State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR) for Wales 2020
This is our second assessment of Wales’s sustainable management of natural resources, including Wales’s impact globally
SoNaRR assesses Wales’s sustainable management of natural resources and sets out a range of opportunities for action. The Bridges to the Future section proposes a transformational approach for how Wales can bridge the gap between where it is now and where it needs to be to achieve a sustainable future. SoNaRR assesses sustainable management of natural resources (SMNR) against the four long-term aims of SMNR. These are: safeguarded and enhanced natural resources, resilient ecosystems, healthy places for people, and a regenerative economy. The report presents the best available evidence to support the assessment in eight cross-cutting theme chapters and eight broad ecosystem chapters. The key pressures, impacts and opportunities are summarised in the natural resource registers and can be explored using interactive infographics.
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Introduction – find out what SoNaRR is about
Bridges to the future – how Wales can bridge the gap between where it is now and where it needs to be to achieve a sustainable future
Transforming the food system
Transforming the energy system
Transforming the transport system
Aim 1 assessment: Stocks of natural resources safeguarded and enhanced
Aim 2 assessment: Resilient ecosystems
Aim 3 assessment: Healthy places for people
Aim 4 assessment: A regenerative economy
Natural Resource Registers – summarising the pressures, impacts, our assessment of SMNR and the opportunities for action across the broad ecosystems
Infographics – pressures and opportunities viewed in a new way
Ecosystem assessments – assessment of SMNR within the eight broad ecosystems
Cross-cutting theme assessments – assessment of SMNR by eight cross-cutting themes
Case studies – explore inspiring projects that relate to the SoNaRR themes
Evidence needs – what would help us with our assessment
Our method – how we have assessed the sustainable management of natural resources
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Foreword
Full structure and contents
Download the SoNaRR2020 executive summary report (PDF)