New fund to protect 70 species in the quirkiest animal habitats in Wales

From donkeys in Snowdonia to sharks in Carmarthen Bay, the rarest and quirkiest animal habitats will benefit from the 29 odd projects for “vital sanctuary and high level of protections

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Donkeys, sharks are among 70 wildlife species that will be helped by the Nature Networks Fund across Wales, at almost 30 locations. From donkeys in Snowdonia to sharks in Carmarthen Bay, the rarest and quirkiest animal habitats will benefit from the 29 odd projects for “vital sanctuary and high level of protections”.

More than 50 types of habitats also stand to benefit. Sharks Inspiring Action and Research with Communities (SIARC) are receiving the fund that operates in Carmarthen Bay and Tremadog Bay. Led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Natural Resources Wales received £390,000, the project, besides funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund and On the EDGE Conservation, will so “vital conservation research on Wales’ marine environment with a strong focus on sharks, skates and rays”.

Links between fishers, researchers, communities and government will be established to help safeguard these species. This move will also support a green recovery in Wales.

Brambles and gorse bushes that will be eaten by the donkeys will help reduce the spread of these plants

There are hopes of generating a new appreciation of the underwater environment in Wales.

Meanwhile, Snowdonia Donkeys said the fund would help, especially the donkeys, to work with local partners to help protect the SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) land at Moelyci.

Brambles and gorse bushes that will be eaten by the donkeys will help reduce the spread of these plants. Also, dams, weirs and culverts will be removed to restore five iconic salmon rivers with the project Reconnecting the Salmon Rivers of Wales, led by Swansea University. The decline of Atlantic salmon, sea trout, European eel, and a host of other aquatic species will be reversed in the process.

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