Scotland's wild beavers win legal protection

The Ecologist
Nov 24, 2016, 1:05 pm224 pts
The Scottish government has announced that its wild beaver populations will be given the full protection of both UK and EU law. The decision has been welcomed by campaigners who point out all the benefits of beavers to biodiversity, water management and flood control. Now, they say, England and Wales should…

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