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Improved habitat for birds, bees and other wildlife is to be created along the River Thames in Kent and Essex in a new partnership between the Port of London Authority (PLA) and the RSPB. The Thames Estuary contains some of the most important and protected wetland habitat in the UK, Ends For further information and to arrange an interview, please contact: • Fabian Harrison, RSPB Media Officer – [email protected] / 01603 697595 / 07738101820 • Nick Tennant, PLA Head of Communications – nick,[email protected] / 01474 562246 / 07784 208074
Read more![£150,000 boost for Thames Estuary habitats](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/untitled-1.png)
More than 200 people have so far booked to attend London’s first Greening Inland Shipping conference at The Crystal, London on Tuesday, 10 September, with registration for places set to close in a week’s time.
Read more![Strong demand for Greening Inland Shipping Conference places](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/plageneralviews070519381.jpg)
After 316 hours of cycling and 79 beach cleans, Kiko Matthews finished her mammoth coastline bike ride – Kik-Plastic – with a “beach clean” in London.
Read more![Kicking back – 7,000km plastic pollution crusade concludes on the tidal Thames](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/kikomatthewsfinalbeachclean28071913.jpg)
London’s Deputy Mayor for the Environment, Shirley Rodrigues, has been announced as one of the main speakers for the capital’s first Greening Inland Shipping conference at The Crystal, London, on Tuesday 10 September.
Read more![Deputy Mayor for Environment heads Greening Inland Shipping Conference line-up](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/expo1.jpg)
It’s all in a day’s work for the custodians of the world-famous River Thames, after nearly 70 dumped shopping trolleys were recovered in ONE DAY.
Read more![Supermarket heap: trolley haul uncovered during South London foreshore clean-up](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/trolleys2.jpg)
Enhancement of riverside public open space along the Thames and other UK rivers, for people and wildlife, is highlighted in updated guidance for planners and developers, now available online for the first time.
Read more![Estuary edges guidance for developers goes online](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/webhomepage.jpg)
A half-a-million pound grant from the London Mayor's Air Quality Fund will drive work to reduce pollution from boats on the tidal Thames.
Read more![£500,000 boost for greener vessels on the tidal Thames](/assets/boatview4.jpg)
An £80,000 network of air pollution monitors, funded by the Port of London Authority (PLA), is in place, ready to record the affect of emissions locally from cruise ships docking in Greenwich this summer.
Read more![Greenwich ship emissions monitoring underway](https://www.pla.co.uk/assets/viewtocuttysarkportrait.jpg)
Boat operators on the tidal Thames can now assess their fleet’s green credentials, thanks to a Port of London Authority (PLA) monitoring scheme.
Read more![Fund pushes the boat out for a cleaner environment](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/190121-tanya-ferry-speaking.jpg)
Greener ships calling on the tidal Thames will be entitled to a 10% reduction in conservancy charges, as the PLA prepares to launch the UK's first hybrid pilot cutter.
Read more![Doubling of green tariff discount to boost tidal Thames air quality in 2019](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/air.jpg)