Natur a bioamrywiaeth

Carolyn ThomasLlafur

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

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There is an urgency to reverse biodiversity loss. Do you think a way forward to drive that would be using our national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty, sites of special scientific interest, Ramsar sites, public open spaces?

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “biodiversity”, “national parks”Cofnod swyddogol

Yr Athro Steve Ormerod

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion

…what happens in the environment. I would like to see better evidence that SMNR approach did deliver for biodiversity, but again I think there is an opportunity to use SMNR principles as a way of somehow reducing and managing resource use in ways that don't actually drive environmental degradation.

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Carolyn ThomasLlafur

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

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So, some say the sustainable management of natural resources framework is not currently focused on biodiversity restoration and recovery, and suggest that objectives should be updated to address the issue. I think this was in evidence from RSPB Cymru—so, just your views on that.

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Yr Athro Steve Ormerod

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

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…Natural Resources Wales to this committee, and their points very clearly are that there is a lot in the nature recovery plan, the area statements, SoNaRR, our existing legislation, including the environment Act, that we don't use as fully and effectively as we should for biodiversity protection. I…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “nature recovery”, “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Yr Athro Steve Ormerod

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

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…the environmental trajectory in Wales is that what we have has failed to make a difference in stemming biodiversity loss, and I think that goes back to the point around addressing the key drivers of biodiversity decline and, indeed, climate change. They come about because we are exploiting resources…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Carolyn ThomasLlafur

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

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It feels to me that, sometimes, it's the economy that's the enemy, or the economy versus the environment and biodiversity, so it's about getting that balance right. So, whether it's agriculture, farming, or business versus the challenge of protecting the environment and biodiversity, it's a very…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Yr Athro Steve Ormerod

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion

…I think we've got to understand something of the pressures that impact on freshwater condition on key species, such as Atlantic salmon and sewin. And what our evidence shows contrasts a little bit with the narrative where sewage is considered to be one of the important drivers. Actually, now, the…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “species”, “tree planting”, “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Janet Finch-SaundersCeidwadwyr

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

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Okay. I'm a little bit sceptical about the role of the interim measure because I want to see proper environmental governance, with powers to be able to go after people on each environmental governance issue. But, again, I do believe that there's so much talk that goes on about biodiversity, climate…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “environmental governance”, “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Dr Richard Unsworth

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

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…we want, but if we're not funding the capacity of NRW as the principal delivery agent of all this biodiversity management action, then we're not going to do anything. It just comes down to a funding game at the end of the day, and whether we consider biodiversity as being important, and if we do…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Dr Victoria Jenkins

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion

…what we're trying to achieve. We sometimes use the term 'nature positive', we sometimes use the term 'nature recovery', and I actually think it's important that we get the messaging right and that it is consistent, so that we all know what it is we're trying to achieve. The international obligation…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “nature recovery”, “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Yr Athro Steve Ormerod

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion

…delivery of our commitments under both existing legislation and under what we're doing for the global biodiversity framework with other effective area-based conservation measures. Big areas of land and sea that are somehow recognised for nature, nature recovery exemplar areas and nature networks…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “biodiversity”, “nature recovery”Cofnod swyddogol

Delyth JewellPlaid

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

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…this Bill with a nature positive purpose or mission statement, and then on the other hand the detailed biodiversity targets that it’s proposed would be in regulations. Do you think that that is the right way of approaching this, please?

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol

Dr Victoria Jenkins

18 Medi 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

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There are two elements to this White Paper. One is the new environmental governance body and the other is the nature recovery framework. When it comes to the environmental governance body, we’ve been discussing that since before Brexit. I’ve given evidence to this committee on that several times and…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “environmental governance”, “nature recovery”, “biodiversity”Cofnod swyddogol