English: The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt across Wales, and it will be felt across our economy for many years to come. However, by addressing biodiversity decline, underscored by a set of clear targets for delivery, we can create meaningful employment opportunities across the country. By investing in nature, in habitat restoration and green skills, we can boost the workforce and the economy. The recent Dasgupta review found that our economies, livelihoods and well-being are all dependent on our most precious asset: nature. Our unsustainable engagement with nature is endangering the prosperity of current and future generations. The review also re-emphasised that biodiversity is integral to ecosystems' health, and the ability of ecosystems to provide essential benefits to society. Biodiversity loss, therefore, impacts on our life support system. Nature recovery targets are key to driving our transition towards a nature positive economy. As we see with net zero, statutory targets have a key role in shaping investment, not only across Government but across sectors. The Aldersgate Group, a multistakeholder alliance including some of the largest businesses in the UK, has called for stronger environmental regulation, underpinned by ambitious and clear environmental targets, to provide businesses with the certainty they need over the long term to make investments that increase resilience and bring potential economic and employment benefits. Investing in habitat creation and restoration at scale has the potential to support thousands of new green jobs, which would help to absorb the economic shock of the past year. This will also go some way in developing a nature conservation skills base in Wales, to meet the needs of the future and, ultimately, provide the foundation for a shift towards a nature-positive, low-carbon economy. One hundred and fifty stakeholders from across Wales have developed a proposal for a national nature service, and a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds report has estimated that a national nature service could support up to 7,000 green jobs in Wales. Furthermore, investing in nature-based solutions offers substantial return in investment. According to a report by Cambridge Econometrics for the RSPB, every £1 invested in habitat restoration for peatland, saltmarsh and woodland creation secures £4.62, £1.31 and £2.79 of benefit respectively. By investing in nature-based solutions, we could vastly improve water and air quality, boost ecotourism, prevent flooding, store carbon and, of course, boost biodiversity, along with countless other benefits. We can't afford to separate our economy from nature; our economy depends on it and it exists within it. To truly achieve a green recovery in Wales, we must invest in nature. By introducing legally binding nature recovery targets to restore and create a wide array of habitats in Wales, we could deliver for the economy, create thousands of jobs while delivering for nature and for the climate. If the Welsh Government truly want to deliver a green recovery, investment in nature must be an absolute priority target for us. It would provide a clear direction for action on nature's recovery, while also providing a clear picture for future job creation and the expectations for our industries to help us reach our environmental goals. Diolch yn fawr.
Welsh: Mae canlyniad economaidd pandemig COVID-19 i'w deimlo ledled Cymru, a bydd i'w deimlo ar draws ein heconomi am flynyddoedd lawer. Fodd bynnag, drwy fynd i'r afael â dirywiad bioamrywiaeth, gyda chyfres o dargedau clir ar gyfer cyflawni'r gwaith, gallwn greu cyfleoedd cyflogaeth ystyrlon ledled y wlad. Drwy fuddsoddi mewn natur, mewn adfer cynefinoedd a sgiliau gwyrdd, gallwn roi hwb i'r gweithlu a'r economi. Canfu adolygiad diweddar Dasgupta fod ein heconomïau, ein bywoliaeth a'n llesiant i gyd yn dibynnu ar ein hased mwyaf gwerthfawr: natur. Mae ein hymgysylltiad anghynaliadwy â natur yn peryglu ffyniant cenedlaethau'r presennol a'r dyfodol. Pwysleisiodd yr adolygiad hefyd fod bioamrywiaeth yn rhan annatod o iechyd ecosystemau, a gallu ecosystemau i ddarparu manteision hanfodol i gymdeithas. Felly, mae colli bioamrywiaeth yn effeithio ar ein system cymorth bywyd. Mae targedau adfer natur yn allweddol i sbarduno newid i economi sy'n gadarnhaol o ran natur. Fel y gwelwn gyda sero net, mae gan dargedau statudol rôl allweddol yn siapio buddsoddiad, nid yn unig ar draws y Llywodraeth ond ar draws sectorau. Mae grŵp Aldersgate, cynghrair o randdeiliaid lluosog sy'n cynnwys rhai o'r busnesau mwyaf yn y DU, wedi galw am reoleiddio amgylcheddol cryfach, wedi'i ategu gan dargedau amgylcheddol uchelgeisiol a chlir, i roi sicrwydd mawr ei angen i fusnesau yn hirdymor i wneud buddsoddiadau sy'n cynyddu cydnerthedd ac yn creu manteision economaidd a chyflogaeth posibl. Gallai buddsoddi mewn creu ac adfer cynefinoedd ar raddfa fawr gynnal miloedd o swyddi gwyrdd newydd a fyddai'n helpu i amsugno sioc economaidd y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Bydd hyn hefyd yn helpu i ddatblygu sylfaen sgiliau cadwraeth natur yng Nghymru i ateb anghenion y dyfodol ac yn y pen draw, i ddarparu'r sylfaen ar gyfer symud tuag at economi carbon isel sy'n gadarnhaol o ran natur. Mae 150 o randdeiliaid o bob rhan o Gymru wedi datblygu cynnig ar gyfer gwasanaeth natur cenedlaethol, ac mae adroddiad gan y Gymdeithas Frenhinol er Gwarchod Adar wedi amcangyfrif y gallai gwasanaeth natur cenedlaethol gefnogi hyd at 7,000 o swyddi gwyrdd yng Nghymru. At hynny, mae buddsoddi mewn atebion ar sail natur yn cynnig elw sylweddol ar fuddsoddiad. Yn ôl adroddiad gan Cambridge Econometrics i'r RSPB, mae pob £1 a fuddsoddir mewn adfer cynefin mawndir a morfa heli a chreu coetiroedd yn sicrhau £4.62, £1.31 a £2.79 o fudd yn y drefn honno. Drwy fuddsoddi mewn atebion ar sail natur, gallem wella ansawdd dŵr ac aer yn sylweddol, hybu ecodwristiaeth, atal llifogydd, storio carbon, a hybu bioamrywiaeth wrth gwrs, ynghyd â manteision eraill dirifedi. Ni allwn fforddio gwahanu ein heconomi oddi wrth natur; mae ein heconomi'n dibynnu arni ac mae'n bodoli o'i mewn. Er mwyn sicrhau adferiad gwyrdd go iawn yng Nghymru, rhaid inni fuddsoddi mewn natur. Drwy gyflwyno targedau adfer natur sy'n rhwymo mewn cyfraith i adfer a chreu amrywiaeth eang o gynefinoedd yng Nghymru, gallem gyflawni ar ran yr economi, creu miloedd o swyddi tra'n cyflawni dros natur a dros yr hinsawdd. Os yw Llywodraeth Cymru o ddifrif eisiau sicrhau adferiad gwyrdd, rhaid i fuddsoddi mewn natur fod yn darged blaenoriaethol absoliwt i ni. Byddai'n rhoi cyfeiriad clir ar gyfer gweithredu i adfer natur, tra'n rhoi darlun clir hefyd ar gyfer creu swyddi yn y dyfodol a'r disgwyliadau i'n diwydiannau ein helpu i gyrraedd ein nodau amgylcheddol. Diolch yn fawr.