Berkshire's Local Nature Recovery Strategy

Now is a really exciting time for nature.

Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRSs) are spatial strategies to recover nature across England: part of the 2021 Environment Act. Together, they will cover the country in a Nature Recovery Network (NRN).

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead are excited to be the Responsible Authority for our Berkshire LNRS. Bracknell, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire and Wokingham are supporting authorities with Natural England. They will help contribute to the strategy. Updates on the progress of the LNRS are posted below.

Book your tickets for Berkshire LNRS introductory webinars below:

There will be opportunities learn about the LNRS, find out how you could be involved, and to ask questions.

Farmers, foresters, landowners and land managers

19th September 2023 7pm Register here

27th September 2023 7pm Register here

Borough, Town and Parish Councils

20th September 2023 11am Register here

Developers

26th September 2023 11am Register here

Interested residents

26th September 2023 7pm Register here

Businesses

27th September 11am Register here

NGOs

2nd October 11am Register here

Public Bodies

5th October 11am Register here

Each LNRS will map areas of current particular importance for biodiversity, and work with partners from many groups, from landowners to businesses, to eNGOs, and the public. Priorities for nature recovery will be agreed and these will be used to create a local habitat map. These will depict what needs to happen to achieve the agreed aims for nature. This will link up with delivery mechanisms, such as Biodiversity Net Gain for planning and Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes for land management including farming.