Overview
National Parks sit at the heart of the nation’s nature recovery network; they are places where wildlife flourishes, habitats are maintained, restored, and expanded, and where everyone can experience nature and wildlife at their best.
They will form the backbone of nature recovery.
The National Parks are working together to deliver a collective response to the nature crisis, and as custodians of the land and those with intimate knowledge of its qualities and potential, farmers and land managers play a key role in helping to deliver on nature recovery.
While it is important that we focus on the right habitats in the right places, importantly, nature recovery can happen anywhere, at any scale and everyone can help make it happen and turn the tide for nature.
We want to enhance and expand our most important designated wildlife sites but also make space for a nature friendly approach everywhere. This initiative is not just about the rare but nature everywhere, for everone.
The South Downs National Park Authority will support nature recovery at all levels, offering advice and helping to facilitate action.
Helping nature to recover can also have wider benefits, helping to mitigate the effects of climate change, flood alleviation, improvements to soil and water quality and benefits to our health and wellbeing.