Sustainable Land Management
Sustainable Land Management
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Consultation
Terms of reference
Events, studies and reports highlighted that a sustainable future for agriculture and our environment was by no means certain. Further, aspects of both were especially fragile and had limited resilience to unexpected change.
When it came to agriculture and the natural environment, it was clear to us that we could not realise a sustainable future for one without the other. That is why we believed it was important that we looked at the resilience and sustainability of our land management practices and policies in Wales.
We gathered evidence and analysed the issues that arose before drawing conclusions and making recommendations to help ensure that the Welsh Government was using its policy tools to maximum effect to ensure that our land was managed in a sustainable way.
In order to arrive at this position we addressed three key questions:
- What do we want sustainable land
management in Wales to look like and what outcomes do we want to deliver
in the short, medium and longer term?
- What are the barriers preventing us from
delivering these outcomes now?
- How do we overcome these challenges?
- What are the main policy drivers and how
can these be shaped to overcome these challenges?
In doing so, we
wish in particular (though not exclusively) to gather your views on:
- How we define the key ecosystems and
ecosystem services in a way that makes sense for Wales?
- How we develop a baseline from which to
measure progress? This includes how we collect, coordinate and use data to
support sustainable land management in Wales.
- What incentives we can provide land
managers to develop sustainable practices, and in particular, any new
sources of investment we can attract to support these?
- How we ensure that our sustainable land
management policies maintain vibrant rural communities and attract new
entrants into the land-based sector?
- The most appropriate geographical
scale(s) at which we should be delivering sustainable land management
policies and practices in Wales?
- If there are key actions we can take to
deliver short-term ‘quick wins’ and the actions we should be taking for
the long-term?
In undertaking this inquiry, we were guided
by the views and opinions expressed to us at our stakeholder workshop on 3 July
2013. We maintained a dialogue with these stakeholders throughout the life of
this inquiry.
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Consultation responses, correspondence and
other relevant written documentation is published at the bottom of this page.
Further information
Sustainable
Land Management Case Studies
If you'd like any further information, please contact the Clerk to the Committee at es.comm@wales.gov.uk
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Business type: Committee Inquiry
Status: Complete
First published: 25/06/2013
Documents
- Report - May 2014
- Welsh Government response (July 2014)
- Consultation response : SLM1 - Ray Woods PDF 21 KB View as HTML (3) 27 KB
- Consultation response : SLM2 - The National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty PDF 242 KB View as HTML (4) 300 KB
- Consultation response : SLM3 - British Association for Shooting and Conservation PDF 128 KB View as HTML (5) 62 KB
- Consultation response : SLM4 - Hybu Cig Cymru PDF 191 KB
- Consultation response : SLM5 - Maelor Forest Nurseries Limited PDF 44 KB View as HTML (7) 43 KB
- Consultation response : SLM6 - Coed Cadw - The Woodland Trust PDF 64 KB View as HTML (8) 37 KB
- Consultation response : SLM7 - Graham Taylor PDF 751 KB
- Consultation response : SLM8 - National Parks Wales PDF 208 KB
- Consultation response : SLM9 - Dŵr Cymru PDF 143 KB View as HTML (11) 855 KB
- Consultation response : SLM10 - Wildlife Trusts Wales PDF 7 MB
- Consultation response : SLM11 - RSPB Cymru PDF 278 KB
- Consultation response : SLM12 - Confor PDF 110 KB View as HTML (14) 750 KB
- Consultation response : SLM13 - Farmers Union of Wales PDF 102 KB View as HTML (15) 67 KB
- Consultation response : SLM14 - NFU Cymru PDF 100 KB View as HTML (16) 109 KB
- Consultation response : SLM15 - Brecon Beacons National Park PDF 283 KB View as HTML (17) 340 KB
- Consultation response : SLM16 - Natural Resources Wales PDF 265 KB
- Consultation response : SLM17 - CLA PDF 162 KB View as HTML (19) 187 KB
- Consultation response : SLM18 - David Thorpe PDF 260 KB View as HTML (20) 95 KB
- Consultation response : SLM19 - Paul Wimbush PDF 49 KB