Jess McQuade
@jessmcquade.bsky.social
Pembrokeshire Wholescape Programme Manager @wwfcymru; Trustee @iwa_Wales; Member of local campaign group on river & sea water quality. Systems thinker aiming for regeneration. Inspired by nature, creativity and activism. Ideas for transformation please.
Important review published for environment and agriculture. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farming: Muck-spreading regulations needed for pollution, review finds
Stricter rules on spreading and storing manures have been phased in since 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Important review published for environment and agriculture. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Heart breaking news for #cleddauriver , the nature it should support and the communties who live along it. Main contributor from the evidence is agriculture so its vital we all now work together and get funding in to regenerate and support farmers to chnage practices afonyddcymru.org/river-water-...
Latest River Water Quality Results For Wales - Afonydd Cymru
The assessments for Welsh rivers in 2024 show the extent to which legal targets will be missed.....
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March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Heart breaking news for #cleddauriver , the nature it should support and the communties who live along it. Main contributor from the evidence is agriculture so its vital we all now work together and get funding in to regenerate and support farmers to chnage practices afonyddcymru.org/river-water-...
The evidence on the negative impact we have on natural processes just hets worse and worse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The evidence on the negative impact we have on natural processes just hets worse and worse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So lovely to see Fishguard #Pembrokeshire being promoted. I hope to do the Saints and Stones Pilgrimage including the Irish leg connecting with people over there working on similar regeneration projects. This has given me the inspiration / reminder to start planning.
www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...
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Forgotten Fishguard? - Institute of Welsh Affairs
A stroll through Fishguard to reflect on the town as an important cultural and tourism centre for West Wales.
www.iwa.wales
March 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
So lovely to see Fishguard #Pembrokeshire being promoted. I hope to do the Saints and Stones Pilgrimage including the Irish leg connecting with people over there working on similar regeneration projects. This has given me the inspiration / reminder to start planning.
www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...
www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...
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"Managing a decarbonisation programme requires internal capacity within local authorities: to oversee and manage projects[...]; and to deliver overall policy and strategy."
Jack Price details the challenges and opportunities for Local Authorities’ net zero plans 👉 ow.ly/wJQu50V2J8q
#thewelshagenda
Jack Price details the challenges and opportunities for Local Authorities’ net zero plans 👉 ow.ly/wJQu50V2J8q
#thewelshagenda
February 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"Managing a decarbonisation programme requires internal capacity within local authorities: to oversee and manage projects[...]; and to deliver overall policy and strategy."
Jack Price details the challenges and opportunities for Local Authorities’ net zero plans 👉 ow.ly/wJQu50V2J8q
#thewelshagenda
Jack Price details the challenges and opportunities for Local Authorities’ net zero plans 👉 ow.ly/wJQu50V2J8q
#thewelshagenda
The net zero businesses accounted for 1.1% of the UK’s total GVA, making it bigger than the farming and advertising and market research sectors. The net zero sector is also expanding strongly, with the 10% growth in 2024 following a 9% jump in 2023. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
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February 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The net zero businesses accounted for 1.1% of the UK’s total GVA, making it bigger than the farming and advertising and market research sectors. The net zero sector is also expanding strongly, with the 10% growth in 2024 following a 9% jump in 2023. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Had a great afternoon meeting with RSA Welsh associates. We created a space for deep and reciprocal conversation. Left feeling up - lifted with sense of emerging potential for collaboration with group of people wouldn’t otherwise meet.
February 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Had a great afternoon meeting with RSA Welsh associates. We created a space for deep and reciprocal conversation. Left feeling up - lifted with sense of emerging potential for collaboration with group of people wouldn’t otherwise meet.
Lucky to have visited Car y Mor #seaweed and multi- tropic farm based in #pembrokeshire today. Amazing to see their growth over the last few years. Being an innovative pathfinder business is hard, so big up to their vision and all the hard work that goes into making it happen.
February 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Lucky to have visited Car y Mor #seaweed and multi- tropic farm based in #pembrokeshire today. Amazing to see their growth over the last few years. Being an innovative pathfinder business is hard, so big up to their vision and all the hard work that goes into making it happen.
