NRW, Wales' environmental watchdog, is making job cuts to plug a £13m gap in its budget.
Campaigners have warned against "brutal" cuts to Wales' environmental watchdog, saying the plans "put nature at risk".
NRW said it was making "every effort to protect areas of work that have the most impact on nature, climate and pollution".While acknowledging the organisation was in "an impossible financial situation", many felt "angry" and "excluded from planning the solution", one said. NRW employs about 1800 staff and has a wide range of responsibilities - from protecting wildlife to regulating power stations
The "funding gap" in its budget is set to reach £13m in 2025-26, and will exceed £17m by 2026-27 without action. "If the library closes I think our voluntary efforts to stop the decline of nature and to restore it will be severely impacted," she added. "Public funding is exceptionally tight across the whole of the UK and we are having to... critically review what we can and must continue to do, what we stop, and what we slow or do differently.""They have continued to show the upmost professionalism and dedication to their roles during this challenging period," he said.
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