Fish yesterday;
Wyesham 10lbs
Ross AC 10lbs
Redbrook 5lbs
3 fish from the Edw junction pool too apparently Wonder where they were bound for and wiill they now make it!!!
Also this 11lb fish from the Golden Mile to Bob Mason
With the season over today the river now become the haunt of the coarse angler, a time when most of the coarse fish will be in top condition and up for a fight.
An example below of a barbel in tip top condition . Caught by Geoff Morgan from The Warren at Hay on Wye. Lets hope it lays off the salmon redds a little later on!!
!Fear not, all is safe in the hands of NRW!!!!
Policy Forum for Wales Keynote Seminar
The future of Wales’ environment: protecting natural
resources, improving air quality and tackling climate change
with
Matthew Bell, Chief
Executive, Committee on Climate Change; Mike Evans, Head of Evidence,
Knowledge and Advice, Natural Resources Wales and Matthew Quinn,
Director, Environment and Sustainable Development, Welsh Government
and
Councillor Dr Stuart Anderson, Conwy County Borough Council;
Gill Bell, Marine Conservation Society; Joseph
Carter, British Lung Foundation; Rebecca Colley-Jones, Ynys Resources; Steve Harding, Wales & West Utilities;
Stephen James, NFU Cymru; Rachel Sharp,
Wildlife Trusts Wales; Roger Street, University of Oxford;
David Weatherall, Energy Saving Trust and Paul
Willis, Ricardo Energy and Environment
Chaired by:
Neil McEvoy AM, Member,
Cross-Party Group on Sustainable Energy
Bydd cyfieithu ar y pryd ar gael yn y
gynhadledd hon
Simultaneous translation will be available at
this conference
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Morning, Thursday, 24th
November 2016
Central Cardiff
For the attention of Mr Franks
I am writing to ensure you don’t miss the above seminar if
you are able to attend. This email is being sent to a general email address
because I was unable to secure specific contact details. Please forward this to
the appropriate person, and we would be grateful to receive precise contact
details if this is possible.
The agenda focuses specifically on issues in Wales, but I
thought that the content might still be of interest to you or others in your
organisation - so please do pass this information to colleagues as appropriate.
Please note there is a charge for most delegates, although
concessionary and complimentary places are available (subject to terms and
conditions - see below).
The focus:
- Policy priorities for the future of the environment in Wales,
including:
o Sustainable management of natural resources;
o Improving air quality; and
o Practical challenges for climate adaptation, particularly in the areas
of flood prevention, energy and waste policy.
Context:
- Brexit and its potential effect on the future of key policy
packages such as:
o The circular economy;
o Energy Union;
o Water management;
o Birds and Habitats Directives; and
o Financial support and export opportunities for farmers.
- The development of the statutory National
Natural Resources Policy, due to be published in Spring 2017;
- The implementation of measures designed to reduce landfill and
promote recycling outlined in the Environment
(Wales) Act and expected to come into force in 2017; and
- The forthcoming first State
of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR) from Natural Resources Wales.
- The Welsh Government’s consultation
on proposed changes to the way local authorities and public bodies manage
air pollution;
- Recent reports indicating that more than 40% of Welsh Councils
don’t have any air quality monitors outside schools; and
- The Welsh Government’s target of a 40%
reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020, which it is currently
projected to miss.
Key discussion points:
- Supporting the
sustainable management of Wales’ natural resources - including
biodiversity, marine conservation and sustainable land use;
- Next steps for planning and environmental law in Wales,
particularly in relation to protecting natural resource management;
- Regulating extractive industries and managing their effects on the
local environment;
- Improving air quality
across Wales in light of findings
that all four designated ‘clean air zones’ in Wales have illegally high
pollution levels;
- Strategies for assessing
and adapting to the consequences of climate change including: flood
prevention, other infrastructure resilience and changing agricultural
practices; and
- Priorities for Wales’ contribution to limiting climate change
including:
o Supporting low-carbon energy projects;
o Improving energy efficiency in buildings
and business processes; and
o Increasing recycling, re-use and energy
from waste.
The draft
agenda is copied below my signature, and a regularly updated version is
available to download here. The seminar is organised on the basis of strict
impartiality by the Policy Forum for Wales.
Follow us @PFWEvents for live updates.
Speakers
We are delighted
to be able to include in this seminar keynote addresses from: Matthew Bell,
Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change; Mike Evans, Head of
Evidence, Knowledge and Advice, Natural Resources Wales and Matthew Quinn,
Director, Environment and Sustainable Development, Welsh Government.
