Planting native trees can help battle to control flooding

Andrew St Ledger of The Woodland League looks at the benefits that planting native trees can bring in the battle to control waterways prone to flooding

WE CAN all agree that we are in desperate need of wise flood-prevention measures that work.

This is a long-running problem — to quote the Chinese emperor Yu, 3,160 years ago whose ancient proverb reminds us, “To protect your rivers, first protect your mountains”.