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Nature Recovery Action Plan (NRAP)

Nature Recovery Action Plan

How We Plan to Make a Difference

Our Nature Recovery Action Plan sets out our short, medium and long term targets for nature conservation in North East Wales.

It is a dynamic spatial document, which will grow and evolve over time.

Impact

Our Nature Recovery Action Plan will

  • Show our environmental assets
  • Show conservation opportunities
  • Display the change being delivered through the work of the partnership.
  • Provide an important link between national and regional policy and legislation and local action. It has been developed alongside and to compliment work of the National Nature Recovery Action Plan, Natural Resources Wales Area Statements, Local Authority Section 6 Biodiversity Plans and the SoNaRR report.
  • Focus on 3 key habitats initially. We will expand our data over time to include additional habitats and local important species and species groups.

Our Nature Recovery Plans

Woodland

Wales is one of the least wooded countries in Europe with woodland providing only 14.8% of land cover compared to an EU average of 38%.

Our Plans:
  • Map our woodland habitat and related projects across North East Wales
  • Increase the extent of native broadleaf, mixed woodland and trees under favourable management
  • Increase native broadleaf and mixed woodland, canopy cover, connecivity and resilience in North East Wales
Read Full Recovery Plan

Rivers, Ponds and Wetlands

Despite water quality in rivers generally improving over the last 25 years, only 1 in 6 freshwater habitat types are considered in favourable conservation status.

Our Plans:
  • Map our wetland habitat and related projects across North East Wales
  • Increase the extent of rivers, ponds and wetland habitats under favourable management
  • Increase wetland extent and resilience in North East Wales
Read Full Recovery Plan

Grasslands

Grassland makes up nearly two thirds of the land cover in Wales. However most of this is agriculturally improved (reseeded, fertilised or drained), with only 9% attributed to semi-natural grassland.

Our Plans:
  • Map our grassland habitat and related projects across North East Wales
  • Increase the extent of grasslands under favourable management
  • Increase grassland extent and resilience in North East Wales
Read Full Recovery Plan

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