Further confirmed speakers include: Councillor Dr Stuart Anderson, Tidal Energy Campaigner and former
Chairman, Conwy County Borough Council; Gill Bell, Wales Programme
Manager, Marine Conservation Society; Joseph Carter, Head of Wales,
British Lung Foundation; Rebecca Colley-Jones, Circular Economy & Resource Specialist, The
Sustainability Lab and Director, Ynys Resources; Steve Harding,
Senior Asset Manager, Wales & West Utilities; Stephen James,
President, NFU Cymru; Rachel Sharp, Chief Executive Officer,
Wildlife Trusts Wales; Roger Street, Director, UK Climate Impacts
Programme, University of Oxford; David Weatherall, Policy Lead, Energy
Saving Trust and Paul Willis, Automatic Air Measurements & Data
Delivery Business Manager, Ricardo Energy and Environment.
Neil
McEvoy AM, Member,
Cross-Party Group on Sustainable Energy has kindly agreed to chair part
of this seminar.
Networking
This
seminar will present an opportunity to engage with key policymakers and other
interested parties, and
is CPD certified (more
details). Places have been reserved
by parliamentary pass-holders from the National Assembly for Wales and
officials from the Welsh Government. Also due to attend are
representatives from Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales; Aquatera
Ltd; Atkins; Bodorgan Trust Company; Brecon Beacons Park
Society; Browne Jacobson; Burges Salmon; Caerphilly County
Borough Council; Cardiff Civic Society; Cardiff University; Cartrefi
Conwy; Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; CPRW Brecon &
Radnor Branch; CWM Environmental - Carmarthenshire, Dyfed; Dwr
Cymru; Geoconservation Cymru - Wales; Groundwork Wales; Keep
Wales Tidy; Llais y Goedwig; Natural Resources Wales; Office
for National Statistics; SongBird Survival; Sustainable Wales;
The Coal Authority; The Planning Inspectorate for Wales; Torfaen
Friends of the Earth; UPM Kymmene (UK); UPM Kymmene (UK); Wales
Audit Office and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff.
A press pass has been reserved by representatives from Cilgwyn
Community.
Overall, we expect speakers and attendees to be a senior
and informed group numbering around 100, including Members of the National
Assembly for Wales and senior officials from the Welsh Government, [regulators
and other agencies, representatives of trade unions and local government,
specialist academics and charities,] together with reporters from the national
and trade press based in Wales and elsewhere.
Output and About Us
A key
output of the seminar will be a transcript of the proceedings, sent out around
12 working days after the event to all attendees and a wider group of Ministers
and officials in the Wales Office and Welsh Government departments affected by
the issues; as well as Assembly Members with a special interest in the subject.
It will also be made available more widely. This document will include
transcripts of all speeches and questions and answers sessions from the day,
along with access to PowerPoint presentations, speakers’ biographies, an
attendee list, an agenda, sponsor information, as well as any subsequent press
coverage of the day and any articles or comment pieces submitted by delegates.
It is made available subject to strict restrictions on public use, and is
intended to provide timely information for interested parties who are unable to
attend on the day.
All delegates will receive
complimentary PDF copies and are invited to contribute to the content.
The
Policy Forum for Wales is strictly impartial and cross-party. The Forum has no
policy agenda of its own.
Booking arrangements
To book places, please use our online booking form.
Once submitted, this will be
taken as a confirmed booking and will be subject to our terms and conditions
below.
Please pay in advance by credit
card on 01344
864796. If advance credit card payment is not
possible, please let me know and we may be able to make other arrangements.
Options and
charges are as follows:
- Places at The future of Wales’ environment: protecting natural
resources, improving air quality and tackling climate change (including
refreshments and PDF copy of the transcripts) are £210 plus VAT;
- Concessionary rate places for small charities, unfunded individuals
and those in similar circumstances are £80 plus VAT. Please be sure
to apply for this at the time of booking.
For those who cannot attend:
- Copies of the briefing document, including full
transcripts of all speeches and the questions and comments sessions and
further articles from interested parties, will be available approximately 12
days after the event for £95 plus VAT;
- Concessionary rate: £50 plus VAT.
If
you find the charge for places a barrier to attending, please let me know as
concessionary and complimentary places are made available in certain
circumstances (but do be advised that this typically applies to individual
service users or carers or the like who are not supported by or part of an
organisation, full-time students, people between jobs or who are fully retired with no paid work, and representatives of
small charities - not businesses, individuals funded by an organisation,
or larger charities/not-for-profit companies). Please note terms and conditions
below (including cancellation
charges).
I do hope
that you will be able to join us for what promises to be a most useful morning,
and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours
sincerely
Jonny
Roberts
Jonny Roberts
Golygydd Cysylltiol, Fforwm
Polisïau Cymru / Associate Editor, Policy Forum for Wales
T: 01344 864796
F: 01344 420121
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