'A pivotal part to play': Government urged to prioritise Local Nature Recovery Strategies

James Murray
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Office for Environmental Protection reveals only four out of 48 local nature plans have been published to date, after the government missed an initial target date of March 2025

The government needs to move faster to deliver a series of Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS), which could play a critical role in delivering on the UK's nature targets and more effectively marrying...

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