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Cross Party Group Details

Cross Party Group Title:

Cross Party Group for Biodiversity

Group membership and office holders

Name of Group Chair:

John Griffiths

Names of other Members of the Senedd:

Delyth Jewell (Vice Chair), Janet Finch-Saunders, Llyr Gruffydd, Mike Hedges, Altaf Hussain, Mark Isherwood, Carolyn Thomas

 

Name of Secretary and Organisation:

Liz Smith, Wales Environment Link

Names of other external members and organisations represented:

WEL members, including: Annie Smith (RSPB), Meriel Harrison (RSPB), Alex Phillips (WWF), Ken Addison (CPRW), Rachel Sharp / Tim Birch (Wildlife Trusts Wales), Ed Goodall (Whale and Dolphin Conservation), Jerry Langford / Helen Lucoq (Coed Cadw / Woodland Trust), Adam Thorogood (Coed Cadw / Woodland Trust), Arfon Williams (RSPB), Kate Rees (National Trust)

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Other meetings of the Group since the last AGM

Date of Meeting:

Friday 28^th March – AGM and meeting online, live-streamed to YouTube

Attendees:

John Griffiths MS – Chair of the CPG

Delyth Jewell – Vice Chair of CPG

Huw Irranca-Davies – Deputy First Minister / Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change & Rural Affairs

Liz Smith – Wales Environment Link, secretariat 

Tessa Marshall – Wales Environment Link

Annie Smith – RSPB Cymru

Rachel Hoffman – Plantlife International

Meg Griffiths – Plantlife Cymru

Erin Shott – Plantlife

Aimee Seager – Plantlife

Alex Phillips – WWF Cymru

Alice Teague – Welsh Government

Alwyn Edwards – Glastir Woodland Creation agent

Andrew Bettridge – Labour Senedd staffer

Chiara Cooper – JNCC

Chris Mills – Afonydd Cymru

Claire Rumsey – Plantlife

Dan Rose – Labour Senedd staffer

Dan Ward – Tir Natur

Fergus O’Brien – DŵrCymru

Fiona Thomas – Marine Conservation Society

Frances Winder – Butterfly Conservation

Gareth Clubb – WWF Cymru

Gwyn Jones – European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism

Ioan Bellin – Plaid Cymru staffer

James Hitchcock – Rewilding Britain

Karen Stothard – Welsh Government

Katy Orford – Senedd Research

Lauri MacLean – National Trust

Leigh-Anne Bullough – JNCC

Liz Wilkinson – Senedd Research

Lizzie Wilberforce – Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

Luke Romaine – Welsh Government

Rachel Bedwin – RSPB

Rebecca Walley – British Ecological Society

Rhiannon Hardiman – Future Generations Office

Ruth Chambers – Green Alliance

Sarah MacCarty – Welsh Government

Steve Jennings – Environmental Consultant

Sue Evans – GWCT / Independent consultant

Tim Birch – Wildlife Trusts Wales

 

 

 

 

Summary of the issues discussed:

We discussed the upcoming Nature Positive Bill, focusing on nature targets, doing a focused look at how international commitments align to Welsh legislation / policy commitments. We used an example of Target 7 – reducing nutrient pollution – from the Global Biodiversity Framework as an important way of tackling the nature crisis.

 

This meeting is available to watch back on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Nco3i9e2U&ab_channel=WalesEnvironmentLink

 

All the presentations can be viewed online here:

·         Annie Smith, RSPB Cymru: Introduction to the Global Biodiversity Framework, and high level targets 

·         Cath Lehane, WWF Cymru: how a strong target 7 could address the challenges facing our freshwater habitats/rivers 

·         Rachel Hoffmann, Plantlife International: overview of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) and its alignment to the Biodiversity Framework

·         Meg Griffiths, Plantlife Cymru: applying global targets for nature in Wales

 

Date of Meeting:

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Date of Meeting:

21/05/2024

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Professional lobbyists, voluntary organisations and charities the Group have met during the previous year.

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Name of Organisation:

None – minus the WEL network’s membership, the key ones involved in the CPG being their own members in their own right

 

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Annual Financial Statement

Cross Party Group Title:

 Cross Party Group for Biodiversity

Date:

30/05/24

Name of Chair:

John Griffiths MS

Name of Secretary and Organisation:

Liz Smith, Wales Environment Link

Title	Description	Amount
Group’s Expenses	None	£0.00
Costs of all goods	No goods bought	£0.00
Benefits received by the group or individuals members from external bodies	No benefits received.	£0.00
Any financial support or other support.	No financial support was received.	£0.00
Total		£0.00

Services provided to the Group, such as hospitality.

All hospitality paid for [include the name of the group/organisation].

Date	Name and description of provider	Costs
		£0.00
N/a – no in person meetings for this time period
Total		£0.00