Urgent and collective action is needed now if Wales is to redress the balance between the degradation and protection of our natural resources given the nature, climate, and pollution emergencies we now face.

This is the call from experts at Natural Resources Wales (NRW) following the publication of the interim State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR 2025), marking a crucial step towards understanding and protecting the vital components of nature that underpin our everyday lives.

As one of the requirements of the Environment Act, NRW publishes the SoNaRR report every five years, assessing the pressures Wales’s ecosystems face, their quality and their contributions to our well-being. It covers the quality of our waters, the air that we breathe, the value and benefits we gain from our land, seas, urban and green spaces, and the richness of our plants, animals and insects.