2/3. For over 6 years we've worked to re-familiarise us with how trees are essential to nature, food security the farm business, water quality & its management.
Ers dros 6 mlynedd, rydym wedi gweithio i'n hail-ymgyfarwyddo â sut mae coed yn hanfodol i natur, diogelwch bwyd, busnes y fferm, ansawdd dŵr a'i reoli.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/campaign-with-us/agroforestry-in-wales/
A beaver dam in British Columbia shows its ability to hold back sediment pollution during heavy rainfall, sediment damages freshwater habitat.
Two pairs of beavers are making a new home in Studland #UK unrestricted by fences or enclosures. This reintroduction follows the government's decision to allow wild populations return to England's rivers & wetlands. #Wales needs them too.
#hedgesandedges - #trees & #nature reducing floods, restoring nature & #climate
Meaningful corporate #climate emissions reduction, & meaningful tree planting that’s fit for futures, farming, #food production, quality localised timber economy & strategically planned & placed #hedgesandedges integrated with other #NFM techniques that meaningful slow the flow.
Additional #Carbon stored is a Blodwyn bonus - existing stores their protection is key, & freshwater needs a #freshwaterforest where ever it flows in peak flow.
https://www.gov.wales/updated-plans-sustainable-farming-announced
1/2. 40 mins between videos, the 1st video the waters were only on the Blackweir playing fields, the 2nd video creeping over the Pontcanna side playing fields. The waters weren’t at peak flow then #Cardiff. Pontypridd flooded again.
5 years I’ve been making the case for #NFM & #HedgesAndEdges. #Wales approx 80% plus farmland. The Sustainable Farming Scheme can begin to reduce peak flows for downstream community.
Fund Natural Water Management now & https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/campaign-with-us/agroforestry-in-wales/ #flood #climatechange
A culture war, a cultural scar! The extractive economy, loss of homes, land & culture, & now for off setting corporates #climatechange emissions!? Listen here 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001s634
@CoedCadw's #HedgesAndEdges & #OurTenAsks for Trees on Farms, informed by #Pontbren & farmers, to work for farmers. our communities & #nature
Please email your Senedd Member👉https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/124423/action/1
The detail: OUR 10 ASKS OF THE PROPOSED NEW SUSTAINABLE FARMING SCHEME https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/campaign-with-us/urge-senedd-nature-restoration/sustainable-farming-scheme-10-asks/
Forests, woodlands & trees worth an estimated annual value of £843m & £420m, in protecting communities from flooding, compared to bare soil & grass.
🌳Intercepting rainfall
🌳Helping to store water
🌳Reducing surface runoff
“It’s vital that future farming schemes fairly reward us to increase tree cover. More hedgerows, shelterbelts & streamside corridors alongside food production, as in #HedgesAndEdges, could be readily adopted.” Abi Reader, Deputy President - NFUCymru
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/campaign-with-us/agroforestry-in-wales/
#Agroforestry #Agriculture #Farming #regenerative #agroecology
CoedCadw
Nigel Pugh (he/him/they)
Will Evans