Decision details
Debate on the Environment and Sustainability Committee’s Report on its Inquiry into Sustainable Land Management
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly, Environment and Sustainability Committee - Fourth Assembly
Status: Complete
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
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sessions from the stakeholder workshop discussing the key issues of the inquiry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2hwb_EtX3U&list=UUfFbE37IX0a-XAKE9yw-CPQ
Consultation
Terms of reference
Events, studies and reports highlighted that a sustainable future for agriculture and our environment was by no means certain. Further, aspects of both were especially fragile and had limited resilience to unexpected change.
When it came to agriculture and the natural environment, it was clear to us that we could not realise a sustainable future for one without the other. That is why we believed it was important that we looked at the resilience and sustainability of our land management practices and policies in Wales.
We gathered evidence and analysed the issues that arose before drawing conclusions and making recommendations to help ensure that the Welsh Government was using its policy tools to maximum effect to ensure that our land was managed in a sustainable way.
In order to arrive at this position we addressed three key questions:
- What do we want sustainable land
management in Wales to look like and what outcomes do we want to deliver
in the short, medium and longer term?
- What are the barriers preventing us from
delivering these outcomes now?
- How do we overcome these challenges?
- What are the main policy drivers and how
can these be shaped to overcome these challenges?
In doing so, we
wish in particular (though not exclusively) to gather your views on:
- How we define the key ecosystems and
ecosystem services in a way that makes sense for Wales?
- How we develop a baseline from which to
measure progress? This includes how we collect, coordinate and use data to
support sustainable land management in Wales.
- What incentives we can provide land
managers to develop sustainable practices, and in particular, any new
sources of investment we can attract to support these?
- How we ensure that our sustainable land
management policies maintain vibrant rural communities and attract new
entrants into the land-based sector?
- The most appropriate geographical
scale(s) at which we should be delivering sustainable land management
policies and practices in Wales?
- If there are key actions we can take to
deliver short-term ‘quick wins’ and the actions we should be taking for
the long-term?
In undertaking this inquiry, we were guided
by the views and opinions expressed to us at our stakeholder workshop on 3 July
2013. We maintained a dialogue with these stakeholders throughout the life of
this inquiry.
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Consultation responses, correspondence and
other relevant written documentation is published at the bottom of this page.
Further information
Sustainable
Land Management Case Studies
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Decision:
The item started at 16.27
NDM5554 Alun Ffred Jones (Arfon)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
Notes the report of the Environment and Sustainability Committee on its
inquiry into Sustainable Land Management, which was laid in the Table Office on
19 May 2014.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order
12.36.
Publication date: 09/07/2014
Date of decision: 09/07/2014
Decided at meeting: 09/07/2014 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly