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Local Authorities and Sustainable Peatland Management
Local Authorities and Partnership Working for SPM
NRW
Partnership working between local authorities and other actors will also be essential to SPM because nature doesn’t recognise administrative boundaries and peatlands may cover a wide area. These partnerships will need to involve a range of organisations, operating at different spatial scales, who can bring different forms of knowledge to bring to the table.
Dwr Cymru
Private landowners
Local Authorities
National Parks
Third sector organisations
Public Service Boards
There already a number of mechanisms, statutory and otherwise, in place to support partnership working between local authorities and other organisations; focused on Welsh Government’s goals in terms of wellbeing and nature recovery. By recognising the important part peatlands play in meeting these objectives, these vehicles may be used to further the aims of SPM.
Mechanisms to Support Partnership Working for SPM
Corporate Joint Committees
Area Statements
Local Nature Partnerships
Funding is essential to partnership working especially where it involves peat restoration. The NPAP has dedicated funding for SPM but by recognising the multiple benefits of peatlands it is possible to identify other potential funding sources for SPM, including Welsh Government, UK Government and charitable organisations. Private funding may also play an important role in peatland restoration and local authorities may have a role in operating as a trusted ‘broker’ to negotiate agreements between landowners and private companies.
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