Environment Agency Wales
| Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd Cymru (Welsh) | |
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| Welsh Government sponsored body overview | |
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| Formed | 1996 |
| Dissolved | 31 March 2013 |
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| Headquarters | Ty Cambria, Newport Road, Cardiff 51°27′6.1″N 2°36′10.5″W / 51.451694°N 2.602917°W |
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Environment Agency Welsh Government |
| Website | Environment Agency |
Wales, but also the English sections of:
Environment Agency Wales, (Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd Cymru in Welsh) was, until 31 March 2013, a Welsh Government Sponsored Body, while also being part of the Environment Agency for England and Wales. Its principal aims were to protect and improve the environment in Wales and to promote sustainable development.
It had an operational area defined along its Eastern boundary by the catchments of the River Dee and the River Wye. Those parts of the River Severn in Wales were managed by the Environment Agency whilst those parts of the River Dee and River Wye catchments that are in England were nevertheless managed by Environment Agency Wales. The Agency also had a public facing boundary which corresponded to the political boundary of Wales.
On 1 April 2013 the organisation was merged with the Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales into a single environmental body, Natural Resources Wales.
Environment Agency Wales' role included: reducing industry’s impacts on the environment, enforcing pollution legislation and reducing the harm caused by flooding and pollution incidents. It also oversaw the management of waste, water resources and freshwater fisheries; cleaning up rivers, coastal waters and contaminated land and improving wildlife habitats.
By influencing others to change attitudes and behaviour, it aimed to make the environment cleaner and healthier for people and wildlife.
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