Author: Julie Middleton

Our latest Annual Report for 2023-24 has just been published. It has been a very busy year for the Nature Partnership with a huge focus on both Biodiversity Net Gain… Continue reading Annual Report for 2024

Our new Annual Report has just been published and can be found on our ‘resources’ page. This report looks back to the achievements of the Sussex Nature Partnership over the… Continue reading Annual Report for 2023 published

In March 2023, Government published its regulations and guidance which set out how Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) are to be prepared. In Sussex, two strategies will be prepared: one… Continue reading Local Nature Recovery Strategies – regulations & guidance

Back in December 2022 as part of ‘National Tree Week’, Sussex Nature Partnership and South Downs National Park Authority co-hosted a webinar for local authorities and landowners on the various… Continue reading National Tree Week webinar

Brighton & Hove City Council’s Wilder Verges project trialled how managing verges differently improves their wildlife and biodiversity. Brighton and Hove City Council worked with Brighton & Hove’s Wildlife Forum… Continue reading Brighton & Hove ‘Wilder Verges’

Jack Thompson, Conservation Officer with RSPB in Sussex On October 24th, the RSPB launched its new report: A World Richer in Nature, identifying how the UK’s leaders need to translate global… Continue reading A world richer in nature

This week, Wildlife and Countryside Link launched its 2022 progress report on 30×30 in England. In 2020, the government had signed up to a commitment to protect and manage 30%… Continue reading WC Link launch 2022 report on 30×30 progress

In 2021, Sussex Nature Partnership approached the 11 district and borough councils in Sussex with a proposal to establish a ‘Local Authority Network’. This network was to provide a formal… Continue reading SxNP ‘Local Authority Network’ to continue for a second year

SxNP has spent a great deal of time in recent months engaging with a series of consultation documents from Defra on the topic of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). These included… Continue reading Biodiversity Net Gain – our responses to Defra