Cyfoeth Naturiol CymruNatural Resources Wales

Emyr Roberts

Prif Weithredwr / Chief ExecutiveAGI Cymru 3rd December 2013

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Who we are

• New body - 1st April 2013

• Welsh Government sponsored body

• Sustainable Development is our central organising principle

• 2,100 staff • £179 million budget• Our remit

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Our purpose

To ensure natural resources of Wales are sustainably maintained, used and enhanced, now and in the future

Our long-term goals:

• Enhancing our environment

• Protecting people

• Supporting enterprise and jobs

• Improving the nation’s health

• Vibrant and viable places

• Delivering social justice

• Supporting skills and knowledge 3

What we do

• Adviser to Government• Statutory consultee • Designating authority• Environmental regulator• Permitting and licensing authority• Land manager and owner• Operator• Outdoor recreation• Incident management• Evidence

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Ecosystem Services Approach

"a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way" (Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

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Spatial data we hold

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Current Systems

EasimapForesterGofod7

Flood Risk Management

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Forest Resource Plans – Cwm Rhaeadr

1010

A new approach to Hydropower

1111

Commercial Forestry

1212

Renewable Energy

1313

Access

Urban Green Space Mapping Accessible Green Space Mapping

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Recreation

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Recreation

External Provision of Information

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Urban Environment

Urban Tree Canopy Survey

Jobs & Enterprise

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Catchment Connectivity

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Environment Bill White Paper

• A requirement on NRW to develop and implement an area-based approach for the sustainable development of natural resources and to ensure evidence from this process feeds into the appropriate delivery plans.

• A requirement for NRW to set out the priorities and opportunities for the management of natural resources on an area basis.

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Conclusion

“It is our vision, where possible, to reuse the large quantities of data that NRW collects (both manually and via telemetry systems), making it available to external parties on both a commercial and non-commercial basis. A data portal will be created to provide online access via the browser to our data catalogue.”

“GIS specific data, should be shared in line with [AGI Cymru Location Wales] which focuses particularly on sharing data, avoiding duplication, providing more efficient services, promoting best practice and having strong leadership.”

ICT Strategy, Natural Resources Wales