The network for environment charities in Wales. Rhwydwaith o gyrff amgylcheddol yng Nghymru. #WeNeedNature #SpeciesChampions
Wales, UK
Joined March 2016
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Last week, Welsh Government announced a watering down of the Sustainable Farming Scheme’s tree planting rule to tree planting plans; we must be sure plans amount to action, or public money will be wasted. Check out our new blog on why this is important.
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📰 Latest news!
We are pleased to share we have been awarded £174,000 from the Welsh Government's Nature Networks Fund, to create the Wales Marsh Fritillary Recovery Partnership 🎉
Read more 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/n…
📷 Iain Leach
#MondayMotivation
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Read the full statement here
👉plantlife.org.uk/press-and-m…
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@WelshGovernment
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We are concerned that insufficient advice 4 farmers planning to expand tree cover may lead to good biodiverse habitats being displaced by trees
We encourage @WelshGovernment to inc sufficient finance to provide a full programme of nature focused actions in the Optional layer
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Wales Environment Link retweeted
We are encouraged that the role of permanent species-rich grasslands as carbon stores will be recognised in the new SFS.
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We welcome @WelshGovernment commitment to require farmers to manage 10% of their land as habitat for biodiversity if they're to benefit from funding available under the new SFS🌱
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Our members have responded to today's latest on changes to the Sustainable Farming Scheme; check out our press release below.
Tomorrow sees @WGRural give a statement to @SeneddWales at ~1545 with more info, you can watch it here: senedd.tv/
waleslink.org/wel-press-rele…
ICYMI - @katestrong01 & @NumairMasud launched 'Taff Tidy' last month, to mobilise action for the River Taff. They'll be trying a World Record attempt for a multi-location clean up along its various banks on 21st March 2025. Sign up here to get involved: katestrong.global/taff-tidy/
ALT A map showing the route of the Taff, from Merthyr Tydfil, through Treharris and Pontypridd, down to Cardiff, as it empties out into the Bristol channel.
ALT The River Taff from above, with rushing water above Radyr Weir in Cardiff, and still water below. A train runs alongside it, and shadows in the water suggest a dozen or two fish.
ALT The River Taff from further down next to the Millenium Stadium's walkway, with graffitied walls alongside it and scruffy banks of vegetation on the edges.
Wales Environment Link retweeted
A joint @Defra @WelshGovernment consultation on Bathing Waters starts today. We support any resulting measures that improve the ecology of rivers and the safety of recreational users.
Current designations for Bathing Waters are primarily designed for coastal waters....
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Wales Environment Link retweeted
One week to go until #WalesClimateWeek2024! Have you registered for free yet?
climateweek.gov.wales/?utm_c…
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Our new #WildlifeCrime report shows the shocking scale of the issue facing species in 2023
🐋 1,290 reports of marine mammal incidents
🦡 636 reports of badger crime
🦇 184 bat incidents
🦅 153 incidents involving birds of prey
📖 Read more here 👇
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ne…
ALT Image of a bat with text 'it's time to #endwildlifecrime'
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From a fair deal for farmers to meeting 30 x 30 commitments and providing green stimulus, we've joined @WalesLink in their letter to the First Minister calling for a step up in nature positive actions in Wales.
On Wednesday 19 WEL members wrote to @PrifWeinidog, and the Minister for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, @huw4ogmore, calling on the Welsh Government to make #PeaceWithNature and deliver on environmental commitments 🌍
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On Wednesday 19 WEL members wrote to @PrifWeinidog, and the Minister for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, @huw4ogmore, calling on the Welsh Government to make #PeaceWithNature and deliver on environmental commitments 🌍
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🌍 Providing green stimulus, raising at least £1bn a year to fight the nature and climate emergencies and back the Nature Service for Wales.
Cutting budgets for NRW won’t help achieve the GBF, deliver a just transition for Welsh communities, or help recover and restore nature.