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Topic Groups, Nature Conservation and Environment

Pembrokeshire is particularly blessed with the quality of its environment and its wildlife. The 259km coastline lies mostly within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and contains one of the largest densities of protected environmental sites in Europe .

This high quality environment and rich diversity of wildlife are a major source of employment and socio-economic benefit to the county through tourism and recreational activity.

Pembrokeshire is internationally important for many of its coastal, marine and lowland habitats, and is also of national importance for others e.g. ancient semi-natural oak woodland.

A few of the issues identified through topic group meetings on this subject were:

• Environmental impact of beach litter.
• Environmentally inappropriate coastal defence schemes can cause loss of habitat and biodiversity.
• Sewage and other discharges into rivers and coastal waters can have significant impacts on marine and estuarial ecosystems and biodiversity.

This Topic Group was chaired by freelance environmental advisor, Robin Crump. To download a full report on this subject in PDF format, including all the issues identified at the meetings, click here If you would like the document in Welsh, please contact Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum on 01646 696174.

PLEASE NOTE THESE PAPERS WILL NEED REGULAR UPDATING TO REFLECT CHANGES TAKING PLACE AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW INFORMATION SO ANY FEEDBACK ON THEIR CONTENT IS WELCOMED.