Just 1% (3,000 ha) of the former extent of floodplain meadows now remains in England and Wales (that’s smaller than the size of Heathrow Airport!). Explore evidence-based best practice for conserving these precious existing meadows

70 % of our floodplain land is under intensive agriculture. Changing land use from arable or intensively grazed pasture to species-rich meadow will bring a huge range of benefits including carbon and flood water storage, nutrient removal, increased biodiversity, improved soil health, and reduced management costs.