Transcript Local Nature Partnerships What, who, where, why?

Local Nature Partnerships
What, who, where, why?
November 22nd 2012
VSNW Conference
The State We’re In
LNPs – what?
•Established in Natural Environment White Paper 2011
•Announced summer 2012
•Self-sustaining strategic partnerships - broad range of
local organisations, businesses and people
•Work with, and influence, other local strategic decision
makers
•Help their local area to manage the natural environment
as a system
•Embed its value in local decisions for the benefit of
nature, people and the economy
Local Nature Partnerships
What?
•Leadership – local champions
- strategic vision and set of priorities – drive positive change
- integrating & improving economic and social outcomes
•Engage and collaborate at a senior level
•Raise awareness of value of environment and the range of
services it provides
•Understand & develop best available evidence
•Involve local communities
•Overview and co-ordination of activity: collaborative working
Local Nature Partnerships
What?
• Support delivery of Nature Improvement Areas
• Influence strategic plans and decisions (Duty to Co-operate)
• Develop ecological / Green Infrastructure frameworks
• Provide integrated advice to Local Authorities / LEPs / HWBs on the natural
environment & current and potential benefits
• Influence decisions about organisations’ resource allocation
• Support biodiversity offset pilots
• Monitor and report on (integrated) environmental outcomes
• Plan and deliver integrated environmental action
• Champion links between the economy, health, wellbeing and the natural
environment
• Engage local people in debates about change
Local Nature Partnerships
Who?
•Local Authorities (county and
district)
•Areas of Outstanding Natural
Beauty
•Existing Partnerships
•Land Owners
•Local Businesses
•Parish Councils
•Local Enterprise Partnerships
•Community Forums
•Health and Wellbeing Reps
•National Parks
•Education/Learning
organisations
•Statutory environmental agencies
•Civil society organisations and
Environmental Charities
•Community Organisers
•Local Environmental Record
Centres
•Local Universities
? Structures ?
Local Nature Partnerships
Where?
•Cumbria
•Lancashire
•Greater Manchester
•Liverpool City Region
•Cheshire [region]
•South Pennines
•Morecambe Bay
•Northern Upland Chain
Local Nature Partnerships
Contacts
• Northern Uplands
Chris Woodley-Stewart
[email protected]
• Cumbria
Graham Jackson-Pitt
[email protected]
• Morecambe Bay
Susannah Bleakley
[email protected]
• Lancashire
Tim Graham
[email protected]
• Greater Manchester
Mark Atherton
[email protected]
• Liverpool City Region Christine Bennett
[email protected]
• South Pennines
Mark Turner
[email protected]
• Cheshire
Sarah Bennett
[email protected]
Local Nature Partnerships
Opportunities
•Strong links with key audiences – LEPs, LAs, HWBs
•Influence strategic plans eg development, investment, growth
•Innovative ways to deliver your agenda
•New forum for key messages
•Get more from the environment!
•Potential for collaborative work within / across VCS
Local Nature Partnerships
Potential areas for collaboration…
• Active travel
• Green space provision / improvement / accessibility
• Local / healthy food production
• Safer places / crime reduction
• Local environmental quality
• Air quality
• Public transport / accessibility
• Fuel poverty
• Regeneration
• Community empowerment & cohesion
• Training / skills / volunteering
Local Nature Partnerships
Potential pitfalls
•Resources!
•Another talking shop?
•More bureaucracy
•Unrepresentative representative body
•Focus / engagement [themes, partners etc]
•Expectations…
•Toe-treading
Local Nature Partnerships
North West networks
•NW Environment Link (NWEL)
•Natural Economy Investment Forum (NEIF)
•NW Green Infrastructure Forum (GIF)
•NW Biodiversity Partnership (NWBP)
•NW Forestry Forum (NWFF)
•NW Environmental Evidence Group (EEG)
•GreenSpace North West (GSNW)
•NW Climate Change Partnership (now Climate Change North West)
•NW Coastal Forum (NWCF)
•Environmental Sustainability Technical Assistance Group (ESTA)
Local Nature Partnerships
Discussion
•How could an LNP help to deliver your objectives?
•What themes / projects could you collaborate on / how could you
best be involved?
•What could you bring to an LNP?
•What issues should LNPs be co-operating on across boundaries?
Local Nature Partnerships
Andy Yuille
Senior Policy & Campaigns Officer
CPRE North West
[email protected]
01524 389 915
Local Nature Partnerships