Ambassadors

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Our Ambassadors are volunteers who have pledged to undertake outreach work in their locality, advising meadow owners and managers. They have been through a 2-3 year training programme with us, to help them understand our survey and research methods, so they can apply a scientific approach to assessing management of existing floodplain meadows, and help in the restoration of meadows. After their training has been completed, we continue to offer ongoing support and training to maintain their skills and share with them latest research. We now have 47 Ambassadors, spread across the country, each allocated to a county that contains floodplain meadows. You can use the map to find out whether there is an FMP Ambassador near you, who you can approach for advice.
Leila Thornton
Area(s)South West Wales
SiteResolven Meadow
Biography

I work for Natural Resources Wales as Senior River Restoration Officer on the 4 Rivers for LIFE project which aims to enhance and restore the SAC Rivers Teifi, Tywi, Cleddau and Usk. One of our key project actions will be to restore natural riverine processes and reconnect areas of floodplain, as well as to restore hydrologically linked habitats across these 4 catchments. This will be a valuable opportunity to raise awareness of floodplain meadows and of their biodiversity and ecosystem service value. Through my role I hope to identify floodplain meadow sites suitable for restoration or improvement and support landowners to develop a better understanding of their sites to inform future management.

Emailleila.thornton@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk