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    • New 5.5 million euro CANAPE project launches in the Broads
    • Broads Briefing - October 2017
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    • £4M ‘Water, Mills and Marshes’ projects get the green light from the National Lottery
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    • Record breaking year for Swallowtail Butterfly
    • Broads Briefing - November 2017
    • The Broads Authority reaches the final consultation stage for their Local Plan
    • Broads Authority set navigation tolls for 2018
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    • Broads Briefing - December 2017
Introduction

The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads is Britain's largest protected wetland and third largest inland waterway, with the status of a national park. It's also home to some of the rarest plants and animals in the UK. The Broads Authority was set up in 1989, with responsibility for conservation, planning, recreation and waterways.

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