Local Nature Recovery Strategy

Local Nature Recovery Strategies show how and where nature recovery can be best supported across the strategy's area.^[1] They were introduced to provide a spatial, locally coordinated framework for nature recovery, addressing long-standing criticism that conservation efforts in England were fragmented and insufficiently aligned with land-use planning. ^[2] They were established under the Environment Act 2021,^[3] and involve mapping the habitats, agreeing priorities for their recovery, and mapping specific proposals for helping them recover.^[3][4] They focus on local needs and priorities, established through workshops, surveys and consultation.^[5][6] Their development involves working with partner organisations and stakeholders.^[7] For example in Cumbria these include Natural England, Lake District National Park Authority and Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.^[8][9] The work is done using guidance from DEFRA.^[5][10] In the scheme's early stages, it was criticised for lack of attention to quantitative auditing of progress, including any use of rich existing data on local species diversity.^[11] There were also concerns about funding.^[12]

Examples include Cumbria,^[8] Northumberland,^[5] Lancashire,^[3] and Durham.^[1] Eventually there will be 48 of them,^[10][12] with variations between them in the ways they are established and operated within the guidelines.^[13]

• Habitat Conservation Plan
• Habitat destruction
• Habitat fragmentation
• Habitat conservation
• List of species and habitats of principal importance in England