Natural Resources Wales / Working with nature: New report highlights the importance of healthy coastal habitats in reducing flood risk (naturalresources.wales)

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Natural coastal habitats - such as sand dunes, shingle and saltmarsh - provide millions of pounds worth of flood risk benefits to communities in Wales, according to a new study.

Undertaken by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), marine consultants ABPmer and economic consultant eftec, the Wales-wide study has looked at different types of coastal habitat and examined the role they play in mitigating flood risk.

It looked at the characteristics of the different habitats and their effectiveness in buffering wave energy, reducing wave height and reducing tidal flooding.

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