Local Nature Recovery Strategy

{{Short description|An environmental policy in the United Kingdom}}

Local Nature Recovery Strategies show how and where nature recovery can be best supported across the strategy's area. They were established under the Environment Act 2021, and involve mapping the habitats, agreeing proprities for their recovery, and mapping specific proposals for helping them recover. They focus on local needs and priorities, established through workshops, surveys and consultation.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4g2v0mx9mo|website=BBC News|title=Consultation begins on nature recovery project|date=12 May 2025}} Their development involves working with partner organisations. For example in Cumbria these include Natural England, Lake District National Park Authority and Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.{{cite web|url=https://consult.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/climate-and-environment/cumbria-local-nature-recovery-strategy/|title=Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy|website=Westmorland and Furness Council|accessdate=1 July 2025}} The work is done using guidance from DEFRA.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-nature-recovery-strategies-areas-and-responsible-authorities|title=Local nature recovery strategies: areas and responsible authorities|website=DEFRA|accessdate=1 July 2025}}

Examples include

Cumbria,{{cite web|url=https://cumbrialnrs.org.uk/homepage-0|title=Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy|website=CLNRS|accessdate=1 July 2025}}

Northumberland,{{cite web|url=https://beta.northumberland.gov.uk/economy-and-regeneration/projects-and-programmes/rural-growth-and-innovation/local-nature-recovery|title=Local Nature Recovery Strategy|website=Northumberland County Council|accessdate=1 July 2025}}

Lancashire,{{cite web|url=https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/council/strategies-policies-plans/environmental/local-nature-recovery-strategy/|title=Local Nature Recovery Strategy|website=Lancashire County Council|accessdate=1 July 2025}}

and Durham.{{cite web|url=https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/30548/Local-Nature-Recovery-Strategy|title=Local Nature Recovery Strategy|website=Durham County Council|accessdate=1 July 2025}} Eventually there will be 48 of them, with variations between them in the ways they are established and operated within the guidelines.{{cite web|url=https://www.wildlifebcn.org/news/local-nature-recovery-strategies|title=Local Nature Recovery Strategies | website=Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire|date=March 2024|accessdate=1 July 2025}}