Pembrokeshire: Could rainy Welsh weather help save rainforests?

Tree planting has been a hot topic, with protests all over Wales earlier this year during the Welsh government’s sustainable farming scheme consultation.

There is little diversity on the majority of the 146-acre land, with nearly all fields grazed by sheep, but there are some wetter areas and some hedgerows of blackthorn, hawthorn, hazel, oak, gorse and holly.

According to Mr Dawson, this restoration project will not drive farmers out of their land.

“We’re working in parts of Wales that are relatively unproductive agriculturally,” he said.

“In no way do we want to push farmers out. We need food production and we need farmers to manage our countryside.”