This warning comes from Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR) 2025. "If Wales is to remain a place where people and nature thrive, we must change the systems themselves - not just manage their impacts. Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, said: "Nature is one of our most powerful allies in creating better lives for all of us. "Without urgent, coordinated action across the public sector to halt and reverse the dangerous decline as laid out in Wales 2025 State of Natural Resources Report, we are quite literally putting lives at risk unnecessarily." The report’s Bridges to the Future chapter sets out five areas for transformation including system redesign, nature-based infrastructure, and realigning governance for future generations.