of steep river gorges, water- falls and green valleys. Oak, ash, rowan Landscapes LANDMAP is a tool to help sustainable Snowdonia's landscape is unique. Its nine decision-making and natural resource planning at a range of mountain ranges cover approxi- mately 52 levels from local to national whilst ensuring transparency in percent of the park and include many peaks decision-making. LANDMAP maps and classifies landscapes and that are more than 3,000 feet (915m). evaluates their importance at a local and national scale. Snowdonia is an incredibly varied landscape and hazel woodlands are found scat- tered of Harlech Bryn Cader throughout the park - and the beautiful Dyfi, Snowdonia also to the has an incredibly Mawddach and Dwyryd estuaries plus 23 ancient and rich historical dramatic miles of coastline and sandy beaches contribute to the overall diversity of the landscape from hill top the grand castle landscape. cairn of Faner. Snowdonia has 13 areas of Land- scape All these elements of of Special Historic Interest, 19 historic parks the landscape that set and gardens, 7,800 Snowdonia apart are non-designated historic assets and 5,900 encapsu- lated in the Registered Traditional Buildings! Special Qualities on page 12 and 13. There are 47 RIGS (Regionally Important Geodiversity Sites) in the National Park. These are designated sites in order to: Provide protection for locally important geological sites Increase public awareness and understanding of rocks, fossils, minerals and landscapes Provide environment for people to learn about local geology 38,000 ha (12.5% of Welsh woodland cover) Native woodland now only equates to of the approximately 5% of the National Parks’ 18% woodland cover National Park is covered by Ancient Woodlands - 5,444 ha Ancient semi natural woodland - 3,854 ha woodland, Plantation on ancient woodland site - 3033 ha Restored Ancient woodland - 1986 ha equates to some 28 Cynllun Consultation Document 2018
Landscapes Snowdonia's landscape is unique. Its nine mountain ranges cover approxi- mately 52 percent of the park and include many peaks that are more than 3,000 feet (915m). Snowdonia is an incredibly varied landscape of steep river gorges, water- falls and green valleys. Oak, ash, rowan LANDMAP is a tool to help sustainable decision-making and natural resource planning at a range of levels from local to national whilst ensuring transparency in decision-making. LANDMAP maps and classifies landscapes and evaluates their importance at a local and national scale. and hazel woodlands are found scat- tered throughout the park - and the beautiful Dyfi, Mawddach and Dwyryd estuaries plus 23 miles of coastline and sandy beaches contribute to the overall diversity of the landscape. Snowdonia also has an incredibly rich historical landscape from the grand castle of Harlech to the ancient and dramatic hill top cairn of Bryn Cader Faner. Snowdonia has 13 areas of Land- scape of Special Historic Interest, 19 historic parks and gardens, 7,800 non-designated historic assets and 5,900 Registered Traditional Buildings! All these elements of the landscape that set Snowdonia apart are encapsu- lated in the Special Qualities on page 12 and 13. There are 47 RIGS (Regionally Important Geodiversity Sites) in the National Park. These are designated sites in order to: Provide protection for locally important geological sites Increase public awareness and understanding of rocks, fossils, minerals and landscapes Provide environment for people to learn about local geology 18% of the National Park is covered by woodland, equates to some 38,000 ha (12.5% of Welsh woodland cover) Native woodland now only equates to approximately 5% of the National Parks’ woodland cover Ancient Woodlands - 5,444 ha Ancient semi natural woodland - 3,854 ha Plantation on ancient woodland site - 3033 ha Restored Ancient woodland - 1986 ha 28 Cynllun Consultation Document 2018
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