Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is joining forces with Welsh Government and the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to deliver a project with grand designs to strengthen the resilience of Wales’ network of protected land and marine sites and support a green recovery for nature and communities.
The Nature Networks Fund will help all types of Wales’ most precious habitats flourish under better management – from saltmarshes and estuaries to forests and grasslands – whilst helping to connect people to nature to improve wellbeing.
As the window for the next round of applications for funding opens today (18 August), Minister for Climate Change Julie James has announced nearly £15million for landowners and managers who want to improve biodiversity to help Wales fight the climate and nature emergencies.
As part of its commitment to tackle the intrinsic climate and nature emergencies, NRW will lend its support and resources to the programme and is encouraging groups with ambition to drive forward nature’s recovery to capitalise on this funding opportunity.
Ruth Jenkins, Head of Natural Resource Management Policy at Natural Resources Wales said: “Nature benefits everyone. It’s our life support system, which is why its restoration and resilience must be a shared endeavour across all parts of society. The Nature Networks Programme aims to capitalise on the flourishing connections we have all seen between people and the planet during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the urgent need to tackle the climate emergency. NRW is delighted to join forces with others to support this important funding and play our part in building the momentum needed to regenerate the natural world. While it is important that we focus on places with high nature conservation value, nature’s recovery and resilience requires more and better connections between these places, whatever the scale. We encourage land managers across the nation to seize this opportunity and work together and with others to help deliver a wide portfolio of ambitious projects that will benefit people and wildlife for generations to come.”
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Posted On: 18/08/2022