Nature Recovery Network

One of the main objectives of the draft Biodiversity Strategy 2022-2032 is to develop a Nature Recovery Network across the city. A Nature Recovery Network will join up the natural world, connecting wild places and habitats across the city are to give nature room to thrive.

The draft strategy sets out a commitment for the Nature Recovery Network to be significantly complete by 2030 in order to halt species decline and increase species diversity and abundance.

This Nature Recovery Network is proposed to consist of:

• Nature hubs such as existing wildlife sites and parkland and newly created green spaces. The hubs are where species enjoy protection and where they can initially thrive.
• Nature corridors, which may take the form of designated parts of the city including streets, green spaces on and around buildings and highway verges, for example. The corridors allow nature to recover into more densely populated areas of the city.
• Nature infill - opportunities to ‘infill’ the network in the areas in between hubs and corridors will be sought, in the form of promoting nature recovery in smaller green spaces in the built environment, such as gardens, smaller green areas around buildings, balconies and planters.