The Essex Wildlife Trust has been closely involved with the Abbotts Hall project.

The Environment Agency is the leading public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales.

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has reponsibility for flood and costal erosion risk in England.

The National Flood Forum is a non-profit making organisation dedicated to reducing the impact of flooding on people throughout the UK.

The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has a website that offers live flood information from Floodline.

The Royal Society for the Preservation of Birds (RSPB) works for the preservation of birds and their environment.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was a co-sponsor for the Abbotts Hall Farm project. Take a look at its international website or the WWF-UK site.

Open2.NET's Choices website looks at how we can make environmental choices in our daily lives.

Open2.NET's Systems Practice website looks at how to look at complex systems, such as the environment, in an holistic manner. Visit the site to find out more about joined-up thinking.

A Land Worth Loving was one of the Open University's TV programmes that looked at issues such as waste reduction and energy conservation around the home. Would you like to save energy around the home? Try the energy house interactive.

BBCi Nature has an Environmental A to Z . The F section has items on flooding and fish stocks.

BBCi Nature's The Global Top Ten - Atmosphere has a look at climate change and touches on melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels.

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