Over the past few months, the Norfolk FWAG team have worked closely with Norfolk County Council (NCC), contributing to the creation of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for Norfolk and Suffolk. This has involved direct consultation, introductions to farmers, and sharing communications. Please see an update below from the NCC team who are now looking for public feedback on their strategy.
Norfolk is home to some of the UK’s rarest habitats and species. But these spaces are largely in isolated pockets that need improving and linking together to ensure nature flourishes across our county.
The Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) is toolkit for recovering nature across Norfolk. It covers all areas, including the Brecks, the Broads, the Coast, and Norwich.
The LNRS maps where our existing nature-rich spaces are and how to join these up and increase the numbers of animals and plants. It shows how everyone, from farmers to developers, councils and communities can work to reverse nature’s decline across Norfolk.
Nature’s recovery benefits everyone. Studies show spending more time in nature increases wellbeing. More bees and butterflies will pollinate our crops. Restoring habitats such as wetlands can reduce the risk of flooding.
The time for change is now. Since the 1970s England’s nature has been in decline, with 1 in 6 species now at risk of extinction1. We desperately need to reverse the loss of wildlife, restore natural habitats and improve the environment to ensure the future for generations.
Norfolk’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy has been created in collaboration with land managers and farmers, businesses, developers, nature experts, local authorities and community groups. Now it’s time to have your say.
You don’t have to be a wildlife expert to take part, but your views will help the work to reverse the decline of nature across Norfolk.
Norfolk’s LNRS is one of 48 being developed across the country. Together the plans will form a national ‘nature network’, proposing actions such as restoring peatlands, planting trees and hedgerows, and more sustainable management of existing habitats like woodlands and grasslands.
The public consultation is open until 11 June.
Further information can be found at nsnrp.org
