Putting the wiggles back in rivers

Decades of neglect have left rivers and streams across the world in crisis. It’s a complex problem but years of relentless modification has left many unnaturally straight and separated from their floodplains. Rivers naturally should curve and meander, cleaning the water and providing vital habitats for plants and animals.

One solution gaining popularity in Britain is “re-wiggling” a river, or restoring it to have meanders and curves.

RAZOR’s Gabrielle Lawrence visits Norfolk in England, to see how one “re-wiggled” river has transformed biodiversity in the area and why rivers and waterways need to become valued spaces again.