In her report to the Euro Parliament's Regional Development Committee on plans for funding the Natura 2000 network of protected conservation sites, Ms Evans backs making the 'Natura 2000' programme eligible for EU funding - opening up the possibility of access to European financial support for the scheme.
The Natura 2000 network was set up by the EU to help safeguard Europe's most rare habitats and species. There are now 18,000 Natura 2000 sites covering 56 million hectares of land throughout Europe, supporting 125,000 jobs and incorporating Special Areas of Conservation in the UK.
In Wales, the EU scheme incorporates almost a hundred areas designated Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and includes the River Tywi in Carmarthenshire, the Rheidol Woods and Gorge in Ceredigion, and Blaen Cynon in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
The changes to the scheme backed by Ms Evans would mean that EU funding from sources including the European Structural Funds and Rural Development fund could be used to support these important conservation projects.
"We have a precious natural heritage in Wales and it's in all of our interests to make sure it's protected so that it can continue to support the rich and diverse range of species that we have in our natural environment. The plans that I'm supporting could mean a substantial boost in funding to safeguard environmentally sensitive sites that are vital in sustaining viable habitats for sometimes rare plant and animal life.
"But the most important feature of Natura 2000 is that it puts people at the heart of the process - and in particular people living and working in our rural areas. Local people are involved in identifying and managing the sites and will, of course, continue to live and work in them."
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SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION IN WALES
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| 0
| SAC name
| COUNTY
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| 1
| Aberbargoed Grasslands
| Caerffili/Caerphilly
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| 2
| Afon Eden-Cors Goch Trawsfynydd
| Gwynedd
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| 3
| Afon Gwyrfai a Llyn Cwellyn
| Gwynedd
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| 4
| Afon Teifi/River Teifi
| Sir Gaerfyrddin/Carmarthenshire Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire Ceredigion
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| 5
| Afon Tywi/River Tywi
| Sir Gaerfyrddin/Carmarthenshire
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| 6
| Afonydd Cleddau/Cleddau Rivers
| Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire
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| 7
| Alyn Valley Woods/Coedwigoedd Dyffryn Alun
| Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire Sir y Fflint/Flintshire
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| 8
| Bae Cemlyn/Cemlyn Bay
| Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey
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| 9
| Berwyn a Mynyddoedd De Clwyd /Berwyn and South Clwyd Mountains
| Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire Sir y Fflint/Flintshire Gwynedd,Powys Wrecsam/Wrexham
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| 10
| Blackmill Woodlands
| Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr/Bridgend
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| 11
| Blaen Cynon
| Rhondda Cynon Taf
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| 12
| Brecon Beacons/Bannau Brycheiniog
| Powys
|
| 13
| Cadair Idris
| Gwynedd
|
| 14
| Caeau Mynydd Mawr
| Sir Gaerfyrddin/Carmarthenshire
|
| 15
| Cardiff Beech Woods
| Caerdydd/Cardiff Rhondda Cynon Taf
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| 16
| Cardigan Bay/Bae Ceredigion
| Ceredigion Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
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| 17
| Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
| Abertawe/Swansea Sir Gaerfyrddin/Carmarthenshire Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
|
| 18
| Carmarthen Bay Dunes/Twyni Bae Caerfyrddin
| Abertawe/Swansea Sir Gaerfyrddin/Carmarthenshire
|
| 19
| Cernydd Carmel
| Sir Gaerfyrddin/Carmarthenshire
|
| 20
| Clogwyni Pen Llyn/Seacliffs of Lleyn
| Gwynedd
|
| 21
| Coed Cwm Einion
| Ceredigion
|
| 22
| Coed y Cerrig
| Sir Fynwy/Monmouthshire
|
| 23
| Coedwigoedd Dyffryn Elwy/Elwy Valley Woods
| Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire Conwy
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| 24
| Coedwigoedd Penrhyn Creuddyn/Creuddyn Peninsula
| Woods Conwy
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| 25
| Coedydd a Cheunant Rheidol/Rheidol Woods and Gorge
| Ceredigion
|
| 26
| Coedydd Aber
| Gwynedd , Conwy
|
| 27
| Coedydd Derw a Safleoedd Ystlumod Meirion/Meirionnydd
| Oakwoods and Bat Sites Gwynedd
|
| 28
| Coedydd Llawr-y-glyn
