How will the LNRS be delivered?

The LNRS will show where actions to recover nature would be most effective. There is no requirement that any specific proposed action must be carried out; instead, they are intended to guide where the public, private and voluntary sectors focus their nature recovery efforts for greater collective impact.

Government is putting in place a package of measures to encourage and support people to carry out proposals in each local nature recovery strategy:

A new duty on all public authorities to have regard to relevant local nature recovery strategies.

An incentive in how biodiversity net gain is calculated - to encourage taking action where the local nature recovery strategy identifies it as being most beneficial.

Integration of local nature recovery strategies into the planning system, so that areas of greatest potential for nature recovery can be better reflected in planning decisions.

Funding for specific activities that local nature recovery strategies are expected to propose locations for.