On land | Wildlife Trusts Wales

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmi) amongst the reedbeds

Danny Green/2020VISION

Bringing wildlife back on land

How we use our land

The way in which large parts of land are managed for human use has a huge impact on wildlife, whether this is to produce food or to provide recreation and ecosystem services such as water regulation and carbon storage. While the pace of change and the main causes of it has varied from time to time, overwhelmingly the greatest cause of past and continuing wildlife loss is the disruption of the ecological function of landscapes by human activities. How we change how we use our land is a key strategic priority for the Wildlife Trusts.

Jordans Cereal farmer, Nick

Farming and wildlife

Over 90% of Welsh land is farmed in some way – so how this land is managed has a big impact on wildlife.

River Exe - Ross Hoddinott/2020Vision

Water

Water is a vital part of the natural world. The lives of animals, plants and people depend on healthy water sources.

Swansea landscape

Planning and Development in Wales

The Wildlife Trusts believe that development should not come at the expense of our natural environment. All development, be it housing,…

Healthy soil with earthworms

Soils and carbon

We depend on soils for growing food. Land management and land use planning decisions must protect soils and help them to regenerate.

Red Squirrel Jumping (c) Mark Hamblin 2020 Vision

Saving species

The Wildlife Trusts are working to help species pushed close to extinction and to reintroduce missing keystone species.

Ben Porter

Restoring Celtic Rainforest

Luscious temperate rainforest once covered vast areas of Wales, but only fragments remain. Find out about our work to restore them.