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Local Nature Partnerships

South Yorkshire Local Nature Partnership (LNP) has been formally designated by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs as part of a network of LNPs established across the country in 2012.

© Dearne Valley woodland, Josie Martin Mendoza

They were established for the purpose of protecting and improving the natural environment in an area and the benefits derived from it.

LNPs were set up to help their local area manage the natural environment as a system and to embed its value in local decisions for the benefit of nature, people and the economy.

The overall purpose of a LNP is to:

  1. Drive positive change in the local natural environment, taking a strategic view of the challenges and opportunities involved and identifying ways to manage it as a system for the benefit of nature, people and the economy.
  2. Contribute to achieving the Government’s national environmental objectives locally, including the identification of local ecological networks, alongside addressing local priorities.
  3. Become local champions influencing decision-making relating to the natural environment and its value to social and economic outcomes, in particular, through working closely with local authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and Health and Wellbeing Boards.