their own understanding of local projects to Welsh Government and economic resilience and economic Natural Resource Wales. opportunities. Produce a toolkit in order to • Where appropriate, Designated facilitate a consistent approach to the • Landscapes to adopt the concept of production of Place Plans whilst place planning as a mechanism to recognising they need to be different connect communities with places. according to local needs and involve Strengthen collaboration and future generations of the community. • support between the designated Designated landscapes to work • landscapes and areas with UNESCO with Visit Wales to identify and share Global Geopark, UNESCO World good practice, strengthening the Heritage Site, UNESCO Biosphere Designated Landscapes brand both Reserve status and International Dark locally and nationally within tourism Sky Reserves to maximise economic and sector. education benefits. Develop a place specific pilot • Review funding priorities for scheme in a Designated • Sustainable Development Fund in order Landscape drawing on best practice and to ensure their effectiveness in ecosystem services principles. supporting local economic initiatives Take action to address • based on local priorities and need, linking perceptions of barriers to renewable to place planning. energy development in Designated Engage in dialogue about the Landscapes and set a path to becoming • urgent needs for broadband connectivity champions of rural renewable energy whenever possible. development. Seek to establish a public / private Develop and recruit the marketing • • partnership in order to establish a and sales skills necessary to introduce mechanism to effectively introduce a Payment for Ecosystem Services to the Payment for Ecosystem Services product market. to the commercial market. Develop demonstration projects in • green growth, circular economy, and Payments for Ecosystem Services. The collaborative approach emerging through Future Landscapes Wales will be utilised to translate these activities into an Action Plan which gains commitment from partners to lead, contribute and deliver. The Plan will be a live document which can respond to opportunities and change course if that is the will of the partners. Annexes
their own understanding of local economic resilience and economic opportunities. • Where appropriate, Designated Landscapes to adopt the concept of place planning as a mechanism to connect communities with places. • Strengthen collaboration and support between the designated landscapes and areas with UNESCO Global Geopark, UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status and International Dark Sky Reserves to maximise economic and education benefits. • Review funding priorities for Sustainable Development Fund in order to ensure their effectiveness in supporting local economic initiatives based on local priorities and need, linking to place planning. • Engage in dialogue about the urgent needs for broadband connectivity whenever possible. • Seek to establish a public / private partnership in order to establish a mechanism to effectively introduce a Payment for Ecosystem Services product to the commercial market. projects to Welsh Government and Natural Resource Wales. • Produce a toolkit in order to facilitate a consistent approach to the production of Place Plans whilst recognising they need to be different according to local needs and involve future generations of the community. • Designated landscapes to work with Visit Wales to identify and share good practice, strengthening the Designated Landscapes brand both locally and nationally within tourism sector. • Develop a place specific pilot scheme in a Designated Landscape drawing on best practice and ecosystem services principles. • Take action to address perceptions of barriers to renewable energy development in Designated Landscapes and set a path to becoming champions of rural renewable energy development. • Develop and recruit the marketing and sales skills necessary to introduce Payment for Ecosystem Services to the market. • Develop demonstration projects in green growth, circular economy, and Payments for Ecosystem Services. The collaborative approach emerging through Future Landscapes Wales will be utilised to translate these activities into an Action Plan which gains commitment from partners to lead, contribute and deliver. The Plan will be a live document which can respond to opportunities and change course if that is the will of the partners. Annexes
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