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Plant! celebrates its third Birthday

Cymraeg

A One Wales project which sees a tree planted for the birth or adoption of every child in Wales is celebrating its third year today.

Since the launch of the Plant! scheme in 2008, more than 100,000 trees have been planted, creating three young woodlands in separate locations across Wales.
The scheme, developed by the Welsh Assembly Government in partnership with the Woodland Trust (Coed Cadw) and Forestry Commission Wales aims to generate woodland sites that will help to create a Welsh National Forest.

The woodlands will help in the fight against climate change and flooding, will help build links between children and the environment, create recreational space for local communities, as well as provide timber for building and fuel.

The Minister for Rural Affair Elin Jones, attending an event to celebrate the anniversary, said: “I am pleased to see that what was once an empty field four years ago, is now taking the shape of a woodland that the local community and the rest of Wales will benefit from for years to come.

“Not only will these native trees such as Birch, Oak and Ash encourage wildlife to the area, but the creation of more woodland in Wales will us work help us work towards our Woodlands for Wales strategy.

“It is particularly fitting that it is this year, the International Year of Forests that we have planted the 100,000th tree in this scheme, each one representing a child in Wales and I look forward to the Plant! scheme creating more woodlands across Wales in the future.”

Lajla Cash, from the Forestry Commission Wales said:
“The idea for the scheme first came from a Cardiff schoolgirl who wanted to help young people be more connected to their environment and she felt that they could play an active part in tackling climate change.

"By creating new woodlands, Plant! will help to give children and young people a sense of ownership of the natural environment and encourage them and their families to enjoy the outdoors as well as learning about it as the same time."

English

Plant! yn dathlu ei ben-blwydd yn dair oed

Heddiw  mae'r prosiect Cymru'n Un, sy'n sicrhau bod coeden yn cael ei phlannu ar gyfer pob plentyn sy'n cael ei eni neu ei fabwysiadu yng Nghymru, yn dathlu ei ben-blwydd yn dair oed.

Ers i'r cynllun Plant! gael ei lansio yn 2008, mae mwy na 100,000 o goed wedi'u plannu, gan greu tri choetir newydd mewn lleoliadau gwahanol ledled Cymru.

Nod y cynllun, sydd wedi'i ddatblygu gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru mewn partneriaeth â Choed Cadw (the Woodland Trust) a Chomisiwn Coedwigaeth Cymru, yw cynhyrchu coetiroedd a fydd yn helpu i greu Coedwig Genedlaethol i Gymru.

Bydd y coetiroedd yn helpu yn yr ymdrech i fynd i'r afael â'r newid yn yr hinsawdd a llifogydd, a byddan nhw'n helpu i ddatblygu cysylltiadau rhwng plant a'r amgylchedd, creu man hamdden i gymunedau lleol a darparu pren ar gyfer adeiladau a thanwydd.

Mewn digwyddiad i ddathlu'r pen-blwydd, dywedodd y Gweinidog dros Faterion Gwledig, Elin Jones:
"Mae'n bleser gen i weld bod yr hyn a oedd yn gae gwag bedair blynedd yn ôl yn dechrau troi'n goetir erbyn hyn, coetir y bydd y gymuned leol a gweddill Cymru yn elwa arno yn y blynyddoedd i ddod.

"Bydd y coed brodorol hyn, fel coed Bedw, Derw ac Ynn, nid yn unig yn denu bywyd gwyllt i'r ardal, ond bydd creu rhagor o goetiroedd yng Nghymru yn ein helpu i weithio tuag at ein strategaeth, Coetiroedd i Gymru.

"Mae'n arbennig o briodol mai eleni, Blwyddyn Ryngwladol Coedwigoedd, yr ydyn ni wedi plannu'r 100,000fed goeden drwy'r cynllun hwn, pob un yn cynrychioli plentyn yng Nghymru, a dw i'n edrych ymlaen at weld y cynllun Plant! yn creu rhagor o goetiroedd ledled Cymru yn y dyfodol."

Meddai Lajla Cash o Gomisiwn Coedwigaeth Cymru:
"Yn wreiddiol, syniad merch ysgol o Gaerdydd oedd y cynllun. Roedd y ferch hon am helpu pobl ifanc i gysylltu'n fwy â'u hamgylchedd, ac roedd hi'n teimlo y gallen nhw chwarae rhan weithredol yn y gwaith o fynd i'r afael â'r newid yn yr hinsawdd.  Drwy greu coetiroedd newydd, bydd y cynllun Plant! yn helpu plant a phobl ifanc i deimlo bod ganddyn nhw gyfrifoldeb dros yr amgylchedd naturiol ac yn eu hannog nhw a'u teuluoedd i fwynhau'r byd y tu allan a dysgu amdano ar yr un pryd."

09/02/2011

Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones celebrating the third anniversary of the Plant! project with local children near Usk

 

Elin Jones with one of the trees planted at the Woodland Trust's Cefn Ila site
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