With the process of developing the Eryri Tree and Woodland Strategy now nearing completion, a further consultation period has commenced to draw up a supplementary action plan for the delivery of the strategy’s vision.
For the past year the Eryri National Park Authority has been co-designing the Eryri Tree and Woodland Strategy in partnership with Coed Cadw. During the development phase the public and land owners and managers were consulted to ensure that they played a core role in its development.
The draft strategy will be presented to the Eryri National Park Authority Committee for adoption in the Spring. In the meantime, the Authority will turn its attention to developing a supplementary action plan, once again, in collaboration with the public through a consultation process.
The Eryri Tree and Woodland Strategy is a long-term vision for the next 100 years, with the supplementary action plan setting out how we can work in partnership to achieve that vision. It is an ambitious strategy that strives to tackle the glaring challenges facing us including the climate emergency and nature loss, but also giving land owners and managers the flexibility to act in any manner that they are able to, without compromising on productive land.
Rhys Owen, the Eryri National Park Authority’s Head of Conservation, Woodland and Agriculture said:
“By creating a strategy and action plan with land owners and managers at the core of its development, we hope that they will feel ownership over it and as such, make it a viable and achievable strategy.
Trees and woodlands are important assets that offer huge benefits to the natural environment, but also provide social opportunities that promote health and well-being. By developing an inclusive, bottom up approached strategy, we can ensure that future generations can continue to benefit from all that trees and woodlands have to offer.”
If you own or are responsible for a parcel of land in Eryri, be it a back garden, a community park or agricultural land, we want you to be part of the discussion when developing the action plan. You can have your say by coming to see us at one of our drop-in sessions in the New Year, booking an online slot for an informal chat with ENPA officers, or completing an online questionnaire. All the information is available on the ENPA website here.