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Natural England |
Institution overall role: Natural England is responsible for ensuring England's natural environment is protected and improved and available for people to understand and enjoy. A non-departmental public body independent of government, it can also define and designate woodlands and areas of outstanding beauty, oversee access to open country, etc. All Natural England’s work, from strategy to delivery, is underpinned and supported by evidence.
Natural England’s priorities flow from the global plan for biodiversity agreed at Nagoya and UK policy papers, specifically:
- reconnect people with nature;
- protect natural assets; and
- maximise the opportunities offered by a greener economy.
Delivery of these priorities is through four key themes:
Delivering with communities – focusing on delivering landscape, habitats and species priorities, and realising social and economic benefits from the environment, with and through local communities and partnerships.
Customers – improving the way of working with customers and partners and the services provided to address stakeholder needs, including the handling of the applications and payments for NE-administered incentive schemes, building broad partnerships at local and sub-national levels to realise benefits and secure additional contributions to the natural environment.
Science and Evidence – collaborating with others and sharing and embedding learning, innovation and knowledge of the natural environment to widen and deepen understanding across society about current priorities and future challenges.
Capability – developing as a modern and effective public body enabling effective engagement with, and empowerment of, local partnerships to maximise the benefits for the natural environment.
Research & innovation links: Links to partners and projects are available here:
https://www.naturalengland.org.uk/about_us/whatwedo/partnership/default.aspx
A dedicated page for researchers can be found here:
https://www.naturalengland.org.uk/information_for/researchers/default.aspx
Homepage: https://www.naturalengland.org.uk/
Contact details:
Foundry House, 3 Millsands, Riverside Exchange
Sheffield S3 8NH
Tel: +44 845 600 3078
