“Cumbria is a place where consideration for the environment informs every decision making process and where the environment is managed to provide a wide range of benefits for nature, people and the economy.
In Cumbria, nature’s role within the landscape is understood and valued by all.”
Our Priorities
Nature
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.
Knowledge
Good data, a strong evidence base, and skilled people are essential to delivering connected, resilient, and biodiverse habitats across Cumbria.
Sharing data, learning, knowledge, and experience across organisations and sectors means more effective action can be taken for nature, in ways that that will also benefit communities and the economy.
Community
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.
Our Priorities
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.
Good data, a strong evidence base, and skilled people are essential to delivering connected, resilient, and biodiverse habitats across Cumbria.
Sharing data. 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.
Cumbria Local Nature Partnership (CLNP) was officially recognised and confirmed by Government in 2012 (under the Natural Environment White Paper 2011) with the purpose of acting as the “prominent and unified voice for the natural environment in Cumbria” and “to foster the development of a strategic natural environment framework for the county”.
It’s one of c. 30 Local Nature Partnerships across England and Cumbria Local Nature Partnership is the only nature partnership which represents and works across the whole of Cumbria; acting as a hub for nature – focused strategy and action.
Its functions include:
- Acting as an advocate for the natural environment in Cumbria;
- Coordinating delivery for the natural environment;
- Acting as a forum for the stakeholders in Cumbria’s natural environment;
- Providing input on the natural environment for local policies, plans and frameworks;
- Providing information/data on the natural environment.
Cumbria Local Nature Partnership (CLNP) was officially recognised and confirmed by Government in 2012 (under the Natural Environment White Paper 2011) with the purpose of acting as the “prominent and unified voice for the natural environment in Cumbria” and “to foster the development of a strategic natural environment framework for the county”.
It’s one of c. 30 Local Nature Partnerships across England and Cumbria Local Nature Partnership is the only nature partnership which represents and works across the whole of Cumbria; acting as a hub for nature – focused strategy and action.
Its functions include:
- Acting as an advocate for the natural environment in Cumbria;
- Coordinating delivery for the natural environment;
- Acting as a forum for the stakeholders in Cumbria’s natural environment;
- Providing input on the natural environment for local policies, plans and frameworks;
- Providing information/data on the natural environment.
The work of Cumbria Local Nature Partnership is overseen
and co-ordinated by the Partnership Board
Colin Cox
Independent Chair
David Wilson
Cumbria Association of Local Councils (Board Director)
Rebecca Slack
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Steve Trotter
Cumbria Wildlife Trust (CEO)
Bob Kelly
Cumberland Council (Elected Member – Biodiversity Portfolio Holder)
Jodie Mills
Cumbria People & Nature Network (Chair)
Jodie Mills
West Cumbria Rivers Trust (CEO) (represents all four Rivers Trusts)
Pete Miles
Environment Agency (Area Environment Manager)
Judy Clavey
Forestry Commission (Nature Recovery Advisor – North West & West Midlands)
Hanna Latty
Lake District National Park Authority (Assistant Director of Sustainable Development)
Helen Kirkby / Claire Argent
Natural England (NE Cumbria Deputy Director)
Adam Briggs
National Farmer’s Union (Regional Director)
Alistair Wright
National Trust (Consultancy Manager Land & Nature Team (North Region))
James Archer
RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
Robert Montgomery
University of Cumbria (Professor of Conservation Science)
John Murray
Westmorland & Furness Council (Elected Member – Biodiversity Portfolio holder)
Pete Leeson
Woodland Trust (Partnership Manager)
Helen Keep
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (Head of Land Management)
Richard Inglewood
Independent
The work of Cumbria Local Nature Partnership is overseen and co-ordinated by the Partnership Board
Colin Cox
Independent Chair
David Wilson
Cumbria Association of Local Councils (Board Director)
Rebecca Slack
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (Manager)
Steve Trotter
Cumbria Wildlife Trust (CEO)
Bob Kelly
Cumberland Council (Elected Member – Biodiversity Portfolio Holder)
Jodie Mills
Cumbria People & Nature Network (Chair)
Jodie Mills
CEO (representing all four Rivers Trusts in Cumbria)
Pete Miles
Environment Agency (Area Environment Manager)
Judy Clavey
Forestry Commission (Nature Recovery Advisor – North West & West Midlands Area)
Hanna Latty
Lake District National Park Authority (Assistant Director of Sustainable Development)
Helen Kirkby / Claire Argent
Natural England (NE Cumbria Deputy Director)
Adam Briggs
National Farmer’s Union (Regional Director)
Alistair Wright
National Trust (Consultancy Manager Land & Nature Team (North Region))
James Archer
RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
Robert Montgomery
University of Cumbria (Professor of Conservation Science)
John Murray
Westmorland & Furness Council (Elected Member – Biodiversity Portfolio holder)
Pete Leeson
Woodland Trust (Partnership Manager)
Helen Keep
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
(Head of Land Management)
Richard Inglewood
Independent
Cumbria’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy
Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) are a new way of planning for nature at a local level. They set out priorities for nature recovery by mapping areas that are already important for nature, and suggesting areas and actions that could help expand, connect, and enhance those places.
They will help people make the best decisions for nature where they live and work, and lead to the creation of ‘nature-recovery networks’ – bigger, better, and more connected places that provide a home for wildlife and deliver a healthy environment for people.
Find out more at www.cumbrialnrs.org.uk
Cumbria’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy
Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) are a new way of planning for nature at a local level. They set out priorities for nature recovery by mapping areas that are already important for nature, and suggesting areas and actions that could help expand, connect, and enhance those places.
They will help people make the best decisions for nature where they live and work, and lead to the creation of ‘nature-recovery networks’ – bigger, better, and more connected places that provide a home for wildlife and deliver a healthy environment for people.
Find out more at www.cumbrialnrs.org.uk