Local Nature Recovery Strategy

August 2024 

• Initial mapping of the Areas of Particular Importance to Biodiversity has been completed. This maps all designated areas across the county and those considered particularly important for nature. It can be accessed on the Norfolk Areas of Particular Importance for Biodiversity map. 
• A first draft of the Description of the Strategy area has been written. This will be included in the final strategy and highlights the current state of nature in Norfolk, the pressures and opportunities for our habitats and species.
• The Norfolk and Suffolk Nature Recovery Partnership (N&SNRP) Steering Group has been established and has started advising on the development of the LNRS.
• The N&SNRP website has gone live, with ongoing updates and developments planned.
• Six themed working groups have been established, supporting across Land Management, Water and Coast, Species and Biodiversity, Mapping and Planning (one for each county). Initial engagement is complete with a first round of workshops finishing in July 2024.
• Engagement across different sector groups has been established with webinars and workshops delivered for communities across Norfolk, Health, Wellbeing and Access group and Local and Parish Councils.
• Public and Land Management surveys ran for 6 weeks in June/July to gather input into the longlisting process for the strategy, helping to identify what our species and habitat priorities should be and areas of opportunity.
• Gathering of relevant spatial plans, nature recovery strategies and other documents covering the county to form part of the consideration for the strategy.
• Connection with wider stakeholders is ongoing through events, conversations and other engagement opportunities.