Environmental Opportunities

Environment Platform Wales have a range of upcoming opportunities and events for our university partners (including undergraduates, postgraduates, postdocs, academics). Careers Fairs If you are studying at one of our Welsh partner universities, you will be able to find the Environment Platform Wales stand at your upcoming careers day from…

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10 things we learnt at Environment Evidence 2020 – Resilience in the Welsh Uplands

Environment Platform Wales Director Dr Jennifer Geroni looks back at ten of the key points emerging from the discussions that took place at our five-day online conference in September. What are the themes and issues emerging from welsh-uplands themed conference? Read on to find out more.

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Michael Sheen joins the call to protect Welsh Upland Areas

Ahead of our Resilience in the Welsh Uplands conference starting on Monday 14th Sept, we’re sharing this special video featuring the poem ‘My Land’ by the North Wales poet John Morris Jones read by a VERY familiar and famous face – the legendary Welsh actor Michael Sheen.

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UPLAND VOICES: A farmer’s tale of life on the Uplands

As part of our Upland voices project, Mid Wales beef and sheep farmer Hywel Morgan shares the story of his family farm ar Esgairllaethdy at the foot of the Black Mountains. In this article, he outlines his concerns and worries for the future of farming and what it’s like to be a farmer in Wales in 2020. In the run-up to our Resilience in the Welsh Uplands confererence in September, we’re shining a light on seldom-heard voices currently living and working in the Welsh Uplands. Why not get involved and share your story, too?

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Passionate about Marine: Kat Route-Stephens

As part of Environment Platform Wales’ first national conference specialising in Marine Evidence, we catch up with Kat Route-Stephens, Specialist Advisor to Natural Resources Wales on Marine Industries and Energy. We meet Kat to see what makes her tick and what she’ll be discussing at her session at the Marine Evidence (Wales) conference.

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