Seed Collection Programme / Rhaglen Casglu Hadau
During the autumn of 2020 the Seed Collection Programme was launched by the Dewis Gwyllt Project, with support from the Woodland Trust. A multitude of woodland groups and private woodland owners from across Wales replied to the Seed Collection Programme survey, demonstrating a keen interest in both collecting local provenance tree seeds and developing small scale nurseries. These guides were subsequently developed to provide practical information and outline the associated legal requirements:
Yn ystod yr hydref 2020 yn Llais y Goedwig lansiwyd y Rhaglen Casglu Hadau gan y Prosiect Dewis Gwyllt, gyda chefnogaeth gan Goed Cadw. Cafwyd ymateb gan lu o grwpiau coetir a pherchnogion coetiroedd preifat o bob rhan o Gymru i arolwg y Rhaglen Casglu Hadau, gan ddangos diddordeb brwd mewn casglu hadau coed o darddiad lleol a datblygu meithrinfeydd ar raddfa fach. Datblygwyd y canllawiau wedyn i roi gwybodaeth ymarferol ac i amlinellu’r gofynion cyfreithiol cysylltiedig:
- Collecting tree seed for your own use / Casglu hadau coed at eich defnydd eich hun
- Collecting tree seed to sell to a registered trader / Casglu hadau coed i’w gwerthu i fasnachwr cofrestredig
- Collecting tree seed for direct selling / Casglu hadau coed ar gyfer gwerthu uniongyrchol
- Setting up a small scale tree nursery/ Sefydlu meithrinfa goed ar raddfa fach
- Seed collection calendar / Calendr casglu hadau
- Legal obligations when collecting tree seed in Wales/ Rhwymedigaethau cyfreithiol wrth gasglu hadau coed yng Nghymru
StarTree
Dewis Gwyllt was established as a direct result of Llais y Goedwig and Wild Resources Ltd’s participation in the StarTree Project. StarTree Was a pan-European project to support the sustainable exploitation of forest resources for rural development. The project ran from November 2012 – October 2016 and is now completed.
StarTree in Wales
StarTree in Scotland
Innovation Generator (a StarTree Tool)
StarTree Case Studies of Product Development
FairWild
International perspectives on the certification of wild harvesting