{"id":23131,"date":"2017-03-30T10:29:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=23131"},"modified":"2017-03-30T10:29:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:29:26","slug":"23131","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/23131","title":{"rendered":"Will Brexit bring the UK a sustainable future?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>As the UK officially notifies that it is leaving the European Union, what are the challenges and opportunities for the UK to gain a more sustainable future?<\/h2>\n<p>With Theresa May&#8217;s finger now on the Article 50 trigger, uncertainty, risk and opportunity of sustainable development in terms of environment in the UK has been significantly concerned. How will the UK grab the potential chance after Brexit to build a more sustainable future?<br \/>\nDr Emyr Roberts, Chief Executive of Natural Resources Wales, has cooperated with Cardiff University to discuss the future of sustainable development in Wales.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23168\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330-500x279.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6330-500x279.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript> Dr Emyr Roberts, Chief Executive of Natural Resources Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cBrexit seems to be both a threat and an opportunity,\u201d said Dr. Roberts, \u201cThreat, obviously, is that we dismantle all the good things that the EU has brought in over last 40 years.\u201d<br \/>\nIn the past two decades, the EU policies has contributed significantly to the nature sustainable development in the UK. For example, the water framework directive project which focus on water quality has driven environmental improvements; habitat regulation has protected important species and Eco-systems; marine designations have protected important land and sea space;\u00a0measures of air pollution have improved health.<br \/>\n\u201cSo there is a tremendous legacy there from these European initiatives. We must not throw away these real gains,\u201d said Dr Roberts.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23169\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23169 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329-500x279.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23169 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/DSC_6329-500x279.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript> Building the Welsh we want<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nRegarding to the opportunity, Dr Roberts has suggested to devise some better policies in order to lead Britain to<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>a more sustainable future.<br \/>\n\u201cTo integrate environmental, agricultural, and industrial policy that in a way the EU has not been able to,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nDr Roberts also pointed out that the government should change some unreasonable legislation brought from the EU. He mentioned the phenomenon that there are incentives for farmers to cut down trees on their farms.<br \/>\n\u201cOne of my many hopes and the next few years is that the UK and the Welsh governments are to take opportunity to have an integrated agricultural and environmental policy,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the UK officially triggers the Brexit process, what challenges and opportunities are for the UK to gain a more sustainable future?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":428,"featured_media":23170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-23131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will Brexit bring the UK a sustainable future? 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