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What i'm saying is, it's about working together to make sure that, where you can get, perhaps, quicker wins, i see that obviously it's a long—term issue, but we look for for quick gains too. nrw, which oversees much of this, has had its funding consistently cut. if nobody�*s policing things like muck spreading, are you prepared to tell farmers that they can't spread muck on their land because there's too much phosphate in the river already? well, we have to look at the regulations. we have to look at the individualfarmers, and one of the things we are bringing forward in relation to delayi...

In relation to delaying the one regulation, is a licensing scheme. now if a farmer wants to apply for a licensing scheme and we think it's not pertinent for that farm, we can do that. but that's from here going forward. a lot of this is legacy phosphorus. that is part of the problem. we are where we are now. and if that's part of it, obviously we can look at it. do you take responsibility for what's happening to our rivers? well, of course i'm part of the solution, just as other people are. we all have to take responsibility, each and every one of us. the scale of the problem is daunting. ther...

One of us. the scale of the problem is daunting. there is a sewage as well as a slurry problem to fix. so is there still time for the wye and other iconic welsh rivers to be saved? yes, it is salvageable, but it is going to take a huge amount of working together, and it's going to require all of those sectors to play their part in this. what we see at the moment is actually quite a lot of delays in that happening. and we cannot wait any longer. quite simply, if it carries on as it is now, that river ecosystem will just collapse. gemma hopes to be the next generation of her family to make a liv...

If nobody�*s policing things like muck spreading, are you prepared to tell farmers that they can't spread muck on their land because there's too much phosphate in the river already? well, we have to look at the regulations. we have to look at the individual farmers, and one of the things we are bringing forward in relation to delaying the one regulation, is a licensing scheme. now if a farmer wants to apply for a licensing scheme and we think it's not pertinent for that farm, we can do that. but that's from here going forward. a lot of this is legacy phosphorus. that is part of the problem. ...

Obviously it's a long—term issue, but we look for for quick gains too. nrw, which oversees much of this, has had its funding consistently cut. if nobody�*s policing things like muck spreading, are you prepared to tell farmers that they can't spread muck on their land because there's too much phosphate in the river already? well, we have to look at the regulations. we have to look at the individualfarmers, and one of the things we are bringing forward in relation to delaying the one regulation, is a licensing scheme. now if a farmer wants to apply for a licensing scheme and we think it's no...