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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Dr Mary Manandhar

Water is not just an 'asset' to be used and managed only for the benefit of humans. There is no more water, only the same water that has circulated in the water cycle for 4.5 billion years. With water existential for other life forms, the wider ecology should be considered. Waterway access for pleasure/recreation/infrastructure needs to be counterbalanced by the importance to leave some areas undisturbed for recovery and thriving of wildlife and biodiversity. Keeping some areas unnavigable will allow rewilded floodplain to act as natural sponges and biodiversity corridors. See Ramsar Convention on Wetlands; Erica Gies's Water Always Wins.