Countryside Council for Wales

Welsh Assembly sponsored body

Cardiff, Swansea, Mold, Newtown

Official language

English, Welsh

Budget

£45m (2008)

Staff

500

The Countryside Council for Wales (CCW; Welsh: Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru (CCGC)) was a Welsh Assembly sponsored body responsible for wildlife conservation, landscape and countryside access in Wales.

It merged with Forestry Commission Wales, and Environment Agency Wales to form Natural Resources Wales, a single body managing Wales' environment and natural resources, on 1 April 2013.^[1]

As a statutory advisory and prosecuting body, the Countryside Council for Wales claims to have 'championed the environment and landscapes of Wales and its coastal waters as sources of natural and cultural riches, as a foundation for economic and social activity, and as a place for leisure and learning opportunities'. Its aim was to 'make the environment a valued part of everyone's life in Wales'.^[2]

References

^ "Single Body". Welsh Government. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ "Countryside Council for Wales - Panjury, A Social Review Site". Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.