England opts for 12 Nature Improvement Areas

Growing enlightened approach to conservation on a landscape scale has prompted authorities in England to plumb for 12 Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs), where wildlife and ecosystems will be protected and enhanced. It is also the result of the realisation that investing in nature returns significant benefits to the economy.

The formation of 12 nature reserves is the outcome of the recommendations in “Making Space for Nature: A review of England’s Wildlife Sites and Ecological Network” Chaired by Professor Sir John Lawton CBE FRS. The report stressed the need to add new areas and the urgent need to link them together.

The authorities hope that larger landscapes can buffer people and wildlife against the impacts of climate change.

The report “Making Space for Nature: A review of England’s Wildlife Sites and Ecological Network” is available HERE