The Essex Wildlife Trust is a charity that exists to secure a better future for the wildlife and people of Essex, and has been closely involved with the Abbotts Hall Farm coastal realignment project.

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

The Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has reponsibility for flooding and coastal 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 Protection of Birds (RSPB) works to ensure the preservation of birds and their environment.

The WWF aims to stop environmental degradation, conserve biodiversity, establish sustainable natural resourses, and reduce pollution. WWF-UK also co-sponsored the Abbotts Hall Farm project.

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

Open2.Net's Systems Practice website deals with 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. For information about saving energy around the home see 'Energy House'.

Global Top Ten from BBC.co.uk Nature has a look at climate change and touches on melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels.

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Content last updated: 29/01/2003

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