Local Nature Partnership

The overall purpose of an LNP is to: As of August 2014 there were 48 LNPs in England which had received formal approval from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

[5] In March 2015 the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee held an investigation into the state of LNPs across England, producing a report to government.

Its key findings were: In September 2015, the UK Government published their response to the Audit Committee report.

The principle findings were that:[7] In 2015 Defra also held an annual meeting with senior Local Nature Partnerships representatives in London.

Themes addressed included the need for better networking between LNPs, Natural Capital, the government's National Pollinator Strategy, and Health and wellbeing.