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Wales’ special sites – the challenge…

Wales’ special sites – the challenge…

We must remember that the unique and varied habitats of SSSIs have developed over hundreds of years, through management practices such as grazing and forestry; and they need active ongoing management to maintain their conservation interest…

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An acid reign – twenty years at CCW

An acid reign – twenty years at CCW

Dr. Catherine Duigan is Head of Marine and Freshwater Sciences at CCW. To celebrate our organisation’s 20th birthday, Catherine looks back at the past two decades and recalls the fight against Acid Rain in the 90′s, and the ongoing battle against the acidification of our waters into this new century…

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A Brave New World

A Brave New World

In order to get the best environmental and long term economic outcomes, Wales must radically rethink how it manages and protects its living environment…

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Cyfle euraid mewn cyfnod anodd

Cyfle euraid mewn cyfnod anodd

Gyda datblygiad Fframwaith yr Amgylchedd Naturiol (y bydd yr ymgynghoriad ffurfiol yn ei gylch yn cael ei gyhoeddi tua chanol mis Medi) ynghyd â mwy o ddatganoli, heb sôn am y toriadau sy’n hofran uwchben cyllidebau’r sector cyhoeddus, mae’r adolygiad – a oedd yn anochel yn nhyb nifer ohonon ni – wedi llamu’n sydyn i ganol y llwyfan.

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An opportunity in challenging times

An opportunity in challenging times

With the development of the Natural Environment Framework (NEF) – to be launched in consultation format in mid-September – and growing devolution, not to mention the looming public sector budget cuts, a review that many of us for some time have seen as inevitable has suddenly been catapulted to centre stage.

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