Nature and biodiversity

Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…in places like the Mongomery canal, camlas Maldwyn, using, for example, the Nature Networks fund for biodiversity there, so, into the hundreds of thousands of pounds in that area. So, we can definitely spread this, and I think one of the best ways of propagating this, I have to say, is through…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…here at the moment in this Chamber, for the volunteers as well as for the fen raft spider, from the species champion. There is investment that we can enable, but it's also giving—. As I've outlined, there's the £100,000 that we've provided to the Swansea Canal Society via the brilliant basics fund…

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Altaf HussainConservative

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…are not only part of our industrial heritage, but are also a key part of our future actions to improve biodiversity. Canals offer a variety of habitats that attract different species of flora and fauna all year round. Due to their linear structure, canals can also provide connecting corridors that…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…that exists from volunteers who are interested in the archaeology of the canals, as well as wildlife, biodiversity, access, fitness, well-being and all that sort of thing. People have a real stake in this. But you are right: my understanding is that a decision has been taken. I've got to stress that…

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Sioned WilliamsPlaid

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…the Tennant Canal Association in their efforts to safeguard the Tennant canal, which is crucial to biodiversity, as part of this canal is a breeding ground for the fen raft spider, the largest spider in the UK and one of the rarest, and I am its species champion. Additionally, I've engaged with St…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…on growth, economic growth, but it’s sustainable economic growth that does the right thing for nature, biodiversity and the climate as well—it’s not trading off one thing against another; it’s doing all things. We want to see more pounds in people’s pockets; we want to see more businesses expanding.…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

John, thank you so much indeed, and for the work you're doing in championing the water vole, and the importance of focusing on species is because from that species runs that protection of landscape scale and habitats as well. It really works. I think probably one of the most powerful innovations…

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John GriffithsLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…are a very precious area within Wales, and partly within my constituency. They support a variety of species, as you know, one of which is the water vole. They were reintroduced at Magor marsh, and have since spread across the levels, and there is ambition to spread them further on the levels…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

Mark, thank you very much, and for the work that you're doing in championing this iconic species. We can sometimes be really pessimistic that we can do nothing on species like this, but I mentioned, I think it was last week, in a debate here, that I was out with the First Minister on the downs above…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…in programmes like Nature Networks and Natur am Byth to restore our most precious habitats and our species at local and landscape scales. Indeed, Curlew Connections is one project that I know is close to your heart that’s received around £1 million to help reverse the decline of this very iconic…

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Mark IsherwoodConservative

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

2. What action is the Welsh Government taking to reverse species loss? OQ62193

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Dr Linda Osti

23 January 2025, Finance Committee

Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2

…easier, it’s a way to do it. Very few destinations are taxing day visitors. In a sense, it’s done in national parks, for example, where there is an entry at an entrance and an exit. Otherwise, it’s very difficult to understand how to do it. Venice, for example, is one of the first destinations in…

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