The Welsh Government’s current review of their wildlife-friendly farming scheme ‘Glastir’, will close on 28 March, and this could be our last chance to get it right for Welsh wildlife. Once in place the scheme will run until 2020 which is also the EU deadline for the Welsh Government to halt the decline of wildlife and begin to restore it.
Given the recent declines in Welsh wildlife, if we don’t get it right now this could be disastrous for birds like curlew and lapwing, mammals including water voles and dormice, and a variety of rare butterflies and plants that rely on farmland habitats.
Following on from his emotional speech at the launch of the State of Nature report in May last year, which has been a YouTube hit with nearly 20,000 views, Iolo is urging the people of Wales to respond to the Welsh Government’s consultation seeking views on the wildlife-friendly farming scheme.
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