Nature needs a unified and prominent voice to ensure it’s considered across sectors, integrated in to policies and plans, and is funded and resourced well.

Cumbria Local Nature Partnership provide this voice, and are the only nature partnership which represents and works across the whole of Cumbria; acting as a hub for nature – focused strategic co-ordination and action.

Climate change and biodiversity loss are interlinked. Solutions to these twin crises are nature-based.

Creating a nature recovery network of new woodlands, functioning peatlands and wetlands, and healthy grasslands lock away carbon and make landscapes more adaptable and resilient to climate change.

Good data, a strong evidence base, and skilled people are essential to delivering Cumbria’s Nature Recovery Network.

Sharing learning, knowledge, and experience across organisations and sectors means more effective action can be taken for nature’s recovery that will also benefit communities and the economy.

A healthy natural environment is good for people. Spending time in nature, either as a leisure activity or part of day-to-day life, is proven to benefit mental and physical health – people with doorstep access to nature are more active, resilient, and healthier.

Nature also provides clean air and water, supports the production of healthy food, cools the environment, alleviates flooding, and supports our local economy.

Positive action for nature’s recovery is possible across sectors and a partnership approach is essential to maximising the benefits for nature from developments, projects, and investments.

Cumbria Local Nature Partnership are working with a range of organisations to develop a shared local approach to natural capital investment and to identify and harness opportunities to apply green finance to optimise the right nature recovery in the right places.