Local Nature Recovery Strategy documents

An introduction to the Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy document

The Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy is presented four parts, in line with the statutory requirements.

Part 1 – What is a Local Nature Recovery Strategy?

1. Background to the Local Nature Recovery – why the Strategy has been developed.
2. Purpose of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy – what the Strategy provides, what it intends to do and what it does not do.
3. Understanding the elements of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy – the statutory elements of the Strategy and what they provide.
4. Informing nature recovery in Kent and Medway – how the Strategy directs action for nature and influences planning.
5. Development of the Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy – outlining how the Strategy was developed.

Part 2 – Statement of Biodiversity Priorities – Strategy area description

1. Kent and Medway’s natural landscape – a look at the various natural features which comprise the county.

2. Protected areas of Kent and Medway, including National Landscapes and nationally and locally designated areas.

3. What makes Kent and Medway’s nature so special – a summary of the habitats and species of note that can be found within the county.

4. A changing landscape – a look at how the county’s habitats and species have changed.

5. Pressures, threats and challenges for Kent and Medway’s nature

6. Strategic context for the Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy

7. Nature recovery opportunities in Kent and Medway – a look at the platform of action that the Strategy will be building from, and the principles the Strategy development applied to
enable this.

Part 3 – Statement of biodiversity priorities – priorities and potential measures

1. Better, bigger, more and joined up – the overarching principles for nature recovery in Kent and Medway.

2. Building blocks of nature recovery – the basis of nature recovery in Kent.

3. Kent and Medway’s vision for nature recovery – outlining the Strategy’s 10 ambitions for nature recovery.

4. Understanding the priorities and potential measures – an overview of how the priorities and measures deliver against the Strategy principles.

5. The priority and measures page layout – how the Strategy priorities and measures are presented and how to use the information presented.

6. How to use the potential measures and mapping to inform nature recovery

7. Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy priorities and potential measures

Part 4 – Local habitat map

Presenting the mapped components of the Strategy’s local habitat map.