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About us

Wildlife Trusts Wales is a charity that works to protect wildlife on land and at sea, and bring people closer to nature. We believe that a healthy wildlife-rich natural world is valuable in its own right and is also the foundation of our wellbeing and prosperity; we depend on it and it depends on us. We work to link the 5 Wildlife Trusts in Wales.
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Ecosystem Resilience

Under the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, public bodies have a duty to ‘maintain and enhance biodiversity’ and to ‘promote the resilience of ecosystems’. But what is ecosystem resilience?
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Restoring Celtic Rainforest

Luscious temperate rainforest once covered vast areas of Wales, but only fragments remain. Find out about our work to restore them.
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Pesticide Free Pledge!

Join communities across Wales who are pledging to go pesticide free at home and end the indiscriminate killing of our insect life at homes across the nation.
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Sustainability Appraisal, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitat Regulation Assessment

The Sustainability Appraisal, Strategic Environmental Assessment (often called SA/SEA), and Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) are tests of the Local Development Plan (or Strategic Development Plan). They look at the effects of the plan on the environment, social, economic and cultural well-being, as well as the use of the Welsh language. The SA/SEA and HRA process runs alongside the Local Development Plan process, and you can comment on the SA/SEA and HRA themselves.
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Ecological Surveys, EIA and HRA

Surveys should be carried out by professional ecologists, registered with IEEM. When surveys involve protected species, such as bats, great crested newts or dormice, the surveyor should hold a license from Natural Resources Wales.
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Carbon negative gardens on Anglesey!

Andy, Youth Engagement Officer at North Wales Wildlife Trust tells us about the amazing work the Stand for Nature Wales youth forum and team have been doing in schools on Anglesey.

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A new sustainable future for farming

Wildlife Trusts Wales welcomes the further opportunity to input into the proposals for the new Welsh Governments Sustainable Farming Scheme. The Scheme seeks to pay farmers for the provision of…