Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership - radically enhancing nature, its positive impact on our climate, and the priority it’s given, helping to make Oxfordshire a county where people and nature thrive.
We are working to ensure the natural resources we all rely on are properly protected and accounted for.
Nature recovery is at the heart of our work. We want to make bigger, better and more joined up wildlife-rich spaces.
We champion the provision of wildlife rich green spaces so that people and nature can thrive.
The OLNP and NFU co-chaired a workshop for Oxfordshire's farmers, exploring how they can make Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) work for their farm business
Putting nature first in Oxfordshire's green finance initiatives
We were pleased to welcome HM government officials to Oxfordshire to discuss how decision making on nature can best reflect local priorities
A new report commissioned by the Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership (OLNP) reveals the role new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) payments can play in financing nature recovery in Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire County Council has been named by the government as a ‘responsible authority’ for driving nature recovery. It is one of 48 councils set to benefit from a £14 million government funding pot, enabling it to work with local communities to develop a tailored nature recovery strategy for Oxfordshire.
The Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership is advocating for a stronger role for Local Nature Recovery Strategies in the planning system. Our chair Richard Benwell and manager Matt Whitney met with the the Minister of State for Housing and Planning to ask that the new Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) be made part of local development plans.
The Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership's Forum, a diverse group of representatives from across the environmental sector, met to shape early priorities for the new Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Oxfordshire.
