Print pageThe BIG environment questions
At the Senedd in Cardiff Bay, there is much debate about how we will manage our natural environment in the future.
The merger of the Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Agency Wales and Forestry Commission Wales has created a new super environmental body called Natural Resources Wales. In addition to this, a White Paper setting out plans for a future Environment Bill will be published in 2013.
In light of these changes ahead, we've asked four Assembly Members who are members of the Welsh Assembly's Environment and Sustainability Committee to tell us why Wales' natural environment is important to them and to answer four BIG environment questions.
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Russell George AM, Conservative, Montgomeryshire, says: 'I want to ensure that as a nation, Wales utilises its environmental resources in a sustainable manner and that we have a functioning organisation to achieve this aim.' More... |
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Vaughan Gething AM, Labour, Cardiff South and Penarth, says: 'Visitors come to Wales for a wide range of reasons. Commercial attractions like are obvious examples. However for many visitors it's the natural environment of Wales that attracts them.' More... |
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Llyr Huws Gruffydd AM, Party of Wales, North Wales, says: 'We need to be able to show the value of wildlife and the environment as a whole and integrate these values into our everyday decision-making process.' More... |
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William Powell AM, Liberal Democrat, Mid and West Wales, says: 'It is in this reflection, I argue, that we can understand the true importance that a healthy environment holds for the people of Wales. It stands as a mirror in which we can see ourselves more clearly and in which we can see what it is that our society holds most dear.' More... |
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