It’s a big issue in my local river and so I am part of Save the Teifi campaign group which is having an impact. Getting involved can enable change. I
More than 68,000 raw sewage spills have polluted British rivers and seas already this year, data suggests
More than 68,000 sewage spills across Britain so far this year, say campaigners
More than 68,000 raw sewage spills have polluted British rivers and seas already this year, data suggests. Campaign group Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) have launched an online water quality hub, mappin...
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February 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It’s a big issue in my local river and so I am part of Save the Teifi campaign group which is having an impact. Getting involved can enable change. I
Attending Cwm Arian event for Nyfer am Byth project to learn about the importance of Welsh names to understand the history and landscape of the area. Understanding this cultural relationship to land and river is vital part of the rivers restoration. Great passionate presentation.
February 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Attending Cwm Arian event for Nyfer am Byth project to learn about the importance of Welsh names to understand the history and landscape of the area. Understanding this cultural relationship to land and river is vital part of the rivers restoration. Great passionate presentation.
More detail on oyster restoration project in #pembrokeshire
Great to see it getting visibility and sharing ways we can restore marine ecosystems.
www.itv.com/watch/news/n...
Great to see it getting visibility and sharing ways we can restore marine ecosystems.
www.itv.com/watch/news/n...
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February 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
More detail on oyster restoration project in #pembrokeshire
Great to see it getting visibility and sharing ways we can restore marine ecosystems.
www.itv.com/watch/news/n...
Great to see it getting visibility and sharing ways we can restore marine ecosystems.
www.itv.com/watch/news/n...
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Senedd members warned of a public health emergency due to the dominance of ultra-processed food in people’s diets
Ultra-processed foods ‘fuelling public health emergency’
Chris Haines, ICNN Senedd reporter Senedd members warned of a public health emergency due to the dominance of ultra-processed food in people’s diets. Labour’s Jenny Rathbone led a debate on a cross-pa...
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February 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Senedd members warned of a public health emergency due to the dominance of ultra-processed food in people’s diets
This is what mutual beneficial regenerative relationship looks like.
#Pembrokeshire has Wales only #seaweed farm: Car y Mor which is actually a multi tropic regenerative ocean farm. It’s now supplying a really exciting oyster restoration project in another part of the country. This gives me hope ❤️
#Pembrokeshire has Wales only #seaweed farm: Car y Mor which is actually a multi tropic regenerative ocean farm. It’s now supplying a really exciting oyster restoration project in another part of the country. This gives me hope ❤️
February 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what mutual beneficial regenerative relationship looks like.
#Pembrokeshire has Wales only #seaweed farm: Car y Mor which is actually a multi tropic regenerative ocean farm. It’s now supplying a really exciting oyster restoration project in another part of the country. This gives me hope ❤️
#Pembrokeshire has Wales only #seaweed farm: Car y Mor which is actually a multi tropic regenerative ocean farm. It’s now supplying a really exciting oyster restoration project in another part of the country. This gives me hope ❤️
Great article @iwa-wales.bsky.social by
@duncanfisher.bsky.social on the urgent action needed to improve our broken food system and make it resilient to future shocks and inevitable changes. Content from Tim Lang's recent report incl. list of big ideas and actions.
www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...
@duncanfisher.bsky.social on the urgent action needed to improve our broken food system and make it resilient to future shocks and inevitable changes. Content from Tim Lang's recent report incl. list of big ideas and actions.
www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...
2025 - Institute of Welsh Affairs
www.iwa.wales
February 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Great article @iwa-wales.bsky.social by
@duncanfisher.bsky.social on the urgent action needed to improve our broken food system and make it resilient to future shocks and inevitable changes. Content from Tim Lang's recent report incl. list of big ideas and actions.
www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...
@duncanfisher.bsky.social on the urgent action needed to improve our broken food system and make it resilient to future shocks and inevitable changes. Content from Tim Lang's recent report incl. list of big ideas and actions.
www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...
Agree adding in that we need more organic, regeneratively produced veg and meat in Wales. To find a market for this higher value, higher nutrition produce, public procurement needs to enable local supply chains and access for lower income families systems established. Other countries doing already.
