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Cuts to Welsh environment regulator, soil erosion, Welsh sheep

Cuts to the Welsh environment regulator will negatively impact nature, according to the wildlife charity WWF Cymru. And researchers use data to put a price soil erosion

Cuts to the Welsh environmental regulator - Natural Resources Wales - will have a negative impact on nature, according to the wildlife charity WWF Cymru. NRA needs to save 拢12 million and says it will achieve that by focusing on its core services to protect the environment, and no longer running its cafes, visitor centres and libraries. WWF Cymru says this will mean some environmental crimes and pollution will go undetected.
Researchers from the University of Worcester are using detailed analysis of farmland to put a price on the soil being washed away by rain. The aim is to help understand the cost of erosion and how much it could be worth spending to put it right.
And we meet a Welsh sheep farmer who's facing greater challenges as the climate changes.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced in Bristol by Sally Challoner.

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