Geography For Schools

The Wildlife Trust have produced an article on river pollution. It states where pollution comes from and gives suggestions as to have rivers and streams can be protected.

The UK Biodiversity Action Plan Organisation have produced an action plan for managing the rivers and burns in the Scottish Borders. This plan looks into:

• Factors affecting habitats
• Threats
• Current action
• Aims of plan

The BBC schools website provides comprehensive information on:

• What is a river?
• How do rivers change?
• People and rivers
• The water cycle
• What is a coast?
• How do coasts change?
• People and coasts
• What happens when rivers meet the coasts?

The North East Scotland Biodiversity Organisation have produced a local habitat action plan that looks at how rivers and burns are managed in the North East of Scotland. The plan looks at:

• Current status of rivers and burns in North East Scotland
• Ecological data
• Current factors affecting habitats
• Current action
• Benefits
• UK/Scottish biodiversity objectives and targets