Post B6kv5BDxrJmtUE0CGG by dacig@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B6eeYOresh60elPEdk by dbattistella@todon.eu
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       The flooding at the Greenford London subway station has been reduced by around 90% thanks to... *checks notes* ...a family of beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a group of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals began building dams, and the wetlands they created now absorb and slow floodwater naturally. City officials had been planning major flood infrastructure works, but the beavers effectively created them on their own — while also boosting biodiversity and restoring the ecosystem around them. I think the money the city would have spent on anti-flooding infrastructure should go to the beavers, don't you? 🦫 🦫 🦫 #Animals #Environment #Flooding #London
       
 (DIR) Post #B6kv5BDxrJmtUE0CGG by dacig@mastodon.social
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       @dbattistella In the Czech Republic, Beavers built in weeks a planned 1.2 million € water infrastructure. It's not only money. No emissions from machinery and materials ( carbon is in fact sunk). Maintenance is done for free.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6kv5Bb0TeDedgmbB2 by dbattistella@todon.eu
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       @dacig yes, I was just reminded of that... here's a piece about it https://fortune.com/europe/2025/02/12/czech-beaver-family-save-government-1-2-million-dam-project-prague-flooding-climate-change/