P-04-579 Reinstate funding for Skomer Island's Guillemot monitoring

Petition Wording:

Natural Resources Wales have cut the £12,000 annual funding they provide for the on-going Guillemot monitoring study on Skomer Island. This is a hugely important study, and gives valuable insights into seabird life and what affects their populations. Not only is it a shame to end such a long running (and therefore valuable) data set, but the cut couldn't have come at a worse time, considering the huge impact the recent storms have had on seabird populations (current death toll 25,000 and rising). This is a very bad decision on the part of Natural Resources Wales, and we'd like to see it amended.

Petition raised by: Cardiff University Ornithological Society

Date Petition first considered by Committee: 23 September 2014

Number of signatures: 1687