CHESHIRE LNP
Our Vision & Goals
Vision & goals
Our vision for Cheshire’s nature
We want to mainstream nature’s recovery into all decisions and activities so that nature, people and businesses thrive.
The vision addresses the LNP aims to ensure:
- A rich and healthy natural environment in Cheshire which supports achievement of a local Nature Recovery Network linking to England’s Nature Recovery Network and beyond.
- Cheshire’s natural assets sustain a vibrant place for people to live, work, learn and visit.
- The Cheshire LNP aims to be a strategic platform to champion the value, and secure the future, of a healthy functioning natural environment through cross sector working to enable outcomes which provide multiple benefits.
- A healthy, connected, productive landscape richer in biodiversity, where the natural environment is embedded in decision making, managed for wildlife, supports healthier lifestyles, creates attractive places and delivers a sustainable economy including a thriving agricultural sector.
Four Goals to achieve this vision
GOAL ONE: Increase contribution of nature-based solutions to address the ecological and climate crises
To address the crises we face in the natural world, our aim is to create a more resilient natural environment for the benefit of wildlife and people by maintaining, conserving, restoring and reconnecting wildlife-rich spaces. By working at landscape scale to restore and deliver robust ecological networks, we can demonstrate a wide range of environmental, social and economic outcomes.
GOAL TWO: Increase connection between people and nature including raising awareness of nature
By providing greater opportunities to enjoy, understand, benefit from and take action for the natural environment, we contribute to improved health, well-being and quality of life. The LNP ensures the views of local communities are reflected in the objectives and activities of the Cheshire LNP. This increases understanding of the opportunities offered by the natural environment on our doorsteps.
GOAL THREE: Increase value of investment into nature
Raising the profile of Cheshire as an attractive place to live, work or visit helps to champion the value and contribution of the natural environment.
The LNP provides strong leadership, advice and support to seek positive outcomes for nature and the local economy. This helps to create a resilient natural environment that supports sustainable economic investment in Cheshire.
GOAL FOUR: Mainstream nature recovery to ensure Cheshire becomes nature positive by 2030.
Cheshire LNP’s role includes mainstreaming nature recovery to protect and enhance nature, whilst addressing the main drivers of biodiversity loss. Partners inform local decision making and contribute to the preparation, review and implementation of local plans and strategies. This work helps to protect and nature, whilst addressing mitigation of and adaptation to the impacts of the ecological and climate emergencies.
Becoming Nature Positive by 2030 means reversing the current decline of biodiversity so that the ecosystem restoration is underway and the species are increasing in abundance and fewer are threatened with extinction.
This is a critical step on the way to Thriving Nature by 2050.
Goals & Objectives
| Goal One | Goal Two | Goal Three | Goal Four | Objectives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y | Y | Y | Y | To create a more resilient natural environment for the benefit of wildlife and people by maintaining, conserving, restoring and reconnecting wildlife-rich spaces. |
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Inform local decision making and contribute to the preparation, review and implementation of local plans and strategies. |
| Y | Y | Y | Ensure Cheshire LNP maximises its overarching role of mainstreaming nature recovery to protect and enhance nature, whilst addressing the main drivers of biodiversity loss. | |
| Y | Y | Y | Protect and enhance the geodiversity and biodiversity of Cheshire ensuring the conservation, restoration and creation of key landscapes and habitats, to contribute to England’s Nature Recovery Network and address mitigation of and adaptation to the impacts of the ecological and climate emergencies. | |
| Y | Y | Y | Work at a landscape scale to restore and deliver robust ecological networks that demonstrate a wide range of environmental, social and economic outcomes. | |
| Y | Y | Y | To create a resilient natural environment that supports sustainable economic investment in Cheshire. | |
| Y | Y | Y | Seek positive outcomes for nature and the local economy by working closely with the economic sector, providing objective knowledge, expertise and advice. | |
| Y | To contribute to health, well-being and quality of life by providing greater opportunities to enjoy, understand, benefit from and take action for the natural environment. | |||
| Y | Engage with local communities to ensure that their views are reflected in the objectives and activities of the Cheshire LNP, and that they understand the opportunities offered by the natural environment on their doorstep. |
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| Y | Make positive contributions towards the health and wellbeing of local people by demonstrating the opportunities that better access to and use of the natural environment can provide. |
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| Y | Raise the profile of Cheshire as an attractive place to live, work or visit by championing the value and contribution of the natural environment through strong leadership, advice and support. |
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