Oxfordshire's Local Nature Recovery Strategy consultation

Schools across Oxfordshire play a key role in offering access to nature for a huge range of people, particularly amongst urban areas. My name is Chloe and I am the Project Manager for the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) in Oxfordshire. 

The LNRS is an exciting new way to identifies local biodiversity priorities to achieve in Oxfordshire. In March 2024 we held a range of workshops and heard many priorities from local people and organisations across Oxfordshire. We have now drafted a list of actions which people and organisations could deliver to benefit biodiversity in the county. 

We have now created a written list of actions that recommend what could be done across the county. Alongside the written documents, we have also created a map which suggests a focused area (35% of Oxfordshire) where a network of nature could be prioritised and created. In these areas, nature recovery actions have been suggested on the map which could create areas of particular importance to biodiversity. Many school landholdings across Oxfordshire will have been mapped which you can view here.[CE1] 

We are inviting schools (and all people and organisations) across Oxfordshire to have their say on whether these drafted priorities and locations align with their priorities and knowledge of their local areas. 

This 2-minute YouTube video gives you an idea of how you can have your say on the drafted documents and map. We will use responses to the consultation to adapt our draft strategy into a final version which we will publish online in 2025. 

This will be used by local nature recovery organisations, government bodies, funders, planners, and local authorities across Oxfordshire (many of whom have helped to develop this strategy).

Before the 1 December 2024, you can have your say and access the consultation here.

More information about the LNRS can be found at this website.