P734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 21 Oct 21:18/21 1/2 COASTBL EROSION SINKS EAST BRITAIN Approximately 100 yards of land along Britain's eastern coast is being lost every year bjcausj of coastal erosion, the experts say. The Ministry of Agriculture believes the answer is to let the erosion take its natural course. This is "soft engineering" - which works with nature to build natural sea walls of shingle or sand. Another solution could bj to anticipate what effects erosion will have and work with it. Read Hear 710 Community 720 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 21 Oct 21:19/33 2/2 THREAT TO WILDLIFE: ERODING COAST The threat of erosion not only affects the land but also the wildlife and their habitats. The biggest problem to animals and birds is the loss of saltmarshjs and mud-flats where they feed. Wading birds and migrant birds feed and live around saltmarshes, and many plants could bj under threat. English Nature estimates that over the next 20 years 2,750 hectares of saltmarsh and 10,000 hectares of mud-flats will bj lost. Read Hear 710 Community 720 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP734 CJJFB9 73) -hu 22 Oct 21:05/4y 2/2 I THREAT TO WILDLIFE: ERODING COAST The threat of erosion not onlX affects the land but also the wildlife and their habitats. The biggest problem to 1nimals and birds is the loss of saltmarshjs and mud-flats where they feed. $) Wbding birds and migrant birds feed and line around saltmbrshju, and R many plants could bj under threat. English Nature estimates that over the next 2p years 2,750 hectares of sbltmbrsh and 10,p00 hectareu0of mud-flats will bj lost. " Trad Hear 710 Community 720 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo Religion