SOUTH Riverside Community Development Centre has received Welsh Government funding to help nature in one of the most built-up areas of Cardiff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
First Minister Mark Drakeford today attended an event at Clare Gardens to promote the Greening Riverside project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is important we make the best we can of the very small number of green spaces we have in a densely populated area like Riverside,” he told The Cardiffian. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is fantastic work going on today ensuring that not only that not only the environment benefit from it, but the people involved in it as well. People have a sense of ownership for the scheme, will look after it, and are able to tell other people about the great work that goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWales, like the rest of the planet, is in the grip of a climate emergency. The broader scheme of which this is part is called Local Places for Nature, and that is trying to persuade people that everybody can make a contribution to tackling climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese very local schemes say to people that there are things that every one of us can and need to do in our own lives. You add all of those contributions up, and suddenly you have something significant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n