Amazon launches Thames floodplain restoration project

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Initiative is one of four new global water replenishment projects Amazon is launching, which aim to collectively restore more than two billion litres of water annually across the UK, US, Mexico, and India

E-commerce giant Amazon has joined forces with The Rivers Trust to launch a new floodplain restoration project in the Thames River Basin, which is expected to replenish more than 200 million litres of...

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