The Wales Land Management Forum sub group on agricultural pollution

Purpose

The Wales Land Management Forum established a sub-group in January 2017 in order to focus on tackling agricultural pollution.

There is no one silver bullet to solve this problem – the solution is a combination of different changes all of which need to be supported by new ways of thinking. The main areas are:

A robust regulatory regime
Developing a voluntary, farmer-led approach to nutrient management
Ensuring better advice and guidance is provided and can be taken up by farmers
Improving the range of investment opportunities
Identifying and promoting innovation

In April 2018, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs was given a progress report on the work of the Wales Land Management Forum sub-group.

All those involved have worked collaboratively to help shape the initial recommendations that have been sent to the Cabinet Secretary and are optimistic that they will provide a framework to improve water quality in Welsh rivers in the long-term.

The Wales Land Management Forum sub-group continues to work at pace to deliver the recommendations in the report.