In what is believed to be a first in UK legal history, a landowner will have money confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act for offences under forestry legislation. Jeff Lane illegally felled more than 8 hectares of native woodland within the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty near Swansea between April 2019 and September…
To celebrate World Peatland Day on the 2nd of June, people will now be able to search where peatland is being restored and by whom with a newly launched data layer on the Welsh Peatland Data Map. Wind farms will create more carbon dioxide, say scientists While these crucial habitats might only cover 4% of…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is calling for people with an interest in the health of Wales’s water environment to participate in the first of a series of consultations about future plans to protect and improve water across Wales. River Basin Management Plans are updated every six years, and set the direction for how NRW will…
The photograph above shows where the sewerage network discharges treated sewage and overflows of untreated sewage and stormwater into rivers in England & Wales in 2023. Hundreds of beachgoers on Barry Island were told by a tannoy announcement to ‘get out of the sea’ after concerns over water quality. Responding to the news that people…
The above photo shows where the sewerage network discharges treated sewage and overflows of untreated sewage and stormwater into rivers in England & Wales in 2023. While families across Wales start making plans for the summer, samplers from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are embarking on their annual programme of bathing water quality tests. Surfers Against…
Monmouth was polluted by sewage 2,679 times in 2023lasting 24,389 hours – that’s 2.82 years!– but monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more https://top-of-the-poops.org/constituency/monmouth Cynon Valley was polluted by sewage 2,967 times in 2023lasting 19,940 hours – that’s 2.31 years!– but monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more https://top-of-the-poops.org/constituency/cynon-valley…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) officers will conduct a series of assessments this week to determine if specified actions have been completed by the operator of Withyhedge Landfill in Pembrokeshire to address the ongoing odour issues. NRW issued the landfill operator Resources Management UK Ltd (RML) with a Regulation 36 Enforcement Notice on 18 April. Each…
Tens of thousands of oak trees have been planted across Wales thanks to young people connecting with nature. Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) annual Acorn Antics campaign encourages schools across the country to collect seeds to grow more trees from locally collected acorns. Following the 2022 campaign, 49,000 saplings grown in a tree nursery have now…
Cabinet Secretary, Huw Irranca-Davies MS, has underlined the importance of partnership working and innovative thinking as Wales pursues its ambition to improve water quality in the Teifi catchment, during a visit to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) led projects in the area this week. Accompanied by NRW’s chairman, Sir David Henshaw, and partners from the…
Bog-trotting superstars return for a second year to help restore valuable habitat in Monmouthshire Bog-trotting superstars Ringo, Penguin, Ginger and Oak and friends will return to Beacon Hill and Cleddon Bog in the Wye Valley this spring, as part of a three -year restoration project helping to restore valuable heath and bog habitats in the…
