A mosaic of habitats with trees centre stage at Brynau, Woodland Trust Cymru's largest woodland creation site. Open spaces and scattered trees, #HedgesAndEdges all part of the mix. Demonstrating #OurTenAsks of Welsh Government's sustainable farming scheme tdy.lol/fAqDI
Guilsfield farm Tirnewydd is to have a new hedge planted on its edges. The young trees will shelter stock and wildlife alike. Their roots will take the rainwater down into the soil slowing the rainwaterโs overland flow Severn Rivers Trust Env Agency Midlands #hedgesandedges #slowtheflow
23/04/2017 and last night, the easiest biodiversity win on any farm ๐
#HedgesAndEdges
#WelshFarmingWeek ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
1/2. #RoyalWelshShow home town River Wye & brown water.
I think about a Sustainable Farming Scheme flexi 10% tree cover & Woodland Trust Cymruโs #HedgesAndEdges & #OurTenAsks focusing on water campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/124423/acโฆ
โSome 3 million tonnes of topsoil are lost in the UK each year.โ
Today at #RestoreTheThaw - Restore the Thaw Landscape I heard about 12,154 trees having been planted, in field corners, as hedges and gap filling, and riparian tree planting #HedgesAndEdges .
4,500 trees donated by Woodland Trust๐ณ, another 10,000 promised. Vale Council ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐บ๐ฆ are developing a tree
E.G. through various #agroforestry options. Shelterbelts, field corners & by increasing hedgerow trees. Increasing tree cover & #hedgesandedges to provide shade & shelter. To protect against water, soil & carbon loss, & pollution.
woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-treโฆ
8/ Chair Oxford Farming Conference
This year plantings on the Farmer led whole catchment project. Restoring the tree cover of the gullies and field boundaries. Joining revitalised #hedgesandedges together for shelter for stock and wildlife alike Severn Rivers Trust Woodland Trust Cymru Welsh Government Rural Affairs Interlace Commons Slow The Flow
#HedgesAndEdges & agroforestry, a targeted increase of trees will:
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Help water to sink far deeper into soils
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Better protect soil & stored carbon
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Reduce flood & drought impacts
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Better protect the farm business & the public
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Reduce future climate costs 4 Future Gen Cymru
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I'm big fan of the #hedgesandedges campaign.
Getting more trees into the landscape alongside productive farming. Rather than replacing whole farms with conifers.
We have a summary of the benefits of #AgroforestryWales on our website -
woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-treโฆ
- and you will be aware that 36 Members of the Welsh Parliament have supported the Statement of Opinion OPIN-2022-0255 #HedgesAndEdges and tree planting.
record.senedd.wales/StatementOfOpiโฆ
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Jon Parker Abi Reader Jessica McQuade HCC Peter Powell The only thing Woodland Trust Cymru wishes for is that๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟfinds the ยฃ to mitigate ramping up #ClimateChange droughts, flood & fires for rural & urban communities, starting yesterday!
Our #OurTenAsks โคต๏ธwoodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-treโฆ
and #HedgesAndEdges โคต๏ธwoodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-treโฆ are that & more!
#HedgesAndEdges has been supported by the majority of political parties in Wales. tabled & supported Samuel Kurtz MS Mabon ap Gwynfor AS ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Huw Irranca-Davies - & across party those that were eligible to.
record.senedd.wales/StatementOfOpiโฆ
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5000 trees planted across our habitat restoration sites this winter.
Big thanks to all our amazing volunteers who helped.
Big thanks to all the farmers we have partnered with to improve riparian habitat.
And big thanks to Woodland Trust Cymru for supplying the trees.
#hedgesandedges
Lรบcรกs ร Rothlรกin Owen Williams ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ See here for the Welsh Government Rural Affairs reasoning gov.wales/sustainable-faโฆ
We advocate 'A deliberate & targeted intervention, #HedgesandEdges will help to reduce the impacts of extreme weather and begin to reverse decades of natureโs collapse.'๐woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-treโฆ
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One for Save the Northern Meadows ๐๐๐ & Hands Off Hailey Park to possibly contribute to?
#HedgesAndEdges
Spring feels far away at the moment, but itโll be worth it when we get there. #HedgesAndEdges ๐ฑ
#Floods 3 years ago.
#HedgesAndEdges is designed to reduce the impacts of droughts & floods - they're impacts are going to get far worse, for us, & farmers!
Farmers are at the coal face of this #ClimateBreakdown having access to up to 90% of Wales's land!
We need farmers,