Recently, WWF CYMRU and the environmental consultancy, Ecosulis, produced the report, Wales’s Nature Crisis: Recommendations for an immediate emergency response. Within the report, they advocated to the Welsh government that barrier removal will improve river resiliency and promote biodiversity.
The Welsh government has launched its second statutory consultation on the Water Framework Directive, aimed at finding a solution for the "significant water management issues" identified across the country.
Response to the six-month consultation, which closes in December, will feed into the third River Basin Management Plans and the next State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR) required under the Environment Act, according to Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
Specialist Advisor: Sustainable Water, Fluvial Geomorphologist
Job Purpose
It is hoped the partnership will bring about “much-needed restoration” for Welsh rivers.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Afonydd Cymru, the organisation which oversees the country’s six Rivers Trusts, which will see two collaborate to improve river catchments, fisheries and ecology.
Organisations team up to protect endangered eels
Conservation partnership teams with NRW to help protect eels in Merthyr.
Wales Environment Link (WEL) species champion initiative – partnership between Salmon & Trout Conservation Cymru (S&TC) and the South East Wales Rivers Trust – have teamed with Natural Resources Wales to help protect critically endangered eels in Merthyr.
This role is fundamental in providing specialist flood risk responses to planning consultations, ensuring the principles within Welsh Government's Technical Advice Note 15 (Development & Flood Risk) are applied to new developments, reducing the damage floods can do and helping to implement more flood resilient design.
