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The Welsh Government, in partnership with Natural Resources Wales, has opened a new round of grant funding for large\-scale capital projects to maintain and improve Natura 2000 sites.


The Covid\-19 pandemic has brought a spotlight on the value of nature and the importance of access to our natural environment to our health and well\-being. 


Natura 2000 sites were set up in 2011 with the aim of ensuring the long\-term survival of valuable and threatened species and habitats across Europe. They form part of the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world.


Lesley Griffiths, the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, said:



> “Protecting and promoting Wales’ natural resources is a key element of our recovery from the Covid\-19 pandemic.
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> “During the pandemic, many communities have gained an increased appreciation for our natural environment – not just the part it plays in wellbeing and recreation, but also in underpinning key rural economies.
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> “And as I have noted before, there are direct links between our recovery from the Covid\-19 pandemic and our recovery from the climate emergency – both require us to rethink much of how we operate in our day\-to\-day lives, and measures taken to respond to one will often complement our response to the other.
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> “This funding will provide focused support to help save nature in crisis, and improve ecosystem resilience helping us respond to the climate emergency.  
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> “Funding our response to the climate emergency remains one of our top priorities, and we will keep funding under review as we continue to understand the scale of the remedial work needed.”


As well as improving Wales’ natural environment, the grant funding will also deliver further benefits to communities and landscapes surrounding Natural 2000 sites – as well as boost the resilience of ecosystems to climate impacts..


Organisations and individuals who can demonstrate action to improve Natura 2000 sites by March 2021 are encouraged to apply. The grant window will be open for five weeks.


The scheme is just one part of the wider programme of significant investment into natural resources led by Welsh Government, through a range of different schemes – including Enabling Natural Resources and Well\-being (ENRaW); Glastir; Sustainable Management and Green Infrastructure projects.


Ruth Jenkins, Head of Natural Resource Planning at NRW said:



> “Natura 2000 sites are amongst some of the most precious sites in Wales and are important nationally and internationally. However, they are also vulnerable to pressures such as climate change, invasive species, land use change and pollution.
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> “This investment will help maintain and improve these places allowing their wildlife to flourish and adapt to environmental changes. Together these sites form a vital network for nature from where habitats and species can expand their range, be that on land, inland waters and the sea.”







Translation:


 
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru, mewn partneriaeth â Chyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, wedi agor rownd newydd o arian grant ar gyfer prosiectau cyfalaf ar raddfa fawr, er mwyn cynnal a gwella safleoedd Natura 2000\.


Mae pandemig Covid\-19 wedi tynnu sylw at werth byd natur a phwysigrwydd mynediad i’n hamgylchedd naturiol er budd ein hiechyd a’n lles.               


Sefydlwyd safleoedd Natura yn 2011 gyda’r nod o sicrhau goroesiad tymor hir rhywogaethau a chynefinoedd gwerthfawr a than fygythiad ledled Ewrop. Maent yn rhan o’r rhwydwaith cydgysylltiedig mwyaf o ardaloedd dan warchodaeth yn y byd.


Dywedodd Lesley Griffiths, y Gweinidog ar gyfer yr Amgylchedd, Ynni a Materion Gwledig:



> “Mae gwarchod a hybu adnoddau naturiol Cymru yn elfen allweddol o’n hadferiad ni o bandemig Covid\-19\.
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> “Yn ystod y pandemig, mae llawer o gymunedau wedi dod i werthfawrogi mwy ar ein hamgylchedd naturiol – nid dim ond y rhan mae’n ei chwarae mewn lles a hamdden, ond hefyd fel sail i economïau gwledig allweddol.
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> “Ac fel rwyf wedi nodi o’r blaen, mae cysylltiadau uniongyrchol rhwng ein hadferiad o bandemig Covid\-19 a’n hadferiad o argyfwng yr hinsawdd – mae’r ddau’n gofyn i ni ailfeddwl am sut rydym yn gweithredu wrth fyw o ddydd i ddydd, a bydd y mesurau a roddir ar waith i ymateb i un yn ategu ein hymateb i’r llall yn aml.
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> “Bydd y cyllid hwn yn darparu cefnogaeth benodol i helpu i achub byd natur sy’n wynebu argyfwng, a gwella cadernid ecosystemau gan ein helpu i ymateb i argyfwng yr hinsawdd.
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> “Mae cyllido ein hymateb i argyfwng yr hinsawdd yn parhau yn un o’n prif flaenoriaethau, a byddwn yn adolygu’r cyllid yn gyson wrth i ni barhau i ddeall graddfa’r gwaith adfer sydd ei angen.”


Yn ogystal â gwella amgylchedd naturiol Cymru, bydd yr arian grant yn arwain at fanteision pellach eraill hefyd i gymunedau a thirweddau o amgylch safleoedd Natura 2000 – yn ogystal â rhoi hwb i gadernid ecosystmau i effeithiau’r hinsawdd.             


Anogir sefydliadau ac unigolion sy’n gallu gweithredu i wella safleoedd Natura 2000 i ymgeisio erbyn mis Mawrth 2021\. Bydd ffenestr y grant ar agor am bum wythnos.


Mae’r cynllun yn un rhan o raglen ehangach o fuddsoddiad sylweddol mewn adnoddau naturiol o dan arweiniad Llywodraeth Cymru, drwy amrywiaeth o wahanol gynlluniau – gan gynnwys Galluogi Adnoddau Naturiol a Lles (ENRaW); Glastir; Rheolaeth Gynaliadwy a phrosiectau Seilwaith Gwyrdd.       


Dywedodd Ruth Jenkins, Pennaeth Cynllunio Adnoddau Naturiol yn CNC:



> “Mae safleoedd Natura 2000 ymhlith rhai o’r safleoedd mwyaf gwerthfawr yng Nghymru ac maen nhw hefyd yn bwysig yn genedlaethol ac yn rhyngwladol. Fodd bynnag, maen nhw hefyd yn agored iawn i bwysau fel newid hinsawdd, rhywogaethau goresgynnol, newid mewn defnydd tir a llygredd.
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> “Bydd y buddsoddiad hwn yn helpu i gynnal a gwella’r mannau yma gan alluogi bywyd gwyllt i ffynnu ac addasu i newidiadau amgylcheddol. Gyda’i gilydd mae’r safleoedd hyn yn ffurfio rhwydwaith hanfodol i fyd natur, er mwyn i gynefinoedd a rhywogaethau allu ymledu, boed ar y tir, mewn dyfroedd mewndirol ac yn y môr.”