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Local Nature Recovery Strategy for London

Londoners now have the chance to help shape the future of nature restoration in the capital! By sharing your ideas, you could help identify key areas where the recovery of wildlife species and habitats should be prioritised.

The Greater London Authority (GLA) is preparing a Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for London (a requirement of the Environment Act 2021); the aims of this are to identify areas where nature recovery should be prioritised.

London Wildlife Trust has been working with the GLA and others to help develop this strategy, and now we need your help. We want to know where in London you think we should focus on restoring nature. To do this, the GLA, working with Greenspace Information for Greater London, has published an interactive map for Londoners to share their thoughts and suggestions.

You can explore the map and add your ideas here

A lot of information on London’s wildlife species and habitats is already in place, but your input can help us understand what Londoners think and identify areas that may have been missed. This map is open to all organisations and individuals across the capital, so please share this with others living and working in Greater London.

The map will be open for input until 23:59 on Wednesday 2nd October.

male stag beetle on tree branch

Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

A swift with its grey wings outspread swoops through the sky

Common swift

Photo credit: Paul Wright

A harvest mouse crouched on a stem with a yellow flower

© Amy Lewis

great crested newt on stones

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To help you input your ideas into the map, we have provided information on London’s Priority Habitats and Priority Species. The work of London Wildlife Trust primarily operates within these frameworks, on our nature reserves and/or through various projects. 

Priority Habitats in London:

  • Acid grassland
  • Chalk grassland
  • Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
  • Fen, marsh and swamp
  • Heathland
  • Lowland meadows
  • Open mosaic habitats on previously developed land (biodiverse wastelands)
  • (Mature) orchards
  • Reedbeds
  • Rivers and streams

Priority Species in London:

London’s many Priority Species are those that are national priorities for conservation and those that conservationists believe to be declining in London or beyond – the list is downloadable here.

This list of species is always under review and is being used to help shape the LNRS.

Have your say

If you would like to contribute to the LNRS interactive map, you can do so by either:

Option 1: Add your ideas to the map yourself here.

OR

Option 2: If you are struggling to navigate the map, don’t worry - we can provide feedback to the GLA on your behalf. Simply email us on LNRS@wildlondon.org.uk and let us know what habitats, species or sites you think should be prioritised and where (as precisely as possible please).

The GLA will use the map, along with other inputs, to set out the priorities for the London LNRS, which will be available for public consultation in Spring 2025.

If you have any questions or need help with the map, feel free to reach out to us or contact the GLA at biodiversity@london.gov.uk.

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