Nature Networks Fund (round 4)

This fund aims to strengthen the resilience of Wales’ network of protected land and marine sites, building capacity to strengthen and upscale future delivery for nature, and actively encouraging community engagement.

Schedule of Decisions

#NNF4 Connecting Wetlands for Wildlife and People

Applicant: Amphibian and Reptile conservation Trust

Decision: Reject

#NNF4 All At Sea – marine wildlife and special places for everyone.

Applicant: The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales Limited

Decision: Award grant of £249,940 (100%)

#NNF4 Ciliau Farm - a wildlife approach to farming.

Applicant: Small Farms Ltd

Decision: Reject

#NNF4 Tir Morfa Coastal Restoration and Resilience

Applicant: The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

Decision: Reject

#NNF4 Large Heath Recovery in the Protected Site Network

Applicant: Butterfly Conservation 

Decision: Award grant of £249,955 (100%)

#NNF4 Bottlenose Dolphin Connectivity between Protected and Unprotected Areas of Wales: Addressing New Threats

Applicant: Sea Watch Foundation: The Cetacean Monitoring Unit

Decision: Award grant of £249,000 (77%)

#NNF4: Building Nature Networks in Rhondda Cynon Taf / Adeiladu Rhwydweithiau Natur yn Rhondda Cynon Taf

Applicant: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Decision: Award grant of £247,778 (100%)

#NNF4 – Ely Catchment Community Connections (ECCCo)

Applicant: South East Wales Rivers Trust

Decision: Award grant of £246,754 (99%)

#NNF4 Bumblebees of North West Wales/ Cacwn Gogledd-orllewin Cymru

Applicant: Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Decision: Reject

#NNF4 Project Afon-Lân: Targeted riparian planting near protected waters - getting the right trees in the right places to improve water quality.

Applicant: Coed Natur Woodlands

Decision: Reject

#NNF4 North Pembrokeshire Corridors

Applicant: Cwm Arian Renewable Energy Ltd

Decision: Reject

#NNF4 Mynydd Iach Penderyn Healthy Mountain

Applicant: Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

Decision: Award grant of £224,487 (100%)

#NNF4 Building a RENs Approach for Gwent

Applicant: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (100%)

#NNF4 Common-to-Common: Intergenerational restoration for the River Usk

Applicant: Action for Conservation

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (66%)

#NNF4 Rhyfeddodau Coetir Cymru – Wales Woodland Wonders

Applicant: The Bat Conservation Trust

Decision: Award grant of £245,099 (100%)

#NNF4 Building a Resilient Berwyn Landscape

Applicant: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Decision: Reject

#NNF4 Aberbargoed Grasslands National Nature Reserve Ecosystem Restoration

Applicant: Caerphilly County Borough Council

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (100%)

#NNF4 MPAs Matter / AmdaniAmAGM

Applicant: North Wales Wildlife Trust

Decision: Reject

#NNF4 Next Generation Nature

Applicant: Wild Ground

Decision: Reject

#NNF4ConservationOnTheCommon

Applicant: Redberth Croft CIC

Decision: Reject

#NNF4 Natur a Ni: Nature Connections in the Bwlch Corog uplands

Applicant: Coetir Anian

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (86%)

#NNF4 Fferm Glanfedw Farm Biodiversity Enhancement and Monitoring Project

Applicant: Fferm Glanfedw Farm

Decision: Reject