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Rwy’n falch o gyhoeddi heddiw, ffenest newydd ar gyfer datgan diddordeb yn Glastir Uwch, ar gyfer contractau i gychwyn 1 Ionawr 2017\. Bydd y ffenestr yn agor 9 Tachwedd ac yn cau am hanner nos 4 Rhagfyr 2015\.

Glastir Uwch yw’r cynllun amaeth\-amgylcheddol lefel uwch i Gymru sydd yn rhoi cymorth i ffermwyr a rheolwyr tir i ymgymryd ag ymarferion  rheolaeth penodol ar gyfer cyflawni canlyniadau amgylcheddol allweddol mewn lleoliadau wedi eu targedu. Mae wedi ei gynllunio i ateb amcanion Llywodraeth Cymru o atal newid hinsawdd, gwella ansawdd dwr, cynnal a gwella bioamrywiaeth, rheoli a gwarchod tirlun a’r amgylchedd hanesyddol ynghyd â chreu cyfleoedd newydd i wella mynediad a dealltwriaeth o gefn gwlad.

Mae dyluniad y cynllun wedi derbyn canmoliaeth gan y Comisiwn Ewropeaidd am fod yn flaengar a dyfeisgar yn y modd y mae’n targedu gweithgareddau mor effeithlon i gwrdd â’r amcanion hyn o dan egwyddorion Rheoli Adnoddau Addasol. Mae diddordeb ac ymgysylltiad o blith ffermwyr  wedi bod yn uchel,  gyda galw gormodol yn y bedair mlynedd cyntaf ers ei lansio.

Mae Glastir Uwch yn un o’r cynlluniau cyntaf i’w agor dan raglen Cymunedau Gwledig Llywodraeth Cymru – Rhaglen Datblygu Gwledig 2014\-2020 sy’n adlewyrchu cyfraniad sylweddol y cynllun tuag at wireddu canlyniadau amgylcheddol wedi eu targedu. Drwyddi draw, mae’r rhaglen yma yn rhoi cyfle sylweddol i ffermwyr a rheolwyr tir i wneud eu busnesau yn fwy cynaliadwy, proffidiol a hydwyth \- y budd triphlyg mae’r Llywodraeth yma yn ceisio ar gyfer ein diwydiannau amaethyddol a choedwigaeth.  

Ar hyn o bryd mae ychydig llai na 1600 contract mewn llaw ac amcangyfrifir y bydd dros 2000 o gytundebau erbyn 2017\.







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I am pleased to announce, today, the opening of a new window for expressions of interest to Glastir Advanced, for contracts commencing on 1 January 2017\.  The expression of interest window will run from 9 November and will close at midnight on 4 December 2015\.


Glastir Advanced is Wales’ higher\-level agri\-environment scheme, which provides support to farmers and land managers to undertake specific management practices to bring about key environmental outcomes in targeted locations. It was designed to address the Welsh Government’s objectives of combating climate change, improving water management, maintaining and enhancing biodiversity, managing and protecting landscapes and the historic environment and creating new opportunities to improve access and understanding of the countryside.


The design of the scheme has been praised by the European Commission as being pioneering and innovative in how it seeks to target interventions most effectively to meet these objectives and is consistent within the principles of Adaptive Resource Management. Interest and engagement from farmers has been high, with the scheme oversubscribed in the first four years since its launch.


Glastir Advanced is amongst the first schemes to be opened under the new Welsh Government Rural Communities Rural Development Programme 2014 \- 2020 in recognition of the key role it has to play in delivering targeted environmental outcomes. Overall, this Programme provides farmers and other land managers with significant opportunities to make their businesses more sustainable, profitable and resilient – the triple win that this Government is seeking to achieve for our farming and forestry industries.


Currently, just under 1600 contracts are in place and this is estimated to be in excess of 2000 contracts in place by 2017\.