The draft Oxfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) is now open for public consultation.
Oxfordshire residents, landowners, businesses, farmers and other organisations are being offered the chance to help shape the priorities for recovering areas of nature and wildlife across the county.
After several phases of consultation with the public and partners in the environmental sector, the draft Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for Oxfordshire is now open for public consultation.
This includes documents that list biodiversity priorities to achieve in the county, a list of species to focus recovery efforts on, and a map tool which shows the areas where the LNRS is recommending that local people and organisations focus their resources to undertake habitat creation and improvement work. The documents and map will be available online from Friday 18 October until Sunday the 1 December 2024 (23:59pm). During this time, you can view the drafted documents and tell us about anything that you think we need to change before we finalise the strategy in 2025.
The OLNP has been working closely with Oxfordshire County Council (the responsible authority) and many other partners to ensure our LNRS delivers the best possible outcomes for nature. To do this, it is key we engage all relevant stakeholders, particularly those who will be the main delivers and funders (ie community groups, farmers/landowners, and businesses).
Richard Benwell, Chair of the Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership, said:
"It’s called a “Local Nature Recovery Strategy”, but that’s really just the beginning. If we deliver the priorities in these pages, the results won’t just be for nature, they’ll strengthen our economy, help mitigate and improve Oxfordshire’s resilience to climate change, boost public health, and secure an improved, healthy, and functioning environment to support future generations.
"If we succeed, the benefits won’t just be local, they’ll be Oxfordshire’s answer to international environmental action. Please join us in taking rapid, decisive action for nature in Oxfordshire. Let’s bring our County to life."
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