Stakeholder Strategies

We will also work to influence the shape of forthcoming strategies – such as the Local Nature Recovery Strategy and Spatial Strategy – to ensure they enable delivery of this management plan

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Stakeholder Strategies

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The Colchester Declaration

Set against a backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of the natural world and intergovernmental reports that the current global response to the effects of human impact on nature is insufficient, the National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty believes that now is the time to significantly increase the scale and pace of nature conservation activity in AONBs.

Using our unique network and local partnership model, we are making a collective Declaration on Nature in AONBs, setting out our strategy for change.

Cornwall AONB’s host authority Cornwall Council has declared a climate and ecological emergency and Cornwall AONB are supportive and demonstrating readiness to work collaboratively to redress declines in nature within the context of a wider response to climate change.

Landscapes Glover Review

In May 2018, Secretary of State at Defra, Michael Gove, commissioned a panel of experts led by Julian Glover to make recommendations on the future of Designated Landscapes (National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in England. Announcing the Review, which formed part of the Government’s work to implement its 25 Year Environment Plan, the Secretary of State said:

“Amid a growing population, changes in technology, and a decline in certain habitats, the time is right for us to look afresh at these landscapes. We want to make sure they are not only conserved, but enhanced for the next generation.”

Each of the focused areas have several recommended proposals.

AONB representatives have strived to support Defra to develop an ambitious government response to the Glover Review, while also responding to the opportunities and challenges presented by the Covid pandemic, addressing the need to connect more people with nature, and to urgently reverse declines in nature and tackle the effects of climate change. The Government responded to the Glover Review in January 2022, with a focus on nature recovery, building climate resilience and engaging people. Public consultation on the response is open for comment until April 2022.

The Government plans to publish a Green Paper for public consultation in 2022.

The review focused on 5 key areas

  1. Landscapes alive for nature and beauty
  2. Landscapes for everyone
  3. Living in landscapes
  4. More special places
  5. New ways of working