Nature Networks Fund (round four) decisions, February 2025
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 Resilient Woodland Networks
Applicant: The Woodland Trust
Decision: Reject
#NNF4 Coetiroedd Tymherus Eryri / #NNF4 Eryri Rainforest Landscapes
Applicant: Snowdonia National Park Authority
Decision: Reject
#NNF4 Our journey to 30x30 – condition, connectivity and resilience in protected sites
Applicant: The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales Limited
Decision: Award delivery grant of £901,907 (100%)
#NNF4 Cysylltiadau Naturiol / Naturally Connected
Applicant: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
Decision: Award delivery grant of £995,542 (87%)
#NNF4 ' Y Bannau'n Cysylltu Natur'/ #NNF4 Beacons Connecting Nature
Applicant: The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
Decision: Award delivery grant of £971,888 (93%)
#NNF4 Clwydian Limestone Links Project
Applicant: Denbighshire County Council
Decision: Award delivery grant of £872,676 (97%)
#NNF4 A resilient Gwent for people and wildlife
Applicant: Gwent Wildlife Trust Ltd.
Decision: Award delivery grant of £556,343 (100%)
#NNF4 1 Common Connection
Applicant: Bridgend County Borough Council
Decision: Award delivery grant of £823,800 (99%)
#NNF4 Llangadwaladr Legacies
Applicant: Bodorgan Environmental Management Ltd
Decision: Reject
#NNF4 Stepping Stones for Species: Innovative Nature Recovery in Wales
Applicant: Dr Beynon's Bug Farm Ltd
Decision: Award delivery grant of £643,000 (100%)
#NNF4 Protecting fish populations in Welsh rivers and the Bristol Channel
Applicant: Swansea University
Decision: Award delivery grant of £656,833 (100%)
#NNF4 Landscape for Lessers
Applicant: The Vincent Wildlife Trust
Decision: Award delivery grant of £987,929 (96%)
#NNF4 National Seagrass Action Plan (NSAP): governance and implementation
Applicant: Project Seagrass
Decision: Reject
#NNF4 Gwneud Traciau: Gerddi Porthllwyd a Choed Dolgarrog
Applicant: Dolgarrog Community Council
Decision: Award delivery grant of £449,591 (90%)
#NNF4 RiverSevernNatureandUs
Applicant: Maesmawr Group Limited
Decision: Reject
#NNF4 Delivering ecological outcomes through farm businesses to support the protected areas network: capital work and capacity for scaling-up
Applicant: Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust
Decision: Reject
#NNF4 Future Proofing the Severn Estuary
Applicant: Cardiff University
Decision: Award delivery grant of £992,285 (87%)
#NNF4 Routes to Resilience / Llwybrau i Wytnwch
Applicant: Cardiff Council
Decision: Award delivery grant of £346,500 (71%)
#NNF4 The Curlews Call – Sustaining our Uplands for Nature and People #NNF4 Cri'r Gylfinir – Cynnal ein Hucheldiroedd ar gyfer Natur a Phobl
Applicant: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Decision: Award delivery grant of £997,359 (87%)
#NNF4 Nocturnal Network – Rhwydweithiau'r Nos (North Wales Dark Ecological Networks – Rhwydweithau Ecolegol Tywyll Gogledd Cymru)
Applicant: Denbighshire County Council (on behalf of Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB)
Decision: Reject