Welcome funding boost for National Park conservation project

A stock grazing project which protects important grassland and heath in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has successfully been awarded a bid from the Welsh Government.
 
Grants from the government’s £1m Ecosystem Resilience, Diversity and Compliance Fund have been awarded to projects which restore and protect the natural environment across Wales.
 
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority has received £20,000 to maintain and extend its Conserving the Park scheme.
 
Park Authority Farm Liaison Officer, Geraint Jones, said: “As agriculture is probably the biggest single factor affecting wildlife in the Park, part of our job is to find ways of supporting the farming community by ensuring the best solutions for sustainable habitat management on their land.
 
“On land which is of lower agriculture value, wildlife interest has tended to remain. It’s in these areas where we can become actively involved in helping to improve maritime grassland, traditional hay meadows, marshy grassland, woodland, and lowland and coastal heath.
 
“Conservation work with farmers and landowners over the past few years on the coast has particularly benefitted the chough. In protecting that particular bird, other species have also had their habitats improved.”
 
Contact laurar@pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk.