Peatland restoration targets to be tripled in Wales in an attempt to boost biodiversity.
BBC Wales Environment CorrespondentIt follows an expert review of ways to tackle nature loss, commissioned by the Welsh government.
Conservation groups have warned Wales is "haemorrhaging wildlife", with a major report in 2019 suggestingThese included birds like lapwings and curlews, mammals like the water vole and insects like the marsh fritillary butterfly and Snowdon leaf beetle.Alongside climate change, biodiversity loss is considered an existential threat to humanity - think of the pollinators we rely on to help us grow food as just one example.
But a recent Natural Resources Wales report revealed almost half were not being monitored due to lack of funds.Sites of special scientific interest, like the Gwent Levels, and other areas designated to protect habitats cover 10.6% of Wales
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