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Rewilding project: Cwm Uchaf
Ecotalk will be creating a new habitat for native trees and wildlife, and sequestering thousands of tonnes of CO2, at this former sheep farm in West Wales
Images of sheep grazing on Welsh hillsides encourage the perception that it’s always been this way. However, before the sheep, the hills of West Wales were covered in ancient forests, where our native tree species reigned for millennia.
Cym Uchaf is a former sheep farm in Gwynedd, West Wales, a few miles in from the cost, roughly between Barmouth and Aberdyfi. At this 58-acre site, our aim is to rewild the land by planting a mix of indigenous trees that are appropriate to the soil and climate. In due course, a woodland habitat will begin to form, attracting wildlife that has been lost in this area due to sheep farming.
That will be the first impact our Cym Uchaf project will have. The second will be carbon sequestration. With our current planting agenda, by 2044 the woodland will have absorbed between 1098 and 1373 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere. By 2074, we expect the figure to be between 4670 and 5838 tonnes.
One day, we hope Cym Uchaf will become a home for red squirrels, helping boost the species population in West Wales.
Whether the focus is on bringing back Britain’s rainforests or restoring traditional woodlands, Ecotalk projects always protect wildlife and help fight the climate crisis by taking carbon from the atmosphere.
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