The Reserves Kenfig National Nature Reserve is one of the finest examples of a sand dune habitat in Europe. The reserve is an exceptional site in conservation terms, comprising about 1,300 acres of managed sand dunes and wetlands on the coastline of south Wales between Porthkowl and Potolbert. It supports, arguably, one of the most important sand dune systems in the UK with a significant population of the extremely rare fen orchid. The site also includes the clear waters of Kenfig pool, which, at 78 acres, is the largest natural lake in south Wales. The Kenfig Corporation Trust and Natural Resources Wales have signed a five-year management agreement to protect the many rare species of wildlife at the nature reserve. The Trust as landowners and NRW as custodian of the Welsh landscape have been working closely to put in place arrangements to manage the protected site. The reserve is managed to ensure the dunes are not overcome by dense grassland and scrub woodland, which stabilise them. This would result in the loss of much of the important and diverse dune wildlife. The agreements include work to manage the grazing of the site by livestock and controlling vegetation growth to maintain a mobile dune system. This is important for rare dune wildlife to thrive. The money that is going to be provided to the Trust over the coming years will allow them to keep and maintain this internationally important site for conservation. It marks the end of a couple of months, really, of working with the Trust, which has been really interesting, working with the community body, or very passionate and enthusiastic about wanting to make sure that the reserve is not only managed but is enhanced. So we've spent time within the business working with different departments, making sure that we can meet the needs and get into the point which is accumulated in the management agreement being issued. During that time we've very closely with the Trust, particularly around the appointment of a warden. The teams have been able to support the Trust in some of their objectives, particularly around managing the reserve before the management agreement came in place. We're very confident now going forward that with the management agreement we can work closer together and build upon the relationship that we've got with them and hopefully be able to come up with other projects in the future. As a trustee, all we're asked to do is leave the nature reserve in an improved state from when we begin. My personal journey has been here for the last couple of years. I'm working with natural resources as well. I think made a milestone in progress that will help preserve improved promoter and protect. It really will underline us, take this, preserve where we are as a nature reserve and financially protect ongoing improvements. When looking for the long-term future of the reserve, we look in a link and are ongoing with people to the past. It's a privilege and honour to be part of that and in signing this agreement we hope to pass on to future generations what we cherish today.