Rainforests in wetter, cooler climates can help flood prevention and boost tourism, experts say.
Rainforests used to cover much of the west coast of Britain, but were destroyed over hundreds of years and, today, only a few remain.
"We've got 1% remaining of this very precious and unique habitat. So we really need to work with what we've got left. Conservation officer Adam Dawson says we need to make the most of the "precious" remaining spaces for temperate rainforests"So you're slowing down the surge flows that otherwise come down into the residential and urbanised areas.""If people can come and swim in the rivers, if people can paddle in the rivers, if people can fish in the rivers, then that's going to bring more people to this area if we've got good clean water.
"In no way do we want to push farmers out. We need food production and we need farmers to manage our countryside."show that only 640 acres of woodland was created last year - just over 12% of the Welsh government's target of 5,000 hectares annually.
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