The Wales Resilient Ecological Network continues!!

The Wales Resilient Ecological Network (WaREN) has received new funding and will be continuing its important work to tackle invasive species across Wales. Discover what's new with WaREN, how we will achieve it and how you can get involved.

Hi, Gareth here, the Manager of the Wales Resilient Ecological Network (WaREN) project.

The Wales Resilient Ecological Network (WaREN) project aims to promote biodiversity and ecological resilience. We are achieving this by developing a collaborative and sustainable approach to tackling invasive species across Wales. WaREN is very grateful for the support of our project partners; check out our webpage to see all of our partners.

I am pleased to announce that WaREN has received funding until December 2025. In this article, I will explain what’s new with WaREN, how we are going to achieve it and how you can get involved.

WaREN will be continuing to engage people through our ecosystem invaders campaign and by joining and running events across Wales. We will be handing our invasive species cards, colouring books and invasive species toolkits to raise awareness of INNS across Wales.

The new aspects of WaREN are creating new opportunities for planting and restoring natural habitats that may have been damaged or destroyed by Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS). WaREN will work to engage and support people to help them understand the importance of biodiversity and how they can help protect it.

We will manage sites with invasive species. This will be part of a broader program to manage woodlands and enhance community water and green spaces through the management of INNS. In addition to this, WaREN will support the infrastructure of these spaces, through supporting projects or Local Action Groups with knowledge and practical INNS management.

We will also work to bring areas that are neglected or run down back into use by the community so that everyone can enjoy them. The aim is to make Wales a better place for both people and wildlife, by protecting and promoting biodiversity.

Our target areas of the project are:

In North Wales, Wrexham and Llangefni
In Mid Wales, Welshpool and Llanidloes
In South Wales, Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea, and Cardiff

If you know of any projects/Local Action Groups/Volunteer Groups which fit into one or more of the above targets, please get in touch with us so we can help support the project.

The funding is provided by Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WcVA) Nationally Significant Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme