeshire, wants the UK’s chalk streams designated as a Natural World Heritage Site under UNESCO.

"Securing UNESCO World Heritage status for chalk streams would build on that progress by recognising their global importance and helping ensure these special rivers are protected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Part of the river project focused on improving conditions for endangered water voles [Sophia Spurgin] A £1.72m chalk river ...

AMID a backdrop of sewage dumping by big water firms, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has adopted a declaration recognising the rights of local rivers, in a bid to protect the borough's globally ...

The River Itchen is one of only six chalk streams in England that support Atlantic salmon, the MP said Sewage spills into a Hampshire river could threaten the future of Atlantic salmon, an MP has ...

Campaigners are sounding the alarm over the environmental impact of salad bags that are marketed as 'nature friendly' ...

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The brutal business of oil and gas — plus green tariffs, the wonder of ‘murderous birds’ and bringing wetlands back to life ...

A 49km pipeline to move water from Lolworth, near Bar Hill, to the Rede storage reservoir in Suffolk is proposed by Anglian ...