What we want – mapping areas of opportunity

Identifying locations to recover or enhance nature is the local nature recovery strategy’s main purpose – so this final stage of the strategy development is very important.  The project will map with partners the areas which they believe could become of particular importance for biodiversity; or where the recovery or enhancement of biodiversity deliver a nature-based solution to an environmental issue.  These areas will be collectively referred to as ‘areas that could become of particular importance’.   And it is these areas that the county proposes that effort should be concentrated to restore habitat, to achieve the most for biodiversity and the wider environment.

Working with partners and stakeholders, the project will look at feasible locations and select those that would have the greatest impact on the priorities and/or would enable the greatest connectivity across the landscape of the county.

All the work that has been developed in the stages before will also be used to inform this mapping stage.

This mapping element of the strategy development will be of keen interest to those that own and manage land in the county.  If you own or manage land and want to ensure you are involved in this stage of the work, register your interest in the project and let us know when in the strategy development you would like to be involved.

Register your interest to input to the project