Nature Networks Fund (round four) decisions, February 2025

Nature Networks Fund (round four) decisions, February 2025

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Schedule of decisions made by the grant in aid non-lottery sub-board (a sub-set of Trustees), 24 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

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