, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Thank you, Richard. Huw.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay. Richard has indicated as well, and then I'll bring Huw in and back to Delyth, then, if you wish, Delyth. So, Richard first.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Thank you. Sue.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Thank you. I think Sean wants to come in as well, and then Sue.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay. Who wants to go first on this one, then, to give somebody else a chance? Clare. Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Ideal. Okay. Well, we look forward to seeing that being rolled out, certainly. It's good to hear that. Delyth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Excellent. Thank you for that. Before we broaden it out a bit, you've mentioned Dale, of course, and the work that we know that's happening there. Can you tell us a bit about any further projects that are planned elsewhere in Wales?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay, thank you. Richard, could you maybe just tell us a little bit more about the ecosystems services provided by seagrass, just briefly, so that we can capture some of that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
I think, Clare Trotman, you want to pick up on this.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay. Richard, do you want to respond to that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Welcome back to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. We are reconvening for our fourth evidence session today, item 5 on the agenda, and we're focusing this time on blue carbon and marine protected…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay, excellent. Well, again, thank you to the three of you for your evidence. Excellent stuff. You will be sent, as I tell everyone, a copy of the draft transcript to check that it's accurate, but, with that, I'll conclude our morning session as a committee…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Excellent, excellent. And Clare, then. Last words to Clare Trotman.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
That's a very valuable 30 seconds of your time there. [Laughter.] Claire Stephenson.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
There we are. Okay, fine. Well, we're a couple of minutes away from the end of our allocated slot, so unless there are any pressing comments or questions from Members, can I thank you, Clare, Emily, and Claire for your evidence? We've had three excellent…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Clare Trotman.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay. Emily.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay, there we are. Thank you. That's a really useful passage of questions and answers there, and it really goes to the crux, I think, of one of the biggest challenges that we're facing in this context. We've got about six minutes left, and I'm conscious that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Sorry, Huw. Emily's been trying to come in as well.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay. Thank you. Huw.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
And Clare Trotman.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Yes. Emily.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay. Thank you, Emily. I think we're coming to Janet next.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay, thank you. I'm going to let Emily come in now because she has been very patient, and then we do have to move on, I'm afraid.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
No, no. It's all very good stuff. It's really valuable stuff for us as a committee. I know that Emily wants to come in. I'll just let Delyth in first of all, and maybe you can respond to Delyth's point and the wider point that we are discussing. Delyth.
