Biodiversity & Nature

Talybont-on-Usk Community Council is committed to protecting and enhancing biodiversity across the community.

Our Biodiversity Plan

Biodiversity encompasses all of the plants and animals, habitats and wildlife, rivers and reservoirs that are part of our living landscape. NRW’s State of Natural Resources report shows that we are losing habitats and species in Wales at an alarming rate. We need to protect these valuable, natural assets for species survival and human welfare, and to alleviate (perhaps eradicate) the effects of climate change.

Under Section 6 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, community and town councils in Wales have a duty to seek to maintain and enhance biodiversity and promote the resilience of ecosystems when exercising their functions.

Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Duty Report 2025-2028 – click to view

Our Biodiversity Group

The Council’s Biodiversity Group helps identify and support practical projects that benefit wildlife, habitats and the local environment.

The group may support or advise on activities such as:

• wildflower and pollinator planting
• tree and orchard planting
• habitat management
• protecting native species
• improving biodiversity on Council-owned land
• encouraging community involvement
• working with local organisations and volunteers.