Proceedings

A Century of Change
•From sewage disposal to integrated catchment management
•From cruelty protection for animals to habitat protection and ecosystem management
•From timber production to forest ecosystem management
•From rubbish dumping to resources recovery
•And on the way sustainable development and stakeholder engagement

Natural Resources Wales – Our Purpose
•Ensure that the environment and natural resources of Wales are sustainably maintained, used and enhanced
• sustainably means … with a view to benefitting, and in a manner designed to benefit, the people, environment and economy of Wales in the present and in the future.
•Environment includes , without limitation, living organisms and ecosystems.
•The aim was also defined as… to maintain, improve and develop Wales’ natural resources, to deliver benefit to the people and economy of Wales now and into the future