Welsh heritage minister Alun Ffred Jones has outlined the main priorities as part of a new strategy designed to protect Wales' historic environment.

In his Strategic Direction Statement for the Historic Environment of Wales, published on 22 September, Jones said that a new nationwide survey is to be carried out to identify 20th century assets of historic importance. The creation of a new register of all Welsh battlefields, cross-department efforts to promote Welsh history as part of the national curriculum and a Heritage Summit in 2010 have also been identified as priorities.

Jones said: "Nurturing a living sense of what it is to be a citizen of Wales is a key priority for the Welsh Assembly Government. Citizenship is about emotional ties and imagined community, as much with previous generations as with ones to come. "Everyone has his or her story to tell. And we need to take advantage of all means of telling those stories. We need to be clear that our history and historic environment is part of our story - not something which happened to some one else a long time ago."