Have Your Say on Recovering Nature in Hertfordshire

Local Nature Recovery Strategy Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Council is asking residents for their views on a new Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for the county. This strategy is the culmination of over 18 months of work by the Hertfordshire Nature Recovery Partnership, with support from environmental and ecological experts, land managers, district and borough councils and other organisations and communities.

The strategy offers a comprehensive vision for nature in Hertfordshire. It aims to help us all to come together to recover and protect the county’s natural environment. Through working together to create more space for nature, we can improve air and water quality, mitigate flooding, tackle climate change and improve access to green space.

A lot of great environmental work goes on across Hertfordshire, but this strategy will help residents and organisations understand what kind of projects could be most effective in particular areas to support local biodiversity and improve certain habitats for wildlife.

You can take part in the consultation by:

Taking the Survey

Reading the Hertfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy draft

Signing up to the LNRS webinars in July and August:

Cllr Paul Zukowskyj, Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and Growth at Hertfordshire County Council and Chair of the Hertfordshire Nature Recovery Partnership, said: ‘Nature across the UK is under real pressure, including here in Hertfordshire, and we need to act now to help it recover. The Hertfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy is our guide to help everyone to do this, to come together to make Hertfordshire a real haven for nature.

‘Many organisations have already worked together to identify what we think are the animal and plant species that most need our help, the types of habitats they need to thrive and which themselves are crucial, identify actions we can take to support those habitats and species and the places where action would have the most benefit.

‘By sharing your thoughts on the draft, and your knowledge of your neighbourhood, you are helping to shape a better future for our local environment, for the benefit of us all. Please do have your say!’