by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 19, 2022 | Land management
Nutrients FollowFollow A number of rivers in Wales are currently suffering catastrophic impacts from high levels of nutrients. These nutrients enter from two main sources: agriculture and sewage discharges. In 2021, NRW published revised assessment of monitoring data...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 19, 2022 | Land management
Soil Loss FollowFollow The loss of soil and poor soil management present a significant impact to watercourses AND a loss of income to farmers (through loss of organic matter, compaction etc). Afonydd Cymru would like to have specific standards for soil and are working...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 19, 2022 | Land management
Slurry FollowFollow NRW state that they will need between 60 and 200 new staff to ensure compliance with the new regulations. Slurry pollution is generated from cattle rearing (beef and dairy) and pigs. It is an especially significant issue in the dairy belts of West...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 17, 2022 | News
Latest on Welsh Government’s Efforts to Control Agricultural Pollution in Wales FollowFollow Lesley Griffiths SM highlighted the lack of slurry storage as being one of the major factors behind agricultural pollution in the Senedd last week. NRW state that they will...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 3, 2022 | News
Celebrate World Fish Migration Day in South Wales FollowFollow The South East Wales Rivers Trust will be celebrating World Fish Migration Day on 21st May at a free event at Dare Valley Country Park – please join them! What is World Fish Migration Day? World Fish...
