Local Nature Recovery Strategy
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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]