Worcestershire County Council to lead on nature recovery

The County Council, one of 48 authorities across the country, asked to develop a Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) which will help protect and improve Worcestershire’s local environment and support the delivery of a national Nature Recovery Network.

 

The new strategy will go beyond conserving nature and is a new and unique opportunity to work collaboratively with the public, private and voluntary sectors in prioritising natures recovery.

 

Councillor Richard Morris, Worcestershire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “I’m delighted that the County Council is taking the lead, as a responsible authority, in the development of a Local Nature Recovery Strategy for the county.

“Worcestershire is such an important county, nationally, for its incredibly valuable natural environment. Not just our nature reserves and designated sites, but it’s also important for our woodlands, orchards, grasslands and wetlands, which support some of the rarest biodiversity in the country, and are critically important in maintaining our clean air, water and soils.”

 

The LNRS for Worcestershire will be evidence-based, locally led and collaborative and will include agreed priorities for natures recovery in the county, map the most vulnerable existing areas for nature and provide specific proposals for creating or improving habitat for nature and wider environmental goals.

The County Council is now working with Worcestershire’s Local Nature Partnership to develop a draft strategy. The draft will then go through a public consultation, allowing residents, communities and businesses the opportunity to help shape and inform Worcestershire’s LNRS.

Further information about Worcestershire’s environmental policy can be found on the Environmental Policy pages of the County Council website.