The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is implementing Local Nature Recovery Strategies to support environmental objectives and protect terrestrial and freshwater sites in England. The issue involves coordination between Natural England, local authorities, and planning systems, with significant concerns raised about resource constraints and the shortage of planning and ecological professionals. The issue is currently active with government responses to Office for Environmental Protection recommendations and pilot programmes for ecological resource hubs being developed.
Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of Natural England to identify and designate new Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
We are seeking views on the proposed geographical areas that will prepare spatial development strategies.
In response to: Government response to OEP recommendations in its review of implementation of laws for te…
The government's response to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) report on its Review of implementation of laws for terrestrial and freshwater protected sites in England.
We are seeking views on the proposed geographical areas that will prepare spatial development strategies.
In response to: Government response to the OEP review: Local Nature Recovery Strategies and their role in…
The government's response to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) review of Local Nature Recovery Strategies and their role in contributing to nature recovery commitments in England.
The Government is consulting on our vision for land use in England and how to deliver it. This consultation will inform the development of a Land Use Framework. To submit your consultation response please: complete the consultation questionnaire through the …
This document sets out how the 4 countries of the UK will work together to address biodiversity loss.
The Government is consulting on our vision for land use in England and how to deliver it. This consultation will inform the development of a Land Use Framework. To submit your consultation response please: complete the consultation questionnaire through the …
In response to: Criteria for 30by30 on land in England
A national network of wildlife-rich places to increase and restore nature.
In response to: Review of the implementation of environmental assessment regimes in England: government r…
UIN: HLWS73 My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Steve Barclay) has made the following statement.Tackling climate change and restoring nature go hand in hand. As we prepare for the next international climate discussion at COP28, today we are …
Seeking views on the government response to the landscapes review.
UIN: HLWS1047 My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Dr Thérèse Coffey) has made the following Statement.Last December, the world came together at the Convention of Biodiversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada, to agree …
UIN: HLWS1004 My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Thérèse Coffey) has made the following Statement.Our National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), collectively known as Protected Landscapes, are...
In response to: Local nature recovery strategies
Strategies that propose how and where to recover nature and improve the wider environment across England.
Seeking views on how Local Nature Recovery Strategies should be prepared and what should be included.
Seeking views on the government response to the landscapes review.
Seeking views on the government response to the landscapes review.
In response to: Landscapes review (National Parks and AONBs): government response
Government response to the landscapes review.
In response to: Local Nature Recovery: more information on how the scheme will work
More information on the Local Nature Recovery scheme.
Seeking views on how Local Nature Recovery Strategies should be prepared and what should be included.
Seeking views on how Local Nature Recovery Strategies should be prepared and what should be included.
UIN: HCWS119 In May 2018, Defra commissioned Julian Glover and an independent panel to consider how we might improve the management of our National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). Their report, the Landscapes Review, was published in …
UIN: HLWS113 My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (George Eustice) has today made the following statement In May 2018, Defra commissioned Julian Glover and an independent panel to consider how we might improve the management of our National …
Seeking views on membership proposals for the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Park Authorities after extending their boundaries.
Seeking views on membership proposals for the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Park Authorities after extending their boundaries.
Seeking views on membership proposals for the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Park Authorities after extending their boundaries.