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This spatial dataset shows the areas which are excluded from General licences 001, 002 and 004 issued on 1st January 2024 by Natural Resources Wales to permit the killing of certain species of...

Freshwater macroinvertebrates are used as an indicator of water quality and river flow requirements due to the relative immobility and abundance. This dataset contains site, sample, metric and...

Macrophytes (water plants visible to the naked eye) can indicate the impact of pressures such as increased nutrients, flow pressures, channel alterations etc. The species present and their...

This data collates all the benthic invertebrate samples collected within Wales from 1988 onwards by Natural Resources Wales and former Environment Agency Wales under the Water Framework Directive...

This dataset has been superceded by the Flood Risk Assessment Wales dataset. It is therefore no longer updated. You can still view your risk of flooding by postcode on our website...

'Water Framework Directive (WFD) Transitional Waterbodies' is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework...

Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts (RBD) is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework...

The usage, name and grade of the series of recreation segments that link together to form linear recreation features, for example, mountain bike trails. - Walking: Must be promoted as an NRW...

Operational catchments are a way of grouping Water Framework Directive (WFD) waterbodies together at a meaningful scale smaller than the management catchment or River Basin District. The river...

This dataset was created by Forestry Commission Wales (FCW) and now remains as a static archive of the data. This file contains Forestry Commission's previous survey, the National Inventory of...

Better Woodlands for Wales (BBW) is the Forestry Commission Wales (FCW) grant scheme designed to meet the Woodland Strategy vision. The vision of the strategy for Wales to be known for its...

Anyone wishing to fell trees must ensure that a licence or permission under a grant scheme has been issued by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) before any felling is carried out or that one of the...

The Dedication woodland Scheme (Basis I and II) was introduced in 1947 in order to encourage landowners to retain their land in forestry and to introduce good forestry practice. Basis III was...

Revisions to Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) monitoring guidance have required Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to review its conservation objectives for river Special Areas of...

The purpose of this study was to produce information on the quantities, origins (by industry sector and geographic region), and fate (management method) of industrial & commercial (I and C) wastes...

The Water Resource Availability data is based on a nationally consistent method and provides a national picture of Water Resource Availability for each Water Framework Directive Cycle 2 water...

Flood Risk Assessment Wales provides a national assessment of risk flooding from Rivers, the Sea and Surface Water and Small Watercourses. The assessment takes into account flood defences and...

The Cycle 2 Flood Risk Areas are those communities in Wales where most significant flood risks exist across all sources of flood risk. They were identified for the purpose of the second...

The Areas Benefitting from Flood Defences show areas in Wales that benefit from flood defences that protect against flooding from Rivers and the Sea. The areas shown benefit from different levels...

This study updates the data on Urban Tree Canopy Cover in Wales, highlighting changes in the extent, location and provision of urban tree cover since 2013. This spatial dataset relates to Phase 4...