Nature Recovery Green Paper: Protected Sites and Species

Closed 11 May 2022

Opened 16 Mar 2022

Contact

naturegreenpaper@defra.gov.uk

Overview

The proposals set out in this Green Paper support our ambitions to restore nature and halt the decline in species abundance by 2030.

The Green Paper includes options to bring clarity and coherence to our framework for protected sites; to reform species protections; and to modernise funding arrangements. It also looks at what institutional and delivery arrangements would best support our nature recovery objectives.

We are setting out proposals to create a system which better reflects the latest science and the impending impacts of climate change, which better reflects our domestic species and habitats, and which will help us achieve our significant goals to recover nature. 

Audiences

  • Water/water Industry sector
  • All Defra staff and ALBs
  • All Marine Users
  • Business/Private Sector
  • Charities/Voluntary Organisations
  • Coastal local authorities
  • Coastal Management sector
  • Environmental campaigners
  • Environmental professional services
  • Farmers
  • Fishermen
  • Households
  • Landowners and their representative bodies
  • Local Authorities
  • Local Authorities
  • Member of the General Public
  • National Park Authorities
  • Non-Government Organisation
  • Non-Household Customers
  • Policy Teams
  • Ports and Harbour Authorities and Estuaries
  • Professional and Membership Organisations/Agencies
  • Stakeholders
  • Students

Interests

  • Animals
  • Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate change
  • Conservation
  • Conservation
  • DEFRA Policy
  • Forestry
  • Forestry
  • Land management
  • Local environments
  • Local nature partnerships
  • Marine
  • Marine Conservation
  • Marine Conservation Zones
  • National Parks
  • Natural environment
  • Nature reserves
  • Protecting wildlife
  • Rural economy and communities
  • Tree and plant health
  • Wildlife management