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Local Nature Recovery Strategy pilots: lessons learned

This report summarises the main findings from the 5 Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) pilots, which ran from August 2020 until May 2021.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
12 July 2021

Applies to England

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Local Nature Recovery Strategy pilots: lessons learned

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This report shares the main lessons and findings from the 5 Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) pilots.

Defra launched the pilots in August 2020 and they ran until May 2021. They were coordinated by Natural England and hosted by Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Buckinghamshire Council, Cornwall Council, Northumberland County Council and Cumbria County Council.

The report is organised around 5 themes:

  • preparation of a LNRS
  • resources and capacity
  • data and evidence
  • collaboration to produce a LNRS
  • use of the LNRS

This report will inform the development of the LNRS policy for the rollout of the strategies across England.

Published 12 July 2021

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