The Dyfi Valley now joins a world-class group of special places for both people and nature.
The area around the river Dyfi is a special place for its people, its culture and the local environment.
Ms Walters added that the Eco-Dyfi Project's workers composted their lunch and nearly all the packaging.
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The stores were run by by CAT plc, which also operates a shop and restaurant on its Dyfi Valley site.
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Barry Macdonald who run the Dyfi Valley Raptor Experience in mid Wales said he had been in contact with the owners of the birds.
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The Eco-Dyfi Project, founded in 1998, is a regeneration company in Machynlleth with projects focussing on waste, transport, tourism and renewable energy.
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The Dyfi was first designated a Biosphere in the 1970s, but rule changes in the 1990s meant sites had to reapply under new criteria.
Ecodyfi, a group set up to boost economic regeneration in Machynlleth and the surrounding Dyfi Valley, is also concerned about lagging behind urban areas.
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Mr Jones said he had asked the chair of the Dyfi Valley Steering Group to call a meeting to discuss the Welsh government's options.
Dyfi Eco-Park is home to businesses involved in renewable energy projects.
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The Welsh government has said it is considering options for the Dyfi bridge, including a new crossing and widening the existing bridge, but it has now revealed more detail.
The manager of the Dyfi Osprey Project, Emyr Evans, said he had a wealth of experience to offer, having run the Glaslyn osprey project near Porthmadog for the past four years.
Mr Dennis is also an international expert on osprey so will no doubt be visiting the Dyfi Osprey Project to check up on the three osprey eggs which according to reserve warden Emyr Evans " Will be hatching around 27 May".
"Everybody at the trust has worked so hard over the winter setting up this brand new osprey project in Wales, so you can imagine our absolute delight when this male osprey decided to set up home right here on the Dyfi, " Mr Evans said.
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