February 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Agree adding in that we need more organic, regeneratively produced veg and meat in Wales. To find a market for this higher value, higher nutrition produce, public procurement needs to enable local supply chains and access for lower income families systems established. Other countries doing already.
Productive day: West Wales Nutrient Management TAG hearing from First Milk about supporting regenerative farming; meeting @pcfcic.bsky.social on natural capital assessment of local farms; meeting colleagues who have given green light to my suggestions for system analysis in conservation programme 👍🏻
February 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Productive day: West Wales Nutrient Management TAG hearing from First Milk about supporting regenerative farming; meeting @pcfcic.bsky.social on natural capital assessment of local farms; meeting colleagues who have given green light to my suggestions for system analysis in conservation programme 👍🏻
Shame that a legal process is required. Perhaps a consequence of current systems for conflict resolution not being fit for purpose. All those involved have a passion for nature and the local area but the devil is in the detail and tricky balance of ‘sustainability’ in a nature crisis.
Good news 2: we've got permission for judicial review of Pembs Coast NPA planning decision which we say allows more disturbance of coastal wildlife.
Background: wildjustice.org.uk/general/a-fl...
@nationaltrust.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social #coast #wales #NRW
Background: wildjustice.org.uk/general/a-fl...
@nationaltrust.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social #coast #wales #NRW
February 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Shame that a legal process is required. Perhaps a consequence of current systems for conflict resolution not being fit for purpose. All those involved have a passion for nature and the local area but the devil is in the detail and tricky balance of ‘sustainability’ in a nature crisis.
Helped set up the partnership to enable this to happen. Excited to connect history to the present and vision for the future of my local river.
February 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Helped set up the partnership to enable this to happen. Excited to connect history to the present and vision for the future of my local river.
Anyone based in West Wales or generally interested in local activism on climate and nature then check out this show. Today had a very moving interviews with parents of climate activists jailed and awaiting trial. Recommend their instagram account Freethefilton18
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The Climate Show
09:00 02/02/2025
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February 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Anyone based in West Wales or generally interested in local activism on climate and nature then check out this show. Today had a very moving interviews with parents of climate activists jailed and awaiting trial. Recommend their instagram account Freethefilton18
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Various animals have achieved fame as 'endlings’ - the last individuals of their species.
Can their tragic stories help to protect other threatened species?
To unpack this, we talk to @alexanderlees.bsky.social & @joannalilley.bsky.social on #NatureInsight.
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Can their tragic stories help to protect other threatened species?
To unpack this, we talk to @alexanderlees.bsky.social & @joannalilley.bsky.social on #NatureInsight.
bit.ly/3Ow0Wef
January 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Various animals have achieved fame as 'endlings’ - the last individuals of their species.
Can their tragic stories help to protect other threatened species?
To unpack this, we talk to @alexanderlees.bsky.social & @joannalilley.bsky.social on #NatureInsight.
bit.ly/3Ow0Wef
Can their tragic stories help to protect other threatened species?
To unpack this, we talk to @alexanderlees.bsky.social & @joannalilley.bsky.social on #NatureInsight.
bit.ly/3Ow0Wef
For the scientists who are seeing birds disappear, there is grief in watching some of the most beautiful, ecologically rich places in the world fall into decline. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on
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January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
For the scientists who are seeing birds disappear, there is grief in watching some of the most beautiful, ecologically rich places in the world fall into decline. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Committe report even made the Guardian! Nature emergency declared in Wales in 2021 yet the government says they are still not acting in way needed. WG trying hard in some areas but the politics is tough for system change in agriculture and food sector especially.
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Wales failing to tackle alarming decline in nature, report finds
One in six Welsh species threatened with extinction but report says Welsh government lacks ‘action and investment’
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Committe report even made the Guardian! Nature emergency declared in Wales in 2021 yet the government says they are still not acting in way needed. WG trying hard in some areas but the politics is tough for system change in agriculture and food sector especially.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The Welsh government said it recognised "the need to increase the scale and pace of our delivery to meet both current and future biodiversity targets".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wales: Nature loss plan criticised for lacking ambition
One in six species - such as water voles and curlews - are at risk of vanishing from Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The Welsh government said it recognised "the need to increase the scale and pace of our delivery to meet both current and future biodiversity targets".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...