Work to remove or make old coal tips safe could be 'devastating' for important wildlife, experts say.
There are almost 2,500 disused coal tips across Wales, like Cwm tip, near Beddau, Rhondda Cynon Taf, which has been reclaimed by natureWork to remove old coal tips or make them safe could be "devastating" for some of Wales' rarest species of wildlife, it has been claimed.But ecology experts have said they feel left out of discussions even though these sites were home to rare and previously unknown species.
There are almost 2,500 disused coal tips, mounds of waste material from the country's mining past, across Wales.Surveys have since revealed the sites have become home to a wide range of plants and insects, birds, reptiles and amphibians.New discoveries include millipedes named Maerdy Monster and Beddau Beast after the areas in which they were found
His study over the best part of a decade has identified more than 1,000 invertebrate species living on coal tips in south Wales, with one in five classed as being of "conservation importance". A total of 99 tips have officially been designated as sites of special scientific interest and a further 32 registered as special areas of conservation .
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