Synopsis
Following the wettest winter on record, Arlene is in Aberdeenshire to meet the scientists taking a lesson from nature when it comes to tackling flooding. She discovers that what you do upstream can have a very big effect downstream.
- Programme: Landward
- Series: 2024
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Scotland
- Broadcast year: 2024
- Geography
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