Local Nature Recovery Strategy

What is the Local Nature Recovery Strategy?

In late June 2023, the Isle of Wight Council were appointed by Defra as the ‘Responsible Authority (RA)’ to prepare the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for the island

  • Local nature recovery strategies map nature recovery actions
  • They target actions in locations where they are most needed and where they provide the best environmental outcomes
  • The strategies will help to join up national efforts to reverse the decline of biodiversity

Approval of the LNRS for the Isle of Wight

In April 2025, Defra and Natural England approved the LNRS for the Isle of Wight and thought it was an 'exemplar strategy'. Cabinet also approved the LNRS at its meeting on 24 April 2025

The LNRS will be published and launched on Friday 16 May 2025 and will only be the third LNRS in the country to go live.

The final LNRS documents and mapping plus a number of toolkits explaining how different groups can use the LNRS will be available here and on the Island Nature website from 16 May 2025.

Should you have any questions on the Isle of Wight draft LNRS contact planning.policy@iow.gov.uk

GOV.UK has more information about the purpose of local nature recovery strategies

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