| Powys
|
| 29
| Coedydd Nedd a Mellte
| Neath Port Talbot / Castell-Nedd Port Talbot Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf
|
| 30
| Coetiroedd Cwm Elan/Elan Valley Woodlands
| Powys
|
| 31
| Cors Caron
| Ceredigion
|
| 32
| Cors Fochno
| Ceredigion
|
| 33
| Corsydd Eifionydd
| Gwynedd
|
| 34
| Corsydd Llyn/Lleyn Fens
| Gwynedd
|
| 35
| Corsydd Môn/Anglesey Fens
| Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey
|
| 36
| Crymlyn Bog/Cors Crymlyn
| Neath Port Talbot / Castell-Nedd Port Talbot Abertawe/Swansea
|
| 37
| Cwm Cadlan
| Rhondda Cynon Taf
|
| 38
| Cwm Clydach Woodlands/Coedydd Cwm Clydach
| Sir Fynwy/Monmouthshire Blaenau Gwent
|
| 39
| Cwm Doethie - Mynydd Mallaen
| Sir Gaerfyrddin/Carmarthenshire Ceredigion
|
| 40
| Deeside and Buckley Newt Sites
| Sir y Fflint/Flintshire
|
| 41
| Drostre Bank
| Powys
|
| 42
| Dunraven Bay
| Bro Morgannwg/Vale of Glamorgan
|
| 43
| Elenydd
| Ceredigion Powys
|
| 44
| Eryri/Snowdonia
| Conwy Gwynedd
|
| 45
| Fenn's Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses
| Wrecsam/Wrexham Shropshire
|
| 46
| Glannau Môn:Cors heli / Anglesey Coast:Saltmarsh
| Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey
|
| 47
| Glannau Ynys Gybi/Holy Island Coast
| Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey
|
| 48
| Glan-traeth
| Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey
|
| 49
| Glaswelltiroedd Cefn Cribwr/Cefn Cribwr Grasslands
| Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr/Bridgend
|
| 50
| Glynllifon
| Gwynedd
|
| 51
| Gower Ash Woods/Coedydd Ynn Gwyr
| Abertawe/Swansea
|
| 52
| Gower Commons/Tiroedd Comin Gwyr
| Abertawe/Swansea
|
| 53
| Granllyn
| Powys
|
| 54
| Great Orme's Head/Pen y Gogarth
| Conwy
|
| 55
| Grogwynion
| Ceredigion
|
| 56
| Gweunydd Blaencleddau
| Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
|
| 57
| Halkyn Mountain/Mynydd Helygain
| Sir y Fflint/Flintshire
|
| 58
| Johnstown Newt Sites
| Wrecsam/Wrexham
|
| 59
| Kenfig/Cynffig
| Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr/Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan, Neath Port Talbot / Castell-Nedd Port Talbot
|
| 60
| Limestone Coast of South West Wales/Arfordir Calchfaen De Orllewin Cymru
| Abertawe/Swansea Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
|
| 61
| Llangorse Lake/Llyn Syfaddan
| Powys
|
| 62
| Llwyn
| Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire
|
| 63
| Llyn Dinam
| Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey
|
| 64
| Migneint- Arenig- Dduallt
| Conwy Gwynedd
|
| 65
| Montgomery Canal
| Powys
|
| 66
| Morfa Harlech a Morfa Dyffryn
| Gwynedd
|
| 67
| Mwyngloddiau Fforest Gwydir/Gwydyr Forest Mines
| Conwy
|
| 68
| Mynydd Epynt
| Powys
|
| 69
| North Pembrokeshire Woodlands/Coedydd Gogledd Sir Benfro
| Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
|
| 70
| North West Pembrokeshire Commons/Comins Gogledd Orllewin Sir Benfro
| Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
|
| 71
| Pembrokeshire Bat Sites and Bosherston Lakes/Safleoedd Ystlum Sir Benfro a Llynnoedd Bosherston
| Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
|
| 72
| Pembrokeshire Marine/Sir Benfro Forol
| Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
|
| 73
| Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau/Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau
| Ceredigion Gwynedd Powys
|
| 74
| Preseli
| Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
|
| 75
| Rhinog
| Gwynedd
|
| 76
| Rhos Goch
| Powys
|
| 77
| Rhos Llawr-cwrt
| Ceredigion
|
| 78
| Rhos Talglas
| Ceredigion
|
| 79
| River Dee and Bala Lake/ Afon Dyfrdwy a Llyn Tegid
| Cheshire /Gwynedd/Shropshire Sir y Fflint/ Flintshire, Wrecsam/ Wrexham, Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire
|
| 80
| River Usk/Afon Wysg
| Casnewydd/Newport Sir Fynwy/Monmouthshire/Powys
|
| 81
| River Wye/Afon Gwy
| Sir Fynwy/Monmouthshire Gloucestershire Hereford and Worcester Powys
|
| 82
| St David's/Ty Ddewi
| Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
|
| 83
| Sugar Loaf Woodlands
| Sir Fynwy/Monmouthshire
|
| 84
| Tanat and Vyrnwy Bat Sites/Safleoedd Ystlumod Tanat ac Efyrnwy
| Powys
|
| 85
| Usk Bat Sites/Safleoedd Ystlumod Wysg
| Sir Fynwy/Monmouthshire Powys, Blaenau Gwent
|
| 86
| Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites/Safleoedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy Fforest y Ddena
| Sir Fynwy/Monmouthshire Gloucestershire
|
| 87
| Wye Valley Woodlands/Coetiroedd Dyffryn Gwy
| Sir Fynwy/Monmouthshire Hereford and Worcester Gloucestershire
|
| 88
| Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/Menai Strait and Conwy Bay
| Conwy Gwynedd Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey
|
| 89
| Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes
| Gwynedd Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey
|
| 90
| Yerbeston Tops
| Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire
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